Rolling with the Tides

September 29th, 2013 | Uncategorized

Last weekend Brian, Jared and Kerri came down from the North to Galway for what was an amazing time. The weather was HOT, a sweltering 70 degrees, so we decided to go jump off the famous black rock diving board in Salt Hill, Galway. After a 30 minute walk, one in which I got a nice little tan, we arrived only to see that the tide was all the way out and taking the dive was not in our cards. We didn’t let that deter us from a nice Sunday morning swim in the brisk Galway Bay. The scenery was straight out of a postcard as we overlooked the gorgeous west Ireland mountains. I will remember to check the tides the next time its 70 degrees (21 celsius for my Irish followers) in Ireland…I will probably be back in NY by then! 

 

This week I attended the Basketball Ireland Launch in Dublin. They basically drew the matchups for the National Cup and had a photoshoot session for the players. There were about one hundred young students at the launch, in which I signed about one hundred autographs. My wrist felt like it did after taking an essay exam and the teacher tells you that there are five minutes left and you still need to two more pages front and back. I am sure I am not alone with that, i bet you are all stretching out your wrists thinking about it! It really was humbling though to see how genuinely excited these kids were to meet their favorite players. One young boy came up to me and said, “you’re awesome, can I have your autograph?” I replied by saying, “you just met me, what makes you think I’m awesome?” He said, “because anyone who is from America and is a basketball player is always awesome.” Good to know us Americans are leaving a lasting impact on the youth over here, can’t wait to continue this legacy of awesome! I will blog next week about our rivalry game against Maree, until then I’ll just continue to be awesome…

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