we stayed the night at laura's friend's house in bettendorf (i have no idea how that's spelled, so i made it up)
her friend (whose name is ann) has the coolest dad EVER.
when we got up in the morning, we had breakfast and then......
you guessed it!
WE DROVE!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
day 29
i woke up early(ish) and ran. then....
we drove.
we gotta swing through indianapolis ril quick and SEE MISS GABRIEL AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! woop woop!!
then we drove some more.
and we drove and drove and drove and drove and drove.
we pretty much just kept driving......
and driving and driving and driving and driving...
i think you get the idea.
we drove.
we gotta swing through indianapolis ril quick and SEE MISS GABRIEL AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! woop woop!!
then we drove some more.
and we drove and drove and drove and drove and drove.
we pretty much just kept driving......
and driving and driving and driving and driving...
i think you get the idea.
day 28
we pretty much had another regular day at the tourney!
it was championship sunday, and it ran pretty smoothly..
the only thing that really went wrong was that our stupid inflatables could NOT stay up!!!! it was windy, but not like insane hurricane-ey winds or something like that, so idk what the deal was. that dang soccer ball one was being impossible. i wanted to set it over at the corner of the soccer complex for a little "time out". we kept trying to stake it to the ground in different ways, but it wasn't working. by noon, we were having to run and set it back up every like, 10 minutes. it kept falling on people, which was awkward because it fell slowly enough that only oblivious people should be getting caught in it. whatevs..
[i have a feeling that i'm going to stab that thing with some scissors by the end of the summer]
anywhoo, after the tourney we packed up...same old, same old.
the group of guys that we were PAYING to help us pack up weren't doing squat, so that was frustrating. but then out of nowhere the wind picked up and we could see huge scary storm clouds rolling in, and all of a sudden those lazy guys were up on their feet packing stuff up faster than gangsta rap.
all in all, we were done cleaning up from the tourney pretty early. that was nice. then we went back to the hotel and slept for a verrrry long time. when we woke up, we went to dinner (laura, stefan, and i) at an irish place. not surprising, since everything in this area is irish. i got fish and chips, because that's just what needs to happen in irish-ville.
after dinner it started raining uncontrollably, so the three of us decided to end our tri-date right and we all watched a movie. i dozed in and out of it and laura definitely passed out after the first 7 minutes, but stefan was a trooper and he watched all of it. haha i'm sure it was a fantastic movie though....the parts i remember watching were just dandy.
so after the movie ended, stefan went to his room and laura and i went to bed.
shazam.
oh, ps - i realized during our tri-date that stefan's name is spelled "stefan" and not "stephen" so....i apologize for the confusion that i'm sure all of our readers have suffered over the past few days. but i'm not going back into our old posts to fix it so......y'all can deal. =]
it was championship sunday, and it ran pretty smoothly..
the only thing that really went wrong was that our stupid inflatables could NOT stay up!!!! it was windy, but not like insane hurricane-ey winds or something like that, so idk what the deal was. that dang soccer ball one was being impossible. i wanted to set it over at the corner of the soccer complex for a little "time out". we kept trying to stake it to the ground in different ways, but it wasn't working. by noon, we were having to run and set it back up every like, 10 minutes. it kept falling on people, which was awkward because it fell slowly enough that only oblivious people should be getting caught in it. whatevs..
[i have a feeling that i'm going to stab that thing with some scissors by the end of the summer]
anywhoo, after the tourney we packed up...same old, same old.
the group of guys that we were PAYING to help us pack up weren't doing squat, so that was frustrating. but then out of nowhere the wind picked up and we could see huge scary storm clouds rolling in, and all of a sudden those lazy guys were up on their feet packing stuff up faster than gangsta rap.
all in all, we were done cleaning up from the tourney pretty early. that was nice. then we went back to the hotel and slept for a verrrry long time. when we woke up, we went to dinner (laura, stefan, and i) at an irish place. not surprising, since everything in this area is irish. i got fish and chips, because that's just what needs to happen in irish-ville.
after dinner it started raining uncontrollably, so the three of us decided to end our tri-date right and we all watched a movie. i dozed in and out of it and laura definitely passed out after the first 7 minutes, but stefan was a trooper and he watched all of it. haha i'm sure it was a fantastic movie though....the parts i remember watching were just dandy.
