Well the subject line is misleading…….it was a day of rest meaning we had no game. However it was not completely a day of rest! We woke up, well I did, at 940am and flew downstairs for some corn flakes before our meeting at 10am. I brought two cups (they’re small cups) of tea … [Read more...]
March 28th…..the day the vampires came
today breakfast was at 745am…….well I didn’t wake up for that LOL. Slept thru it and had some breakfast bars when I got up to meet the team downstairs at 830am for practice. Practice was good but I definitely felt like I was hit by a Korean BULLET train last night. I skated … [Read more...]
March 27th…….Game One vs. South Korea
Well today started off with a bright and early wake-up call at 5:55am. I tell ya, breakfast at the butt crack of dawn doesn’t taste quite as nice as it would at like say 9am…………it was an interesting breakfast; ham, cheese, peanut butter and jelly sandwich and corn flakes. After … [Read more...]
March 26th…….and so we hit the ice!!
Well we all survived the first practice!! This is a very good thing LOL………. Lets back track to this morning, say around 755am the alarm went off! Let me tell you, the blackberry antelope alarm is really rather annoying but when one of the 5 girls in your hostel room is sleeping … [Read more...]
March 25th….the saga continues
Well the rest of the flight into Reykjavik went well. I slept on and off for a bit, but nothing great. Then it was time to land. Passport control was a breeze……they could teach the American customs officials a thing or two that’s for sure. Then we had to all get packed into a … [Read more...]
Blog update to 3/24/11 blog………..
I made it to my flight………..it was beyond stressful. More stressful than usual missed connections because I wasn’t able to book the flight from MN all the way to Reykjavik, Iceland with one airline. So the flight was booked from MN to Boston on Delta airlines and then the flight … [Read more...]
March 24th…..the jourey begins….
Well here I am.....sitting at the airport waiting on a delayed flight. Praying it will for real take off at 439pm as currently scheduled instead of the original time of 320pm....and even more praying I still make my 930pm flight to Iceland. If I do not make the flight from boston … [Read more...]
it likely wont end….not yet anyways.
most all of my blogs of late have related to hockey in some way, shape or form and I'm here to report that this wont end until after World Champs, at the earliest......... I leave one week from today and its my hope and intention to blog daily about the experience. Its the … [Read more...]
Please help if you can!!!
A LETTER I WROTE TO POSSIBLE SPONSORS, AS I PREPARE TO REPRESENT SOUTH AFRICA AT THE IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, WOMENS DIVISION IV TOURNAMENT IN REYKJAVIK, ICELAND. IF ANYONE READS THIS AND IS ABLE TO/KNOWS OF ANYONE WHO IS ABLE TO DONATE TO MYSELF OR MY TEAM, I'D BE EXTREMELY … [Read more...]
