Once again we have made it through another week. Thank God for that! This week was a very demanding but gratifying week! The main attraction this week was the JJ Miller Community Fun Day! We did it big for the crib!! I also stayed busy on the basketball court and I actually had time to work a few youngsters out! The next generation of basketball superstars will be special. So let’s get into another week in the life of JJ Miller.
At the beginning of the week, I knew I was gonna have a lot of things to do. I had to finish picking up the school supplies. I had to get the food for the event. I also had to finalize a few things with some sponsors/contributors to my foundation. Now I was trying to do all this without interrupting my normal basketball workout schedule. As you can probably guess, I was unsuccessful with that. Monday and Tuesday my workouts were really intense! All of the necessary stages of my workouts were in full effect, and I was very happy with how the week started off. The weights, cardio, drills, and games were all on point. We had three games in the summer league and we won all of them to keep our record untarnished! We are now 7-0. I will not be able to play in our next game because I have to take care of some things for my mother. Hopefully, we will be able to stay undefeated in my absence! So everything was going good until Wednesday arrived.
On Wednesday, I had to put on the full court press to get all of the things finalized for the fun day! I set out early to get a good start on the day, because I still had a summer league game at 7 pm. Harris Teeter was my first destination to get hundreds of drinks, huggies, and water. The weather report had all but guaranteed that Saturday would be a scorcher so keeping everyone hydrated was a priority. Shout out to Harris Teeter for donating some of the drinks. From there I needed to slide by Wal-Mart to price/compare the school supplies. This seems simple enough but it took a really longtime to make the right choices. There are tons of markers, highlighters, and erasers to choose from, lol! Moving right along, the T-shirts were ready so I had to meet the designer to get them. The shirts, by the way, looked really good. Unfortunately, I had to separate them and get them recounted to fit the setup of the event. This took a lot of energy as well. Finally, the work day had come to an end. At 6pm I headed straight to the game which began at 7. So I arrive at the game just in time to get one layup in before the referees were ready for the tip! It was a struggle but we won by about 20. I played a pretty good game considering the fact that I had been on the run all day! I got home and tried to spend a few minutes with my wife before heading to bed around 2 am. I knew that Thursday was going to be a long day because I had to wake up at 6, and I didn’t even get in the bed until 2am. I probably actually got to sleep around 2:45am and 6 o’clock came so fast!
Thursday was key because it was the last day that I had to get everything done. We were leaving for Duplin County first thing Friday morning to get the Event Center ready for the rides. The first stop was to pick up the rest of the drinks. I got this done with no problem. It was at Wal-Mart where I had the most difficult job of the day. I had to get hundreds of packs of paper packed in the truck when there was already close to a hundred drinks. I was on the ropes for a minute, but I managed to get it done. (Thank God) From there I hit up Sams and got all the food. I had hamburgers, buns, candy, water, and chips for a lot of kids. This was actually a very smooth process. The ease of the day was going to take a quick turn for the worse. In the midst of taking care of the fun day needs, I realized that I had to get Prince situated for his stay at the pet hotel. It had come to my attention that he was missing one of his vaccinations and he would not be able to stay at his normal hotel for another 48 hours. We had to leave within 24 hours. So now I am scrambling to find him another place. Luckily, there was a place about a block away that would take Prince and he could get the necessary shots upon arrival at the facility! So everything seems to be taking care of, at least that is what I thought.
I arrive home with dinner for Monica and basketball on my mind when I realize that I forgot to get the posters done for the kids! Now it is 5:30pm and I play at 7pm. The gym is about 40 minutes away and I don’t even have my bag packed yet! What am I going to do? I remembered my homeboy has a connection at FedEx/Kinko’s. I hit up Ricky and he calls Simon and we all decided that the best thing to do was to meet after my game to see what we could do! In the meantime I had a game to play.
I have to be honest I did not feel up to par when it came to competing at a high level. However, my former coach use to tell me that IT COUNTS THE MOST WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL UP TO DOING IT. So with that in mind, I sucked it up and got it done. We got a tough win and I was able to drain 26 points and help keep our untainted record alive! Shouts to all my teammates we worked hard for the win, lol!
