I bet you all thought I was never coming back.
I’m back in America, and damnit it feels good. Home is exactly how I remember it: cold and
boring. As such I haven’t had much to
say. Pretty much I’ve just settled into
my same routine as last year when I was home.
I just rent video games and watch tv all day. I’ve only started running again this week and
I am once again in TERRIBLE shape. I
didn’t run one step between the last game with Haka until this week. I don’t mind being out of shape at the moment
though, since I have 6-10 weeks before I start preseason again.
The reason that the window between now and preseason is so
large is that I have no idea where I’ll be playing next year. I have my main agent in America, but also an
agent in both Sweden and Finland and I haven’t heard anything for next year
yet. I’m not antsy or anything, I’m just
saying that we haven’t spoken about 2013 yet.
I’ve made it relatively clear to each of them where I want to play next
year, but beyond that it’s up to them. I’m
willing to play just about anywhere so hopefully they’ll have something for me
sooner rather than later!
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for me sooner rather than lat
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year, but beyond that it' Finland and I haven' rBaBack to regular
life. For those that care, I’m moving
into a condo this week and for the first time I will be living alone in
Indianapolis. It’s actually a condo that
my dad owns, but nobody’s living there so I’m claiming it. Maybe it’s a bit sad that I’ve lived the
winters with my parents every winter since I graduated, but oh well that’s
life. I can blame the economy, right? J Really though, the economy pretty much put
the dagger in the heart of the newspaper industry which is where I would be
most qualified to work with my degree in journalism. As a result, I’ve had to work a series of odd
jobs over the past winters that make playing soccer for low pay not seem like
such a bad profession. I’ve been a
door-to-door cable salesman, a door-to-door window salesman, a “picker” in an
Amazon.com warehouse and a substitute teacher which is what I’ll do again this
winter. Those jobs don’t even include
the summer of 2010 when I quit Crystal Palace Baltimore and moved home not
knowing if I’d ever play professionally again.
That summer I went to bartender school and then worked as a car salesman
for two months. But that’s all in the
past; The point is that I am moving to a place of my own and I’m happy about
that. I love my family, but maybe it’s
better to be a few miles away rather than under the same roof.
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| Me with my niece and nephew, who clearly aren't as excited as I am. |
You might be interested to know that I’ve been recruited to
be a ringer in my local indoor soccer league.
My best friend invited me to play and I’ll be starting that sometime
this week. Maybe I can win some
silverware this winter! Jokes aside though,
it’ll be good to actually touch a ball and play some competitive games, no
matter the level. Last winter I didn’t
even see a soccer ball for the entire three months I was in America. I might also join a basketball league just to
get a different type of fitness. If I
manage to save a bit of money from working as a sub teacher, then I’ll head
down to Tampa to train with some people who I know down there. Right now, I don’t have the money to stay
anywhere that costs money, but I know how important it is to get training in
before I head back across the pond so I’ll find a way to make it happen.
That’s about it. My
life in America is more fun for me, but far less interesting for you
readers. I’ll try to be more consistent
with my blog posts than I’ve been so far, but honestly if I don’t have anything
to say then I’m not gonna post anything.
See ya!
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