so after the movie ended, stefan went to his room and laura and i went to bed.
shazam.
oh, ps - i realized during our tri-date that stefan's name is spelled "stefan" and not "stephen" so....i apologize for the confusion that i'm sure all of our readers have suffered over the past few days. but i'm not going back into our old posts to fix it so......y'all can deal. =]
Saturday, June 26, 2010
day 27
we had to get up earrrrrrrrly. :(
we left for the fields at 530, then when we got there we set things up and just kind of got ready to go. then the tourney started. things went well, we had refs for all of the fields (ref coordinator dan, aka demon dan, isn't working this tourney), etc.
basically we just sat around in hq for most of the day. we had to go do little things, like record scores and fix goals, but nothing major. one annoying thing was that our stupid upper 90 inflatable kept blowing over, so we had to go keep fixing it and re-staking it to the ground. ugh.
but overall it wasn't bad. last round of games started at 130 so we were done by 2 and ready to roll around 245, meaning we didn't have to miss much of the usa vs ghana game. (in hindsight, it probably would've been better to miss that game anyway)
after we watched the game, i chatted with miss gabriel on ze phone while i juggled a soccer ball and just wandered around the hotel. meanwhile, laura slept like a rock.
around 6 we showered and got ready to go, then stephen, laura, and i went to the columbus crew soccer game vs dc united. woop woop! it was fun - crew won 2-0 (although their first goal was kind of iffy - stephen and i saw a handball, as did the dc players) - and then it rained during our drive back to the hotel. now i'm just chillin in the room, gonna watch a movie and fall asleep....
we get to sleep in until 630 tomorrow! ...... :(
haha
gute nacht!
we left for the fields at 530, then when we got there we set things up and just kind of got ready to go. then the tourney started. things went well, we had refs for all of the fields (ref coordinator dan, aka demon dan, isn't working this tourney), etc.
basically we just sat around in hq for most of the day. we had to go do little things, like record scores and fix goals, but nothing major. one annoying thing was that our stupid upper 90 inflatable kept blowing over, so we had to go keep fixing it and re-staking it to the ground. ugh.
but overall it wasn't bad. last round of games started at 130 so we were done by 2 and ready to roll around 245, meaning we didn't have to miss much of the usa vs ghana game. (in hindsight, it probably would've been better to miss that game anyway)
after we watched the game, i chatted with miss gabriel on ze phone while i juggled a soccer ball and just wandered around the hotel. meanwhile, laura slept like a rock.
around 6 we showered and got ready to go, then stephen, laura, and i went to the columbus crew soccer game vs dc united. woop woop! it was fun - crew won 2-0 (although their first goal was kind of iffy - stephen and i saw a handball, as did the dc players) - and then it rained during our drive back to the hotel. now i'm just chillin in the room, gonna watch a movie and fall asleep....
we get to sleep in until 630 tomorrow! ...... :(
haha
gute nacht!
Friday, June 25, 2010
day 26
um..
so we set up the goals and unloaded stuff/laid stuff out and.....it was a long day.
then we showered and went to check-in at sport's authority, where over 10 people asked us where things were in the store and what prices for things were. and every time we had to explain to them that WE DON'T WORK HERE (hence the blue polos that say "kick-it 3v3 soccer" on them)
wowza.
after check-in we went to pf chang's for din din. it was very good, but it was freezing inside the restaraunt.
now we're back at the hotel, ready for bed. long day tomorrow! rollin out at 530! AHH!
nighty night!
so we set up the goals and unloaded stuff/laid stuff out and.....it was a long day.
then we showered and went to check-in at sport's authority, where over 10 people asked us where things were in the store and what prices for things were. and every time we had to explain to them that WE DON'T WORK HERE (hence the blue polos that say "kick-it 3v3 soccer" on them)
wowza.
after check-in we went to pf chang's for din din. it was very good, but it was freezing inside the restaraunt.
now we're back at the hotel, ready for bed. long day tomorrow! rollin out at 530! AHH!
nighty night!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
day 25
we got up, had breakfast, went to the fields, unloaded juicy juice, painted the field lines, went grocery shopping, and then.....
