Less than 2 Weeks Until I'm Married!

May 31, 2016

It is only a matter of days until Rachel and I will be married. Over the last week or so, my high school lacrosse season came to an end, many decisions were made for the wedding, and there was a lot of good lacrosse on TV.

The end of NV lax. It was a great first season as Varsity coach filled with many memories. Best of luck to all the seniors who graduated are moving on. Here is a shot from our Playoff win against St Charles North! A little revenge from a loss earlier in the season. Unfortunately our 9 game win streak came to an end in the second round of the state playoffs against the #1 seed Loyola, but it was a great run. Can't wait to return as the first 2 year coach since 2003-04 (2006-07 unofficially).

Song of the Week: Are You Serious by Andrew Bird off of his new Album Are You Serious. Reminds me a bit of Gotye, good stuff.

Fullerton Ave has been fully revamped with beach access and a beautiful green grass area with the city in the background. I look forward to making a lax trick video here later in the summer. I went a on a few runs in the past week along the lake, 4 miles one day, 9 another day. Trying to get in that wedding shape! It is closing in fast!

Rachel went on her bachelorette party this weekend down to Nashville with all of her friends. I am so happy she had an amazing time, including meeting an adorable, happy golden and country star Brett Eldredge. Although all Rachel did was ask Brett if he knew me, what a sweetheart! Best friend Sarah did an absolutely fantastic job setting it all up! Thank you for doing so :)

Over Memorial Day weekend we would like to thank all of the veterans for doing what they do, as well as appreciate some lacrosse that took place. All 4 games over the weekend were absolutely amazing. From the 2 semi-final games on Saturday, to the D3 championship on Sunday, and of course the overtime thriller D1 championship on Monday. It was an incredible weekend for lacrosse and if you didn't watch, go back and do just that! Salisbury edged out Tufts in a back and forth D3 battle while North Carolina beat Maryland in the finals for the D1 crown. Gotta love good lacrosse.

I dominated Brian in Mario Kart on Saturday night. Winning 3 out of 4 cups in Kart. Take that Brian! Mario Rules!

Oh, Rachel and I also got our Marriage license on Friday May 27th. We now have a license to wed. Watch out!

TV Show of the Week: Peaky Blinders Season 1. A pretty sweet show set in the 1800s in Europe where Gangs run the lands. Shout out to Brian for getting me into this. I was able to finally watch it this past weekend when Rachel was out on her Bachelorette party and Brian reminded me of it! Watch it on Netflix, season 3 just came out! Although I won't watch that until July!

Video of the Week: I have always been fascinated by cards and magic. Here is some fancy card shuffling by some dudes. I will never have such skills.

Only 12 days until Rachel and I get married ya'll. Get ready!

Josh

First Flat Tire

March 11, 2015

Song of the Week: Old Punk song from 2006 by Cute is What We Aim For. Brings back some high school memories!

Tuesday March 3rd, 2015. I finished up watching the movie The Endless Summer, which is a great documentary about surfing from the 1960s, currently on Netflix. This movie deserves a 5/5 and was almost movie of the week until a movie later in the week claimed that prize. I had a second day of tryouts for the Cats and enjoyed a tasty tuna Sandwich from my love for dinner.

Wednesday March 4th, tryouts were simply conditioning and I was able to get out pretty early. Rachel and I walked over to Snarf's Sandwiches for dinner, I got the French dip. It was a bitter cold walk, but super worth it once we got into our sandwiches back at our place. Absolutely scrumptious. We watched an episode of Better Call Saul while enjoy our tasty sammys.

On Thursday, March 5th, tryouts got cancelled on an account of it being too darn cold out. Weak sauce. Rachel and I cooked up some tacos for dinner and enjoyed the movie Whiplash. An oscar winning film, that was well deserved for the incredible character portrayal of a music teacher by J.K. Simmons. Definitly a must see for anyone who is a coach and even those are not! Incredible acting and an interesting and controversial story about how to push your pupils to greatness. I loved it!

Friday March 6th, I was able to get out of work a few minutes early to see former teammate, Georgia, face off against former Coach at Adrian in a Division III lax match-up. The Benedictine v Olivet game film is on its way, as I was able to film it and am in the editing stage, stay tuned! Video is now linked here! After the game we had JV tryouts for the cats which went successful. I had some soup at my parents place and called it an early night watching some Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Saturday March 7th was a day in history, as I got my first flat tire in 10 years of driving on my way to work. Luckily it did not happen until I was about 1/2 a mile from work, so I was able to get to work and park in the lot before examining the damage. A huge bolt or nail was sticking out of my tire and air continued to pour out. To my fortune, my father came and helped me change my tire out, then he took my car in to have it fixed! What a Dad!

I had to work all day, which included 7 straight hours of coaching. After the coaching, I was able to watch a rental party that included dodge-ball. It made me think I should have a friend get together for some dodge-ball here. The folks that were there dressed the St. Patty's Day part wearing green, and having lots of fun. If you get out, you can get back in by having a drink! Fun game!

Sunday March 8th began by springing our clocks ahead, losing an hour of sleep, which I am thankful for because the sun is out later now and it begins to feel more like spring. The snow has started to melt, but that didn't stop the flakes from falling at practice on Sunday morning. After two practices I headed home and then Rachel and I hit up Steve Quick Jeweler to check out wedding bands at a trunk show. With no intention to buy, I was again pleasantly surprised with the amazing, friendly, and helpful staff that helped us pick out our bands. It was a lovely experience which included mimosas and some delicious cookies and snacks!

That evening we ordered Chinese food and enjoyed it while watching The Walking Dead and editing some lacrosse game footage from Friday.

Monday March 9th consisted of a morning of meal prepping with the same chicken, quinoa, rice, onion, pepper meal that I had cooked up the previous week. After prepping a weeks worth of lunches, I headed to Burr Ridge to hang out with Aunt Elaine, Grandma, & Beth for awhile. I then did my laundry and had practice, calling it an early night once again.

Video of the Week: A time-lapse form Austria, I NEED to learn how to time-lapse this summer. Just bought a remote shutter, not an interval timer, but it is a good start.

Movie of the Week: Whiplash - what an amazing film that has lead to a new coaching philosophy for the year to push my players to greatness! A must see and well deserved oscar for J.K. Simmons. Wow