After the game, we got those posters done and I made it back home to pack up the truck! We were ready to head back to the hometown to show mad love to all my people!!
THE FUN DAY
I am happy to say that the fun day was great! The day started off very well. All of our volunteers for the day were at the Events Center around 9am. A few of them actually beat me there (Shone, Kim, Monique, Katie, Charles, & Priscilla). So we got everything moved and in order in a very timely fashion. Everyone was given their assignments and we were able to have the rides, tables and chairs, food, T-shirts, school supplies, toys, face paint, and beverages all ready before 11:00 am (10:45 to be exact). It was good timing because believe it or not, the public started coming in right at 11am! I mean we had a non-stop flow of people coming in and having a great time. The rides were awesome as you can probably see by the pictures and kids were enjoying every minute of it. I must say that it was a little on the hot side out there, lol. We had a lot of beverages to keep everyone hydrated though so it all worked out. I also have to say that everyone was complementing the food! My brother Jermel and my brother from another mother Pete did an outstanding job on the grill. It was so good that some of my volunteers that were supposed to be in the ride area monitoring the kids were up at the food court sneaking burgers (Nyk, Kia, Charles) lol! I did have a couple of dedicated to the end guys in the field. Jermaine (my oldest brother) and Shone (homeboy) were out there until the end watching the kids. All the volunteers were great though. I must say that you guys went above and beyond the call of a volunteer and for that the kids and myself are forever grateful. We ended the day by giving away some school supplies and toys for those who were not yet in school. I really believe that everyone had a great time. People were able to see friends from home that they had not seen in a while, have some laughs, win some bingo prizes, and give their kids a fun day for free. I even had a chance to say a few inspiring words to the kids. I believe the day accomplished its goal and that makes me feel really good!
So as I sit here tired of typing, I want to say that this year’s event was a success and that next year’s event is going to be even bigger! I you missed out this time, make sure you check it out next summer! Tune in next week as life gets back to normal (I guess), lol. I have only a few weeks left until I leave for France to start my run for a championship! I hope you will join me! Take care, be blessed, and remember to always EXCEED EXPECTATIONS!
At the beginning of the week, I knew I was gonna have a lot of things to do. I had to finish picking up the school supplies. I had to get the food for the event. I also had to finalize a few things with some sponsors/contributors to my foundation. Now I was trying to do all this without interrupting my normal basketball workout schedule. As you can probably guess, I was unsuccessful with that. Monday and Tuesday my workouts were really intense! All of the necessary stages of my workouts were in full effect, and I was very happy with how the week started off. The weights, cardio, drills, and games were all on point. We had three games in the summer league and we won all of them to keep our record untarnished! We are now 7-0. I will not be able to play in our next game because I have to take care of some things for my mother. Hopefully, we will be able to stay undefeated in my absence! So everything was going good until Wednesday arrived.
On Wednesday, I had to put on the full court press to get all of the things finalized for the fun day! I set out early to get a good start on the day, because I still had a summer league game at 7 pm. Harris Teeter was my first destination to get hundreds of drinks, huggies, and water. The weather report had all but guaranteed that Saturday would be a scorcher so keeping everyone hydrated was a priority. Shout out to Harris Teeter for donating some of the drinks. From there I needed to slide by Wal-Mart to price/compare the school supplies. This seems simple enough but it took a really longtime to make the right choices. There are tons of markers, highlighters, and erasers to choose from, lol! Moving right along, the T-shirts were ready so I had to meet the designer to get them. The shirts, by the way, looked really good. Unfortunately, I had to separate them and get them recounted to fit the setup of the event. This took a lot of energy as well. Finally, the work day had come to an end. At 6pm I headed straight to the game which began at 7. So I arrive at the game just in time to get one layup in before the referees were ready for the tip! It was a struggle but we won by about 20. I played a pretty good game considering the fact that I had been on the run all day! I got home and tried to spend a few minutes with my wife before heading to bed around 2 am. I knew that Thursday was going to be a long day because I had to wake up at 6, and I didn’t even get in the bed until 2am. I probably actually got to sleep around 2:45am and 6 o’clock came so fast!
