Tournament Champions & a 10-0 Start

On Tuesday April 21st, I hit up the dentist and found out I had 3 cavities. Unsure how this is possible since I have had all of my teeth filled multiple times, racking up well over 50 cavities over a lifetime. We took a bus to our first away game of the year and won a close 6-4 match at the top of the hill.

Deer tick is making new music! Hell yes! The boys are back in the studio. Get pumped.

Wednesday April 22nd, began with a trip back to the dentist to have those 3 cavities filled. After three practices, I headed home to Chicago and got some Renaldi's pizza with Rachel for dinner. A lovely little mid week city date with some tasty pizza and a beverage. Summer Shandy because in Chicago, it is always summer...

On Thursday April 23th, we played the arch rivals WV and dominated with a 12-4 win, putting us at 9-0 on the year. It was good to see and play against players I had coached last year for FV. Filmed the varsity game after, check the footage below. I had some Giordano's deep dish pizza for dinner thanks to the fam. Tasty. Sleep on.

Friday April 24th started with some donuts, I had 3 with sprinkles, fat. I had some left over pizza from Renaldi's for lunch and then hit up practice. After, my family went to Wings and Rings for a tasty dinner. I had a lovely burger with a shandy for dinner. We watched some ACC college lax on tv. Good family times!

Saturday April 25th proved to be a busy day. It started with another win for the cats in the pouring rain. 10-0 on the season. Good start so far. Immediately after the game, I shed my wet clothes and drove up to Milwaukee for a FV tournament. My teams played well and my 8 grade boys ended up winning the whole thing. We got medals, no trophy. Great for the kids, but lame for us coaches. We want the trophazz. I then drove back to Chicago to celebrate Rachel's Bday at our place by having a little party. It was gonna be a chill night for me, but then I found out my 2 games for Sunday morning got cancelled. Time to rage. I ended up meeting 2 folks from Ireland and showed them my Ireland photobook. I am so cool. We hit up LP Stadium since Gas Light was at capacity and jammed out to Deer Tick on the juke box. Loved it. Our waitress knew the song, "These Old Shoes" and danced to it with us. Great night.

On Sunday April 26th, after being awoken by a phone call to reschedule the lax games, I picked up some McDonald's for Rach and I, but was a bit upset when I saw the price of the McDouble has risen to $1.45 and the McChicken to $1.19. The McChicken spokesman is on the verge of heading elsewhere for his dollar deals. Unbelievable. I had to drive out to Wheaton for the game and ended up just reffing it myself because no refs showed up. What a waste of time. At least the weather was nice. Once back at our place, I finally figured out how to work our patio grills. No propane, no charcoal. All I had to do was turn on the grill. The gas must be fed straight from the building. Only took us 8 months to figure it out. Alright! Rachel and I grilled some tasty burgers and asparagus that evening. We also met our neighbors Jason and Kristin who were also grilling. Yay neighbors. We watched Mad Men while enjoying our food.

Monday April 27th a pretty basic day. Had work, then practices and then ate some soup. Beth and I redboxed, The Theory of Everything, a Stephen Hawking documentary. It was a pretty good movie in which I actually learned a fair amount about Hawking's early life and his development of ALS. I highly suggest this movie, for the acting of Eddie Redmayne was phenomenal. And you guessed it, it is the movie of the week!

Video of the Week: The boys are back! Get excited with this Deer Tick live concert from NY

3 more games for the cats ahead, as well as more for the kids. Lax on

Josh

Pivotal Moment in My Coaching Career

Song of the Week: Blue Mountains by Diamond Rugs. Still on my D.Rugs kick. Squids Favorite

On Tuesday April 7th, still recovering from the awesome week of Diamond Rugs concerts, I hit up McDonald's after work and got my pregame McChicken. We pulled out a convincing 15-0 win over a newer team in the area. Go Cats.

Wednesday April 8th was a day where I continued my poor eating habits and had 2 mccchickens for lunch. After my 3 practices for the day, I picked up Beth and we headed to Buffalo Wings & Rings for some quality dining to support the womens NV lax team. I had a fresh brew to go with my wings that made sweat drip from my head. I called it an early nights sleep that evening.

Thursday April 9th was a stormy day in which my practice got cancelled. This was nice since I was able to head home early and get a lot done at home. For dinner Rachel and I had a left over Grinder she got from Chicago Grinder & PIzza Co earlier that week to go along with a tasty salad. I made myself a banana split for dinner and couldn't have been happier with my choice to top it with sprinkles. We loaded up Goodfellas that night and enjoyed the 1990 gangster classic film.

On Friday April 10th I enjoyed leftover salad for lunch then headed to my practices. After NV pracitce, I hit up Gio's with Dario and met a new friend Will. After drinking a couple of Lagunitas IPA's I headed home, and shredded up the expired pork I had cooking in the crock pot. Once I added my Stubbs BBQ sauce, I had no fear of the potential diareahha that could head my way from eating this expired pork. Luckily it was only a little brown and smelt only a little sour so I finished it up. Headed to bed after having Rachel upload this video for me! Another highlight vidoe in the books. Get them while their hot folks!

Saturday April 11th was my first weekend game of the year. The cats took on Stevenson and we pulled out another 13-6 victory. 5-0 on the season. Great start! I then headed over to Rachel's parents to celebrate her birthday since we won't be around next weekend. We got a mid afternoon bonfire going which was awesome. For dinner we helped her dad make a delicious skirt steak salad. We then loaded up Into the Woods which I did not realize was as musical. I got through about half way before dozing off. Just a bit too much sun on this day. 

We spent our Sunday April 12th, heading down to Kankakee to visit Rachel's grandparents. We picked up panera on the way and had a great visit with them! My first FV game of the year for my 8 grade boys ended up as an 8-6 win. Big year as we play in the A division as a B team. I watched Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World as Rachel did her taxes. I prepped a frozen pizza, too easy.

Monday April 13th was a pivotal moment in my coaching career. The cats were off to a great practice in lovely weather, the sun was drying the recently rained on ground and some worms were about. One kid had a great idea to put a worm in another kids glove. Eventually I figured out who it was and I gave him the ultimatum: 100 pushups or eat the worm. All of the kids started the chant, "Eat the Worm! Eat the worm!" Holding the worm, the kid is staring at it, then goes for it. The whole team went absolutely bonkers. That's right, bonkers. He made his choice and swallowed the worm whole. Incredible. A hilarious and amazing moment.  That night I cooked up some soup for dinner while watching the end of Blow.

Movie of the week: Goodfellas. You need to watch this classic if you haven't seen it. Set the stage for wiseguy movies everywhere.

Video of the week: A Jcubed classic that involved a lot of rain, since it has been raining lately.


Off to Maryland this week to see Adam get married! Growing up!

Josh