Hey Everyone,
It’s been a long couple of days. I couldn’t get any Wi-Fi
last night and I was travelling over the night previous which is why it’s been
a couple of days without an entry.
I left on Thursday night and arrived on Friday morning at
11:40. It was an Air Canada flight which wasn’t actually as bad as some of the
stories I’ve heard. I even got my lacrosse bag on without paying for a second
piece of luggage. That was pretty special. I was up late the night before so I
was pretty exhausted and I passed out about 5 minutes into the flight. I woke
up about an hour later and watched 21 Jump Street. It is probably the funniest
movie. I loved it. I was trying not to obnoxiously laugh super loud and disturb
everyone. After that was over I met the girl sitting next to me. She actually
goes to UBC Okanagan, which was kind of neat.
I was definitely trying to sell her on Vancouver (she lives in the Okanagan).
She was really nice though, pretty cool. After I landed in London, I hopped on
the underground to London Euston Station. I had about an hour and a half to
wait after I got there. I grabbed a Panini from the station and got some
cookies from Millies. As Jack and Sam know, those cookies are absolutely top
notch. I got four of the chocolate chip Toffee and my goodness they were tasty.
For whatever reason though, the Brits are all about paninis. Seriously,
everywhere you go, you can pick up a Panini. Last time I was here, I just about
lived off of them.
The train ride to Manchester took about 2 hours. I slept
literally the whole way which was a little bit awkward when I almost fell on
the guy sitting next to me. That would have really sucked cause he was a giant
stud. All suited up with his laptop, ipod touch, Iphone, and blackberry on the
table in front of him. Styling and important!
Rory picked me up from the Manchester train station. He’s
one of the team captains and a real beauty. I stayed at his place last night. I
slept on the floor on an air mattress as one of the other Canadians had gotten
there before me and had snagged the spare bedroom. No matter, I was dead to the
world at about 10 and slept for about 12 hours. Before that though, I went out
for dinner at a local pub with two of the Americans on the team, the coach, and
one of the other team captains. They’re all great guys so it was nice to catch
up with them.
Today was the first day of training. We went from 1:00-3:00
and 3:30- 5:30. It took a while to loosen up after the day of travelling, but I
managed to fall into some sort of groove. The training itself went all right.
It’s a little different from what I’m used to though. For example, coming from
Canada, it feels a bit unnatural to have to use both hands all the time. My
lefty was only a little bit terrible. It’s good to get used to playing with the
rest of the team though.
We also had the opening ceremonies, which involved dinner, a
few drinks, and the official team stuff. Scotland lacrosse is full of
traditions which is something that I love about the whole experience. I’ll
explain in detail when I get home, but it’s really neat. There’s also a
detailed fine system which some other lacrosse people will probably be familiar
with. It involves fines for the usual stuff like being late, wearing the wrong
colour apparel, etc. But there are also some interesting penalties. Lets just
say, I better not be caught wearing anything under my kilt.
Anyways, I am exhausted and I am off to bed. Thanks again
for reading, I appreciate it that some of you have taken the time to do so!
Iain
P.S I just want to say congratulations to my sister, Sydney.
She graduated on Thursday with a Bachelor of Arts degree and First Class
Honours from SFU. Way to go! I also want to wish my dad a happy Father’s Day
tomorrow. Dad, thank you so much for everything you have done for me. I can’t
wait to see you in a week!
Pictures of the Day:
The board at the Euston train station. I sort of had to chill out until they had designated a platform for my train. They only update it like 20 minutes before your departure time which is something I find odd. How can you not know where a giant train is supposed to go especially when it's usually been sitting there for longer than 20 minutes anyway.
Songs of the Day:
I Won't Give Up- Super mainstream, but Sam through it on my ipod and it's super catchy.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdN5GyTl8K0
The Girl- City and Colour
Broski..was the Okanagan chick a babe? I hope she was a babe. Millie's is the shit. And they don't out the platform number up too early so people don't rush to the platform and get in the way. Bitches be trippin'.
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