Another

Another tough weekend. We lost this weekend 3-2. It was a close tough match. We started the match going down 2 sets fast, and then got momentum and had a strong 2 sets after that. So we go into the 5th set and lose pretty close. The score didn't say it all. If we have of gotten even one point where they did instead we could have easily come out on top. But, kinda the same problem as before, I'm not sure how much we want it. I mean you gotta want to win! Do everything you can to get that win. But, it seems we continue to have to learn.....
On the brighter note I played probably the best I have yet here. I was starting to feel comfortable and starting to play with the emotions that I put on the back burner for Fresno state the last couple years. Fresno State needed me to be consistent, not make a lot of errors and keep the emotions under control. Zoersel needs me to unleash. So I am having to recalibrate the way I play. Fresno State I was a role player more than a star. I hoping for Zoersel I can step up my game a be more of a go-to-guy for them. But, we shall see. I don't want to step on peoples toes. We have good players who are also looking for roles and I don't want to inhibit them from being able to completely come out of their shell. It will be an interesting next couple weeks.....

Life here seems to get slower and slower. Today I almost pulled out my hair. Even the video games weren't interesting. That was surprising. So we have had some progress though on doing more things than play volleyball 4 times a week. I dropped in on a guy off the teams work and learned a little bit of physical therapy. I am hoping I can do that throughout the next 7 months and hopefully learn some good stuff. Me and Jessica are also looking into coaching a team for Zoersel. It would be 10-12 year olds and should be about 12-20 of them. Exciting! Hopefully more stuff will continue to come our way.....

So we have this crazy guy that lives down the street from us. We can totally see his house, and he is always outside doing these crazy mannerisms with his hands and is going crazy! We have tried to figure out what is wrong with him but our only conclusion is drugs. We have narrowed it down to Meth or Cocaine. The other day he was trying to make snow angels in the middle of the street. P.S. Snow isn't supposed to arrive until a month from now. We were going to let him know, but he probably only speaks Dutch. Oh well, we will just continue to be window watchers.....

I love my wife!