Back Up and Running

What's up world? I hope that everyone reading this blog is in great health and good spirits! It has been a good week to say the least! As you can see, my pc is back running, we got a big win, and had a chance to visit the Deauville Resort! There were some minor setbacks which I will get into later in this post, but all and all, I had a great week.
First, basketball was the main agenda as usual. We had a tough week of practice. For some reason this week seemed like a longer week. I am not sure if it was the fact that we were coming off a lost or if practice was just that much harder. Either way practice was a beast for me this week. It ended up paying off though because we were able to get another win against a good team. Roanne came to the Docks (our gym) this week and found out that we were not going to lay down for anyone. It was a good game but before I get into the details I must tell you guys about my game day misfortunes. Earlier this week I started playing in a brand new pair of Nike Hyperdunks! They were crisp and looking and feeling like a million bucks, lol. Well I come into our normal shoot around practice on game day and notice that my shoes were not in the locker room. I look around for a minute and notice that everyone else had their shoes. So now I am getting upset because I know that I left my shoes where I normally leave them. Which meant that either someone was playing a joke on me or they had been stolen. I knew that no one would be playing around with the captain on game day because I take game day pretty serious. After some investigation, there were two guys in our arena during the junior teams practice the night before that were not affiliated with either one of our teams and the locker room had been left unlocked!! I am still not sure why they would only get my shoes, but they did and they also had my orthopedic insoles in them!! This was huge because these insoles were made to fit my feet and I had been playing with insoles for years! As you can imagine, I was highly upset but I tried to focus on the task at hand. I grabbed my old shoes, put the thin generic insoles that comes in the shoe when you buy them, and suited up for the game as if everything was normal. I mean when it comes down to it "YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO!"
I was quite uncomfortable at the beginning of the game, but as the game progressed I just stopped thinking about it and played ball. Roanne came out strong and we couldn't make a basket. They led for the entire first half and at one point were up by 15! At the break we were down 11, but I kept telling my guys "We have 20 minutes of basketball left... Keep Playing." That is just what we did in the second half. Before we knew it we were back in the game. I hit a 3 pointer at the end of the third quarter to cut the game to 1 and the momentum was on our side. We took the lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter and Roanne never got it back! We ended up winning by 3 points and were able to protect our house! I am extremely happy with the effort that our team put forth last night! We played tough when most teams would have folded and that speaks volumes about this team's character. On a personal note, God blessed me with 19 points, 9 assists, and 4 steals. These numbers are pretty good when they are accompanied by a victory, lol!
After the game my feet were killing me as expected and I am gonna have to get some more insoles made ASAP, as well as getting some more kicks to hoop in! Stb Le Havre... break out the check book and take care of Yaboi please, lol!!
On another note, Monica and I, 2 of my teammates, and their girlfriends went to check out the popular Deauville Resort. We had a good time, but I think that it is overrated. For those that are not familiar with this place, don't feel bad neither was I. It is a nice place that hosts a lot of film festivals, horse races, sailing competitions, etc.... I mean almost every actor that you can imagine has been there for the festivals. They have a lot of stores to shop and the beach is nice. I was just looking for more of a site seeing type spot or more of a tangible attraction. The best part of the day was kicking it with our friends! But hey it was cool and I am going to upload the pictures for you guys to check out!
So I got my pc back running after I carelessly dropped it off the table. It turned out that I just knocked the hard drive out of it's slot and I just had to push it back in. We are all good over here now, Thank GOD!!
Well that's my week in a nutshell. This week we travel to play Strasbourg where the victory will be tough to get, but I am confident that we can get it. My homeboy Tremmell Darden plays out there and he can go! It will be nice to catch up with him. I also have to figure out how to take care of my feet this week which should be an interesting challenge, lol! I plan on uploading the photos in the next day or so. Anyway, thanks for tuning in, have a great week, and as always remember to EXCEED EXPECTATIONS!!