http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog Learn more about the USA Womens filed Hockey Olympic Games and More! Sun, 10 May 2009 19:52:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I write to you out of sadness today because at this very moment, I expected to be playing in our final semi-final game.  A win today, would have qualified us for the finals and extended the season two more weeks.  The unfortunate truth is that we were a little unlucky ... http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog/?p=125 How quickly time is passing!  We finished the regular season last week and now focusing our energy on the playoffs.  Four teams out of the top division make the post season and we are ranked 2nd going into the final weeks.  We are all very happy with our performance leading down ... http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog/?p=120 Life continues to be busy and exciting here in Barcelona.  I have been busy training, coaching, taking Spanish classes, and even finding time to travel with friends.  We are beginning to approach the final few weeks of league play.  Only the top 4 teams advance to playoffs and my team is ... http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog/?p=118 As I wrote to you on the 23rd of Feb., I was feeling a bit tired from spending so many hours traveling.  Since my last blog, I can say that my time in the airports has not been minimized.  I had nine days in Barcelona to try and readjust.  During the short ... http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog/?p=111 After an extremely busy week, I find myself writing to you from Barcelona.  The past week has been full of ups and downs and relaxation time only happened in the air.  I spent many hours in airports and flying the friendly skies.      The Pan American Cup concluded a week ago ... http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog/?p=95 New Year’s Eve as come and past, I have finally determined my resolution for the year; to keep my blog updated on a weekly basis.  So, here’s to my first blog of 2009!   I find myself on this mid February day, in a beautiful hotel in Southampton, Bermuda; a place that ... http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog/?p=92 Greetings from Spain.  Two weeks have past since I first arrived here and besides my lack of the Spanish language, all is going well so far.  This season, I am playing for RC Polo in Barcelona.  On paper, the team seems packed with Olympians and extremely skilled individuals.  Time will tell how ... http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog/?p=90 The time has seemed to slip through my hands since the last time I sat down to write a new blog.  The departure from Beijing was sad, but I had no time to think about the reality.  My new reality was beginning so fast that I found it hard to ... http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog/?p=88 It is 10:00 am here in Beijing and this is my final hour in the athlete village.  The vans will arrive soon to pick up our luggage and away we will go.  Back to "normal" life in the states.  Leaving all of this as nothing but a vivid memory.  We have ... http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog/?p=83 Nearly three months ago, I recall flying home from the Olympic Qualifier in Russia and trying to grasp the fact that I was about to embark on an Olympic Journey.  I imagined what it might feel like to walk into the Opening Ceremonies.  I tried to envision what the athlete ... http://www.fieldhockeylife.net/blog/?p=81