With Christmas swiftly in the past, it was time to get back on the court. December 26th brought our first practice in two and a half days.
And for a few guys, December 26th turned out to be one heck of a day...
...for myself, a short 90-minute drive from Erie before our 1:30pm practice was a piece of cake. For others, the day erupted into quite an extravaganza.
Let's see, a couple guys had a nice four or five hour drive through the rain and slush that brought them to Buffalo mere minutes before practice.
I'll let you know that immediately following practice we were bussing to the airport and flying to Orlando. So that's 1:30 practice, lift at 3:30, bus out at 5:00 for a flight at 7:00 with a layover in Atlanta then finally hit Orlando at 12:30 and the hotel by about 1:00am.
As I was saying, there were other guys who had it a little bit worse. One, from Boston, flew Boston to Buffalo at 8:30am, practiced and flew to Florida. Another, from Palm Beach, actually flew from Florida to Buffalo in the morning, practiced, then flew BACK to Florida several hours later.
Then there was my man from Arizona. This guy flew from Arizona to Detroit before things got a little wild. Turns out, the terrorist who lit his legs on fire actually did so in the exact gate my teammate's flight was boarding. He happened to be getting some food when he saw some commotion (the guy lighting his legs on fire). Needless to say, the flight was delayed and he arrived in Buffalo just in time to pack his jersey and board another plane to Florida.
Nothing like a few frequent flyer miles.
So yeah, Christmas was over and it was time to scoot down to the Sunshine State (it's raining) for a little more basketball.
Time for dinner, though. Hopefully tonight nobody spills their water.
