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Coaching here in northern ontario can be gruelling. Our only 2 league opponents are both 2+ hours away and we travel to games on a school bus. Sleeping on a school bus is not comfortable. Tonight on the way home, I put both my arms up on the seat in front of me and rested my forehead for close to an hour’s nap. I woke up and both of my arms were alseep too. It wasn’t the best.

Fortunately, the trip wasn’t bad because we picked up our second win of the season, 57-48. 57 is good offensive production for a junior team. We have 2 league games left and the playoffs are on February 19. It’s been a fast season. Well it is and it isn’t. I know though, that after the 19th there will be a void in my life where coaching once existed. I really enjoy it. I’ve been to 2 weekend tournaments in the last month, both of them successes in that everyone got to play a lot. Highlights included a win at the Thunder Bay tournament and a double overtime thriller this past weekend.

Groundhog day, like halloween, is a day to indicate that we’re (roughly) halfway through the winter season. I’ve been ice fishing as much as I can. Even with my snazzy -60 rated boots that I bought at christmas, anything less than -10 is just too cold for me to stand out on the ice for very long. I’m hoping to go this friday night for a few hours. I’m still trying for my first lunker pike of the year, it hasn’t come yet.

So with my trip home at march break, I decided to pick up some tickets to watch sports. I’m going to the Raptors-Hawks game on March 17, and the Leafs-Devils game on the 18th. I’m pretty excited about it, the tickets just came in the mail this week. It’s been a very long time since I’ve been to a Leafs game, and 11 years since I’ve been to a Raptors game. I couldn’t turn down the opportunity.

I haven’t downloaded limewire on my computer yet but I have been introduced to the grooveshark website. I reccomend it. Free streaming music of all kinds, it remembers your playlists between uses, and it has an extensive library. It is easier to use for me than last.fm. Gems I’ve discovered include a cover of Don’t go back to Rockville by 10,000 maniacs. I’ve also been listening to a lot of Goo Goo dolls lately. Brings me right back to my teens, listening to 103.3 out of Buffalo (they are both western new york artists.)