A Day Off.

Hello everyone. Thank you for reading and for the comments. To my Mom and Dad, thanks for telling me about the broadcast this past game. I'm glad you are listening. Ian, nice comment. Steph, I miss and love you.

We had a day off today, Monday July 6th, and I really had nothing specific planned. So I decided to just take care of two things today.
Take a hike into the woods and go grocery shopping.

Every one of the guys that I live close to either had plans or thought I was crazy for doing something so strenuous on a day off. But I was excited to tackle the trails and hopefully get a good view into the valley where our condo complex sits. So I filled up a water bottle, packed my backpack, and took a kitchen knife.
Why would I take a kitchen knife?
Because I do not know these woods at all and I might get mauled by Yeti...that's why. Not that a dull steak knife would do much damage.
Some guys on the team were laughing that I was taking a kitchen knife with me saying,

"Well, if you meet a bear, you should just kill yourself with the knife to save pain."

I was kinda freaked out and kinda not. So to just clear up the matter I called our coach Michel Laplante.

"Hey Tony, what's up?"
"Hey Michel, if I go hiking here, do I have to be afraid of encountering any beasts?"
"Well Tony...two years ago, a person spotted what you Americans might call Big Foot."
(Followed by laughter)
"Hahaha, no...you don't have to worry about it."

So I took off on my lonesome. It was nice to feel the breeze through the trees and not hearing any urban noise. It was just me and my footsteps. I kinda jumped and gave little girl shrieks when birds would fly out of brush here and there but no Big Foot confrontations.



So I finally reached the summit and looked out onto the view. It was peaceful and relaxing.





Stephanie called when I was up at the top on her way back from a yoga class.

"Hey what are you doin babe?"
"Well, I'm on top of a mountain right now."
"Really? Thats cool. You go with anyone?"
"Nope. Just me."
"Aww..that's cool."

I felt pretty homesick at that moment.

So we ended our conversation and I headed back down the mountain. Did alot of thinking on the way down. This is really the first day where I did not have anything to do. Baseball has occupied my mind for the past couple of weeks and boredom really wasn't a factor.

So when I got back to the condo, I just felt extremely homesick. I know I tell you guys I miss you all the time. I really do. It is times like these when I know where I want to be in the future.

Around you guys.

There was a point in my past where I decided that I wanted to eliminate all the negative influences in my life. It was people, lifestyle, and bad feelings. The positive makes my life awesome now.

Enjoy the pics. I love you guys and I think how great it will be when I finally get to come home and see you. Miss ya.