Tough weekend

Well this weekend Katy and I both had games this weekend. We both had tough losses. Katy's team played a team that they beat by 40 the first time around. She said this time that it was basically a rugby match with the refs playing on the other team. Everyone that tried to take the ball into the middle or into the paint got hacked and torn apart, and of course no call. One girl even got tossed for saying to the ref (after she got fouled) "you must have a soft spot for number 8" (on the other team). Must have hit a nerve or something of the truth becasue the ref tossed Katy's teamate out of the game for saying that. They ended up losing by 3. So now they are in 2nd place. This weekend they play the #1 team. If they beat them Katys team will be tied with them for 1st. The tie breaker will be head-to-head points. Last time Katy's team lost by 10 points, so if they win by 11 they will be in 1st by themselves.

Our game in Ludwigsburg was tough. We played fairly well for most of the game and with 5 seconds left (with the game tied) we had the ball and should have gotten a shot, but the ball got fumbled and we didnt get a shot off. We went to overtime and ended up losing. We have had a lot of close games and its our time to start winning some of them. We play at home against Braunsweig this weekend and hopefully we can get a winning streak going!

Valentine's Day

Valentine's day was also a good day. I had to get early to go to the weight room and workout with the team. But after that Katy and I had the day to ourselves. Here in Giessen they had a parade for Fasching (the big party before lent) and we went. For Fasching everybody dresses up in costumes, like Halloween back home, and goes and parties. So while we were watchign the pararde it wasnt just the parade that was fun it was seeing all the people in their costumes as well.
For the parade there were a lot of floats. And every float through something out, most of them tossing candy. Katy and I werent even trying that hard to get a lot of the candy but ended up coming home with fist fulls of the stuff as you couldnt help but get some. Sometimes when you werent even paying attention you would get hit by the stuff. Each float had a lot of people on it and pretty much everyone was throwing stuff out. We werent even near the beginning of the parade route so I cant imagine how much candy and other stuff they must have in their float to throw out, to start with. There were also floats that handed out little shots (little glass/plastice bottles) and if you ran up to the float they would give you some. Giessener Brauhaus also had a truck looking thing that if you ran up to the window it would serve you a beer. I have to say there were a couple people that had over-indulged even though it was early in the afternoon and a lot of the people on the floats looked like they were having a good time and well on their way too.
We left the parade with lots of candy and lots of pictures. We'll have to show them to you sometime. Then it was back home to a nice dinner, chocolate covered strawberries for dessert that we did ourselves, a few game of cribbage and a nice movie night. It was a great day, and a greta end to a good weekend. Hope last weekend was good for you as well.

My birthday

Saturday I had a great birthday. Katy woke up early and made me a scrambler with eggs, potatoes, onions, red peppers, and cheese. Best breakfast I have had in a long time. For the rest of the day we took it easy as I had a game that night. The game didnt go well, at all. We got blown out against Gottigen. Probably a good game just to forget about (we'll hopefully learn from it) but then move on. After the game Katy had arranged for a lady that we know to bake a traditional german cheesecake for me. Katy brought mixed berries to top it with. I tired a little bit and oh man was it good. Another lady we know made chocolate chip cookies and one of the guys on the team, his girlfriend made a chocolate chip cake as well. It was great that people did all that for me! Thanks!
After we left the stadium and the after-match dinner/get-together we went to a bar called No. 10 with some friends and sat and talked and watched the Olympics.
Besides a tough loss, it was a great brithday. Thank you to all of you who sent birthday wishes!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to me :)

Last 2 weeks game

The last 2 weeks we played Dusseldorf at home and then went on the road to Bremerhaven. Dusseldorf was a tough game for us. They are near the bottom of the standings with us, so it would have been a big win. We started off the game and went up by a lot - 15 or 17 maybe. Then they fought back, one guy hit 6 threes on us. At the end of the game it was lose but they ended up beating us. It was a tough loss, especially at home.

Then last weekend we drove up to Bremerhaven - about 5 hours away, but becasuse we hit traffic it took us about 6.5 hours to get there. It is right on the sea (the north sea). There we played a team that was ranked 2nd at the time. We played pretty well (even though when we went back and looked at the tape there was a alot of stuff that we could have done better on) and ended up winning. At the end of the game they had a chance at a 3-pointer to tie but missed and we won. It was a great feeling, and nice when we got home at 3:30/4 am to arrive on a win and not a loss.