laura, stephen, and i had a DATE NIGHT!!!! haha we made tacos in me and laura's room and then we watched like 3 episodes of NCIS. tomorrow night we might have another date at the movie theater next to our hotel. haha but more details on that later..
after stephen left, laura and i fell asleep on the couch (we barely fit, but whatever)
then we woke up long enough for laura to go from the couch to her bed, where she went back to sleep. so i went for a 65 minute run and then jumped in our hotel pool (fully clothed) when i got back. the run was amazing - there were lightning bugs everywhere and it was cool and humid.... a perfect summer night =]
when i got back to the room, laura was finally conscious. i showered, then we watched chelsea lately.
now it's time for bed! we have a lot to do at the fields tomorrow!!!
laura, stephen, and i had a DATE NIGHT!!!! haha we made tacos in me and laura's room and then we watched like 3 episodes of NCIS. tomorrow night we might have another date at the movie theater next to our hotel. haha but more details on that later..
after stephen left, laura and i fell asleep on the couch (we barely fit, but whatever)
then we woke up long enough for laura to go from the couch to her bed, where she went back to sleep. so i went for a 65 minute run and then jumped in our hotel pool (fully clothed) when i got back. the run was amazing - there were lightning bugs everywhere and it was cool and humid.... a perfect summer night =]
when i got back to the room, laura was finally conscious. i showered, then we watched chelsea lately.
now it's time for bed! we have a lot to do at the fields tomorrow!!!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
day 24
we drove thru the night last night. at a gas station, laura and i had just finished filling up with gas and were just sitting in the truck thinking about how we really should clean off the bug-covered windshield, when these 2 guys who must've been psychic just randomly climbed up and started to clean our windshield. haha laura and i were LOVIN it! so we gave them some free kick-it shirts before we went our separate ways. they were going to california....i almost jumped in their uhaul. but, for laura's sake, i restrained myself.
otherwise nothing too exciting happened during our drive. it was pretty rough to stay awake at one point, but when i took the wheel around 330, the sky started to brighten around 4 or 5 and soon i was watching the sunrise, jammin to jack's mannequin and SO JAZZED TO VISIT GABRIEL!!!! so i didn't feel all too tired. laura fell asleep at a stoplight though, so....
but anyway, when we got to indianapolis, laura pretty much passed out on the couch at the house gabriel is living at and i was too excited to sleep so i went to gabriel's work site and volunteered for the rest of the day helping out with the kiddos. it was pretty fun! then gabe showed me around the community center thing (which is like the central place for her summer project), introduced me to some people, etc. laura finally woke up at like 4 in the afternoon. then she went to a cafe to get on the internet while me and gabe went for a run. that was sweet cause we could catch up on life while we ran. =]
after that i showered and we all went to a potluck at the community center before laura and i hit the road to drive the rest of the way to columbus.
the drive was pretty uneventful as far as i know. i drove, then slept.
now we're at our hotel (which is sweeeeeeet btw) and tomorrow we paint the fields! gute nacht!
otherwise nothing too exciting happened during our drive. it was pretty rough to stay awake at one point, but when i took the wheel around 330, the sky started to brighten around 4 or 5 and soon i was watching the sunrise, jammin to jack's mannequin and SO JAZZED TO VISIT GABRIEL!!!! so i didn't feel all too tired. laura fell asleep at a stoplight though, so....
but anyway, when we got to indianapolis, laura pretty much passed out on the couch at the house gabriel is living at and i was too excited to sleep so i went to gabriel's work site and volunteered for the rest of the day helping out with the kiddos. it was pretty fun! then gabe showed me around the community center thing (which is like the central place for her summer project), introduced me to some people, etc. laura finally woke up at like 4 in the afternoon. then she went to a cafe to get on the internet while me and gabe went for a run. that was sweet cause we could catch up on life while we ran. =]
after that i showered and we all went to a potluck at the community center before laura and i hit the road to drive the rest of the way to columbus.
the drive was pretty uneventful as far as i know. i drove, then slept.
now we're at our hotel (which is sweeeeeeet btw) and tomorrow we paint the fields! gute nacht!
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