Old lady!?!?!

Alright well training camp is well under way the schedule is up on the wall and the days till we play are being crossed off everynight before bed. Training camp as been an adjustment for me to say the least I wake up every morning my body creaking and cracking wondering what in the world I am doing to it. I have not done two a days for over 2 years now! I am so sore I honestly feel like an old lady, today appears to be somewhat of a hump day my calf is finally feeling a little better thanks to a whole bunch of accupuncture those little needles work wonders!!
The team went over to Chelseas parents house hte other night and had an amazing meal, it was such a nice break from eating out at restaurants to have a home cooked meal. We threw Carrie a little Bachelorette party complete with games and a movie!
The stag shop in town was slightly overwhelmed with a number of girls over 6'0. I bet they are wondering why the Canada Basketball girls are all looking in the stag shops!
Time for my nap!!

The baby is Jeff and Getti's (my strength coach).
The glasses are from the Imax.

Welcome Back!

Here are the pictures as promised. They are from the drive home from Sac to BC and then some from BC hanging out in Vancouver. The last one happened my first day back at camp... I got a black, a sprained finger and a sweet scratch on my cheek!! Today got a cut on the black eye so a little blood to add in the corner. Good to be back!!

Prison call and a flight to Toronto

I am back in Toronto, made it here about 12am yesterday. My original flight got cancelled out of Abbotsford so it was a much later flight that we had to take. When I got the phone call I was just finishing getting ready over at Apollo dad was going to drive me from there, I wound up heading back home, the wonderful thing about the abby airport was that mom could drive me four hours later hwen I needed to be there. I was attemting to get on Ontario time so I worked out in the morning thus Apollo so I didn't want to nap really but since I was all packed up there seemed like nothing better to do at home. I was laying down when the phone rang so I picked it up and I had a collect call from (in a male voice tring to sound sexy and seductive the word) "Jay" came out sounding incredibly creepy. I was like okay pretty sure dads not doing that and then the lady said "this call is coming from a correctional institute" I hung up that phone so fast. My nap was over and ruined adn Kobe had to be let into the house because I was certain this creppy man was coming to get me... from prison.
The flight was good felt a little long, it had been a good 15 days since I had flown I guess I was out of it. My rolly bag is fantastic!
Practice this morning was good it was one of those where you feel so tired you don't always know what you are doing, remembering plays took some serious focus!
I am rooming with Ree (mom and dad that was for you!!)
I was a little dissapointed today because I tried to have my nap and I only slept for like an hour, I am out of sync for these training camps I am normally just waking up when we are down our first session... may take a couple of days.
I tried to post some pics got impatient so maybe next time.

Lonely last night!

Well Ben left last night... I hate all these goodbyes somedays I just really want a house and settle down a little! I was a little upset this morning so I went to Wal mart with Grandma and spent some money and then decided I should go back to mall to see if I could find some things, spent way too much money on books, suitcases, socks! Never a good idea to shop while you are a little upset. Packing now sad to be leaving BC, I really think I live in one of the most beautiful areas around not so excited for the scenery in Ontario but training camp should be great so I am off. I am sure I will have lots of time for updates while at camp!

Mission!!

Happy Birthday today Michelle!!!!!
Well I was thinking I should probably post but I couldn't recall what I had been doing the last couple of days. It has been very relaxing though I have yet to wake up before 930am... loving that. Took Ben to his first fish hatchery, although there wasn't much excitment as the salmon aren't quite spawning yet, but we did see some 8ft long sturgeon, looks kind of like a mini shark! We had a picnic lunch at Chehalis I just really wanted to go camping after that, so much fun! Did a few rounds of mini golf and batting cages at Wonderland... a really great place minus the mildew smell in the underground jungle golf area. We did that with Jen and Reagan so it was good to catch up with her finally!!
I got in two workouts with Mike and Allison and Ree and Dev. It was a lot of fun to play again and be coached hasn't happened in a while.
Biggest news I bought the Office season 3 it is fantastic only problem is that I can't stop watching them so sometimes 1 episode turns into 4!
Michelle comes into town tomorrow get to see her real quick and then we are headed into the big city for the weekend!

home safe and sound

Well we made it home safe and sound! I know I haven't posted in a while but the last two days in Sacramento went by fast. After we lost we came back the next morning and I was working on 2 hours of sleep but I really wanted to get home so I didn't take much of a nap so I could get things rolling. I went to the dentist to get my mouthguard and cleaned up and started packing. The next day was exit interviews which went alright and then back to the dentist get my exit physical. Which I passed with flying colours, even the second x-ray my bones have healed!! I said my goodbyes and got to hang out with Jeff, Getti, and the baby that night which was a lot of fun. We anticipated an early start but a few drinks the night before and not being able to load up the car (it is Natomas we didn't want all our belongings stolen) meant we left around 1130! I was still ambitious we could get to Portland, Ben made fun of me because after about 3 hours I was kind of hurting and I realized this was the longest stretch of time I have driven for! We stopped at Lake Shasta for lunch at a great little black bear diner, drove around the town and took off again with Ben taking over the wheel.
We stopped in Eugene that night Ben loves college towns, he got to run a lap of Hayward field and we got a good rest to start up the next morning. Ben did all the driving on day 2 I think he really wanted to drive across the border and of course we got pulled in! Ben thinks he is now Canada's most wanted! He looked like he was lying and we had a car full of crap! We made it safe and sound and it is good to be home!!