A Change of Pace

I didn't know the wind blew in Sweden. Aside from a couple of very light breezes once or twice, I have never experienced wind in Sweden until now. Coming from the San Fernando Valley and the monstrous Santa Ana's I have been accustomed to the swaying trees and flapping flags.

For the last 18 hours Vingaker has been flipped on its head from where it was just yesterday. The clouds have come thundering in, streaking through the sky and threatening to wring out and dump rain over the town were they able to actually hold still long enough to do so. All night scattered raindrops and what I could swear were small bolders have been bouncing off my window, thrown by the rough winds. The air is slipping through the cracks of the hotel and the whole place is howling; not the most peaceful and comforting sounds after just watching 1408, a horror movie set in a hotel - now try walking down to the cold kitchen in the dark. You want me to get WHAT out of the basement? Now?

In any case, it appears like a storm is inevitable, just in time for the weekend and our trip up north to Tierp on Sunday. We had been enjoying beautiful, clear skies and an occasional warm sun. Hopefully we'll avoid the rain on our drive to the match - the last thing we need to do is spend more time in the cramped van.

Tierp is currently tied in 4th place with us, although we edge them out in points from games won and lost. We have a tendency to go 5 in all our losses while continually winning in 3. This match will be very important for playoff seeds, although I'm personally not sure which position (4 or 5) is actually a better match-up for us. Should be interesting nonetheless.

Went out last night for a nice steak dinner with Erik and Linus. I can't tell you how amazing it was to actually have a real, unprocessed and ground piece of meat. It was absolutely delicious and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Although the beef was still served alongside a plate of spuds, as usual, the steak itself was amazing and a great change of pace. The threee of us were joined afterward by Jonas from our Division 1 team and we all watched Rush Hour 3 in Erik and Linus' newly renovated apartment. I mean, it looks good!

I'm having dinner with Dave at Maddis' tonight after practice for what should be another delicious meal. She's been having me over more and more - I think trying desperately to make me as happy as possible here so that maybe I'll return for once more season - we shall see.

Looking forward to playoffs getting underway. I'm not in a big hurry to get out of here, but it'd be nice to get the show on the road. Let's do this thing!