i don't want to write much about my all-nighter, so i'll just give a quick summary. i got home from skiing at around 9.00p sunday night, unpacked the car, and spent the night at work. i caught a few cat-naps on the server room floor and took a nap over lunch. everything was back up by 8.00a on monday without any data loss!
but by tuesday it felt like it should be saturday already. i worked long hours all week and struggled the whole time with motivation. here's hoping that next week will go better!
Becky was at my place from late on friday night until this morning. we didn't have near enough time together (just like every other weekend we see each other), but we'll see each other again soon. we ate lunch at the restaurant my sister works at, developed some skiing pics at walmart, talked some, and saw a really good hockey game. snow moved in last night and will continue falling and blowing until tuesday morning. so she left an hour or so ago to make it home before it gets much worse. i love the winters here, but sometimes they are a big pain!
the tri-city storm played ok in the 1st period. Becky and i sat in the 3rd row and there were two significant checks on one of the panes directly in front of us. on the second one, one side of the pane came loose and after a few seconds, it teetered and shattered onto the first row. play continued even though the goalie and many of the players tried to get the ref's attention to stop. i had visions of a puck flying at me with absolutely nothing to stop it before hitting my face! or of a check in the opening and both players landing right in front of or on me with sticks and skates flailing!
the staff cleaned up the mess, replaced the pane, and play resumed. in the 2nd period, it looked like we had lost our legs. we were always a few steps behind our opponents and didn't have any significant checks. there were a few skirmishes, but nothing significant. in the 3rd, it was 1-2 and we still weren't looking good until they shoved one of our players head-first into the boards right in front of us. it looked like our guy could have broken his neck on the play, but he popped up fast and started throwing punches. after it was all over, 4 players were ejected, a few were given 10-minute penalties, and a few more got 2-minute penalties. when the ref's are letting the game get out of hand, i believe some fights were necessary. this was one of those, but it didn't need to go on as long as it did to get the point across.
but as with most fights, the players gained lots of energy and the fans got riled up (i'm sure the consumption of alcohol helped with this!). we scored two quick goals. the 5-minutes sudden-death overtime period was scoreless and we went on to win the game in a shootout!
it's amazing how a fight can completely change the momentum of the game. midway through the 3rd period, i didn't think there was any hope that we would score even one more goal (it was 1-2 then). but we were a completely different team after the fight.
but by tuesday it felt like it should be saturday already. i worked long hours all week and struggled the whole time with motivation. here's hoping that next week will go better!
Becky was at my place from late on friday night until this morning. we didn't have near enough time together (just like every other weekend we see each other), but we'll see each other again soon. we ate lunch at the restaurant my sister works at, developed some skiing pics at walmart, talked some, and saw a really good hockey game. snow moved in last night and will continue falling and blowing until tuesday morning. so she left an hour or so ago to make it home before it gets much worse. i love the winters here, but sometimes they are a big pain!
the tri-city storm played ok in the 1st period. Becky and i sat in the 3rd row and there were two significant checks on one of the panes directly in front of us. on the second one, one side of the pane came loose and after a few seconds, it teetered and shattered onto the first row. play continued even though the goalie and many of the players tried to get the ref's attention to stop. i had visions of a puck flying at me with absolutely nothing to stop it before hitting my face! or of a check in the opening and both players landing right in front of or on me with sticks and skates flailing!
the staff cleaned up the mess, replaced the pane, and play resumed. in the 2nd period, it looked like we had lost our legs. we were always a few steps behind our opponents and didn't have any significant checks. there were a few skirmishes, but nothing significant. in the 3rd, it was 1-2 and we still weren't looking good until they shoved one of our players head-first into the boards right in front of us. it looked like our guy could have broken his neck on the play, but he popped up fast and started throwing punches. after it was all over, 4 players were ejected, a few were given 10-minute penalties, and a few more got 2-minute penalties. when the ref's are letting the game get out of hand, i believe some fights were necessary. this was one of those, but it didn't need to go on as long as it did to get the point across.
but as with most fights, the players gained lots of energy and the fans got riled up (i'm sure the consumption of alcohol helped with this!). we scored two quick goals. the 5-minutes sudden-death overtime period was scoreless and we went on to win the game in a shootout!
it's amazing how a fight can completely change the momentum of the game. midway through the 3rd period, i didn't think there was any hope that we would score even one more goal (it was 1-2 then). but we were a completely different team after the fight.
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