Thursday was key because it was the last day that I had to get everything done. We were leaving for Duplin County first thing Friday morning to get the Event Center ready for the rides. The first stop was to pick up the rest of the drinks. I got this done with no problem. It was at Wal-Mart where I had the most difficult job of the day. I had to get hundreds of packs of paper packed in the truck when there was already close to a hundred drinks. I was on the ropes for a minute, but I managed to get it done. (Thank God) From there I hit up Sams and got all the food. I had hamburgers, buns, candy, water, and chips for a lot of kids. This was actually a very smooth process. The ease of the day was going to take a quick turn for the worse. In the midst of taking care of the fun day needs, I realized that I had to get Prince situated for his stay at the pet hotel. It had come to my attention that he was missing one of his vaccinations and he would not be able to stay at his normal hotel for another 48 hours. We had to leave within 24 hours. So now I am scrambling to find him another place. Luckily, there was a place about a block away that would take Prince and he could get the necessary shots upon arrival at the facility! So everything seems to be taking care of, at least that is what I thought.
I arrive home with dinner for Monica and basketball on my mind when I realize that I forgot to get the posters done for the kids! Now it is 5:30pm and I play at 7pm. The gym is about 40 minutes away and I don’t even have my bag packed yet! What am I going to do? I remembered my homeboy has a connection at FedEx/Kinko’s. I hit up Ricky and he calls Simon and we all decided that the best thing to do was to meet after my game to see what we could do! In the meantime I had a game to play.
I have to be honest I did not feel up to par when it came to competing at a high level. However, my former coach use to tell me that IT COUNTS THE MOST WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL UP TO DOING IT. So with that in mind, I sucked it up and got it done. We got a tough win and I was able to drain 26 points and help keep our untainted record alive! Shouts to all my teammates we worked hard for the win, lol!
After the game, we got those posters done and I made it back home to pack up the truck! We were ready to head back to the hometown to show mad love to all my people!!
THE FUN DAY
I am happy to say that the fun day was great! The day started off very well. All of our volunteers for the day were at the Events Center around 9am. A few of them actually beat me there (Shone, Kim, Monique, Katie, Charles, & Priscilla). So we got everything moved and in order in a very timely fashion. Everyone was given their assignments and we were able to have the rides, tables and chairs, food, T-shirts, school supplies, toys, face paint, and beverages all ready before 11:00 am (10:45 to be exact). It was good timing because believe it or not, the public started coming in right at 11am! I mean we had a non-stop flow of people coming in and having a great time. The rides were awesome as you can probably see by the pictures and kids were enjoying every minute of it. I must say that it was a little on the hot side out there, lol. We had a lot of beverages to keep everyone hydrated though so it all worked out. I also have to say that everyone was complementing the food! My brother Jermel and my brother from another mother Pete did an outstanding job on the grill. It was so good that some of my volunteers that were supposed to be in the ride area monitoring the kids were up at the food court sneaking burgers (Nyk, Kia, Charles) lol! I did have a couple of dedicated to the end guys in the field. Jermaine (my oldest brother) and Shone (homeboy) were out there until the end watching the kids. All the volunteers were great though. I must say that you guys went above and beyond the call of a volunteer and for that the kids and myself are forever grateful. We ended the day by giving away some school supplies and toys for those who were not yet in school. I really believe that everyone had a great time. People were able to see friends from home that they had not seen in a while, have some laughs, win some bingo prizes, and give their kids a fun day for free. I even had a chance to say a few inspiring words to the kids. I believe the day accomplished its goal and that makes me feel really good!
So as I sit here tired of typing, I want to say that this year’s event was a success and that next year’s event is going to be even bigger! I you missed out this time, make sure you check it out next summer! Tune in next week as life gets back to normal (I guess), lol. I have only a few weeks left until I leave for France to start my run for a championship! I hope you will join me! Take care, be blessed, and remember to always EXCEED EXPECTATIONS!
J,
ReplyDeleteI wish I would've made it out there! Looks like your doing big things in the community man, a true inspiration for real! Keep it up!
When do you head out?
And ps...You should'a got the wife the X6! It's MEAN!!!