Hi all. I hope you had a wonderful July 4th weekend - I'm sure part of your activities included fireworks! Seeing that I am not American, I obviously don't feel the passion that real Americans do on Independence Day but what I can say is that I was extremely impressed with how brilliantly Americans show their pride. I visited an old, old friend on Saturday and when I was driving through a certain town, I just saw families sitting amongst themselves, eating food, and clearly having a good time. The one thing I love about America is the family ethos. I'm a huge family man and I really appreciate how Americans get together as families and enjoy themselves. It's great.
As I said, I visited an old friend (we went to school together back in Austria) and had a relaxing time before setting off to upstate New York to join a small house gathering (with a pool, by the way!). We had some food and then went to the cinema to see Public Enemies with Johnny Depp (I found it very disappointing - slow and boring). The best thing about the cinema was the ice cream I had. Everything in this country comes in big sizes, which I love because I'm a huge fan of food. The ice cream was MASSIVE. It was probably bigger than my right foot (and my right foot is pretty big). I could not believe it when I managed to finish it but I did feel rather sick afterward. It was worth it though!
So - its back to work for me. Back to my summer select teams and a bit of camp coaching. Looks like it is going to be hot this week, which is not great but I plan to get my haircut tomorrow, which should help things. The barber shop I was planning to go to (just down the street) has a sign up saying on vacation until 4th August. I thought...great - I'm going to have to find somewhere else. Does the owner not realize that people are going to want a haircut, like me!?!? Oh well, I'm sure he (or she) deserves a holiday.
I must get to work now - the annoying Sean Davies is getting restless (I think he has just ordered a pepperoni pizza......oh oh). For anyone who does not understand the whole pepperoni pizza thing, scroll down and have a look at my entry entitled "I am the Terminator". Ok, bye for now.
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Knowing full well how you like to put away your nosh, you have really fallen on your feet moving to the States. Not only have you landed a dream job, which is more like a hobby for you, every meal you get seems to be fit for a king. That's okay - just as long as you remember your maths ... what goes in, has to be burned off - so get down the gym!
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