So all the hard work and time put it, all the sacrifices made ~ time away from loved ones and from home, all the time in the gym, on the ice, all the times I had to ask to leave early from work to get to the rinks on time...........all of it combined made for many months of hard … [Read more...]
April 1st….April Fool’s Day UPDATED!!
Well today came with a rude awakening at 830am……after a night of limited sleep this surely was a little rough, but I got up and got dressed and rushed downstairs to leave for our day trip on the Golden Circle sightseeing tour. There are a ton of pictures that have been taken, … [Read more...]
March 31st………..and so the skates were ‘hung up’
Hard to believe all the work that has been put in has reached fruition and today is the last day of games, well for South Africa seems as we were given this amazing schedule………..NOT!!!!!! I woke up, late, at 10am; freaked out and rushed to our 10am meeting. Right before waking … [Read more...]
March 30th…………..and what a day it was!!
Well today I managed to roll out of bed around……..mmmmm I forget! Like 930am ish to get to breakfast and to the bus by 10am to leave for practice!! Corn flakes again! Mmmmmm ha! Practice was a little less than fantastic, for me that is! Got out there, legs felt much better … [Read more...]
Photo blog…….sight-seeing March 29th!!
Pictures from our sight-seeing walks today!! … [Read more...]
March 29th……….a day of rest!
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...]
