Friday in the Rain

I suppose it could have been worse...it could be pissing down rain tomorrow. Oh, wait. It might.

(Hmm....must ask dtrini about backup plans for our double date Drive-in Night...)

Yes, I am here. I haven't died. Nor have I given up blogging. There hasn't been a great deal to say, although I've lurked around where possible. (I think Ed and I were suffering the same malady)

Pre-residency for school started this week, so I've been getting used to the online learning environment, reading papers and reading books and then reading more papers and reading and highlighting and note-taking and reading and holfuckamIstillreadingmorestuffohmyGODIcan'tbelievehowmuchfuckingreading
I'mdoing....and then reading some more and workin on my first assignment: a reflective paper.

I know you've all be clamouring for a hockey update, so here it is. We had our last regular season game last night. Until last week we had a nice win streak going and then we turned in a real turkey last Thursday. I didn't feel I played badly, but we just could not make a pass to save our lives, let alone put the puck in the net. Strangely enough we had managed to hold onto first place in the division. This week we were determined to play better but still came out rather flat against a team we've done very well against in previous games. Paul, our captain, had a new stick and he kept firing the puck over the net. Wes, our top scorer, had a new blade on his and had much the same problem. I was doing my very best "Doc Oc" impression between the pipes at our end and Trappy the Wonder Glove was snagging just about everything in sight.

But we were still down 2 goals with about 1:45 remaining in the 3rd.

Fortune smiled on us. They took a bad penalty by dumping one of our guys in their end and we took advantage. We scored with 34 seconds left.

4-3.

So I went to the bench and they put on the extra skater. Now, this ploy rarely works for us but somehow we popped one in.

Tied 4-4 with 10 seconds on the clock.

Not bad, all things considered. We finished one point out of first. 6-4-1 over 11 games. What really stinks is that because I'm off to Victoria as of the 5th, I'll miss the 2nd and 3rd playoff games in the round-robin. Ah well....no sacrifice too great for education...

That's all for the moment, readers.

Keep smilin'!