I keep falling behind on my blog. I should just accept the fact that I'm probably not going to post all that much during the weekends, if at all. Especially during season. Anyway Mom, Dad, and Nelson all drove up to DC on Friday and I met them for lunch in Dupont Circle. Even though there was some stress with their hotel choice, it was nice to visit for a bit. I then had pre-game practice followed by a team dinner that night in the Cardinal Room. It would've been nice to have dinner with the fam but team dinner was a requirement. I just chilled on campus that night and got some good sleep for our game on Saturday.
Saturday I woke up early and met the parents for breakfast and an early lunch in Dupont Circle at their new hotel because they couldn't stand the first one. Mom gets picky with dirty hotels. I then headed back to campus because we played Susquehanna at 3:30. They are in our conference and they are also ranked #16 in the nation. Our goal was to never lose a conference game and it was a big game for us. They scored about midway through the first half on a very crappy corner that somehow got deflected near post. It was disappointing. All they would do is kick the ball and run and win head balls. Anyway even with multiple chances, we could't put one away and we ended up losing 1-0. Very disappointing to say the least and everyone was pretty bummed about it. Hopefully we will have a chance to face them again in the conference tournament.
After the game we had a tailgate and introduced Jacob, a young boy with brain cancer that our team is "adopting" to the rest of our fans and family. Here is his website if you're interested. He is a really amazing kid and he has been through so much:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jacobphelps
I then met my first recruit, Ian, who spent Saturday night with me. It would've been nice to hang with the family some more Saturday evening but I hung out with the team and Ian and showed him around school.
Sunday I dropped the recruit off with coach and headed back to the city to say goodbye to the fam. It's always great when they come up to visit. I always enjoy it. After that I went back to campus and watched football basically all day and cleaned up my place. I always enjoy relaxing on SUndays.
Now it's Monday and back to the grind. Another tough week ahead with two big games and a couple exams.
And here we go,
-TZ
