Time Flies

A lot has happened since Friday. Friday's water fight was a success. After work and ice cream with friends I went up to Fresno to visit Taylor. We spent Saturday watching all 4 Harry Potters in a row!! In case you wondered, the total time was 611 minutes. A few drinks made and watching movies made for a great day. Sunday afternoon I drove home. I was fairly tired since I didn't sleep much Saturday, but that didn't keep from my hockey game. I opened Sunday's game with the first goal (and got 2 others later). We won 11-1, but still I'll take a hat trick any day. Two goals were in the first and the last came with 25 seconds left in the game. Score!! (haha) Too bad I had no fan section that game. Then today, Patrick and I went golfing. I did better on the back 9, but my score was good for me overall. It wasn't ridiculously hot either. That was nice. This is my last week of work for the summer. Yay! I am off to San Diego on Friday to find an apartment. Hopefully coming home on Sunday to play the last hockey game of the season. Then I have a couple days off until I drive up North for my summer vacation which consists of a LAN, hanging out with friends, and most likely some golf. Then I have to come home before Patrick and Brandon leave for school. Sometime during all that fun I get to register for classes as well. I hope I get some good classes.

The Daily Special

Water Fight Fridays!!! Yeah!!

Roasty Toasty

Today's waterfight was great! Afterwards though, Crystal (the other instructor) and I decided to do a little experiment. The thermometer read about 104° outside in the shade. We wondered what it was on the court. So we put the thermometer on the court for a couple minutes. It pegged out. 120° was the last marked temp, but the peg went approximately 15° past that. So... simply put, it's extremeley hot on the court.

Lightning Raquets

I played tennis in a thunderstorm today. It was fun. I was actually supposed to help with some drills. However, only 3 kids showed up, and 4 instructors. So instead the 4 of us instructors played doubles and Barb helped the 3 kids. We had to go in once because of the lightning and thunder being so close. (Barb didn't want us on the courts witht he lightning so close) It was hot and muggy outside too, though it still felt good to actually play tennis again. I had my serve going pretty well.

Well...

...I need a roommate! in San Diego!

When in Rome... and Florence

A lot happened in Italy. There were some goods and some bads. We did a lot of walking, especially in Florence. I ate lots of risotto and the melon risotto was the best. We ate lots of gelato. I was introduced to limoncello (you have a bass). And there's 2 kinds of that as well. There's the good stuff and then the industrial stuff which barely even tastes of lemon. I tried them both. I climbed lots of stairs: the Duomo Dome, the Duomo Campanile next to the Duomo, the Spanish Steps, to the 4th floor of the hotel... and others. We laughed a lot, especially during meals. The wine was tasty. And how could I not mention the art. Lots and lots and lots of art. I am artted out for the next 8 years. To note a few places we visited: the Acadamia, Uffizi, Boboli Gardens, Santa Croce, St. Peters Basilica, The Vatican Museum, the Priscilla Catacombs, Trevi Fountain, the Colosseum, and many others. Also, the World Cup was going on while we were there as well. We caught one game in Florence and one in Rome. It was a good cultural experience to watch the games not in the hotel. There were a few... mishaps on our vacation as well. Ehh... ask me if you want to hear about them. All in all I had a great time minus the last 2.5 days. Shit happens. That's life. And after everything, the Italy trip was still amazing.

More to Come

I am home from Italy and will post about it later.