living the life

I love playing professional volleyball overseas. I am so blessed with my life. I get to see the world while doing what I love the most. I know many people think it is glamorous living the life of a professional athlete, dont get me wrong I love it and wouldnt trade it for anything, but sometimes it gets a lil boring and repetitive. Here is a typical day for me here in Cyprus.....I usually wake up around 7, and go to breakfeast. Yes I said 7, I know it is hard to believe I get up that early for breakfeast for two reasons, one is to mainly beat the crowd for breakfeast and 2 is that I go right back to sleep after I eat. So I get breakfeast, come back to my room and sleep till about 1030 or 11 and then I go workout or go running on the beach, I come back and shower, go to lunch about 1230 or 1, then it is back to my room for a lil nap, then it is off to practice, dinner, another shower and then watch a movie or hang out in the lobby before I head to bed. This is pretty much what I have been doin since I have been in Cyprus. Some days I head to the beach, the store, walk around and play with some of the kids here. One of the foriegners on the mens team has a 6 yr son named Sander and the trainer for the mens team has a 7 yr old son that I play with. One is from Estonia and the other is from Bulgaria and they both only know a lil english. So they communicate with only a lil english and thru hand motions. They love when I play pool with them, ping pong, love playing games on my phone but mostly love when they run towards me and i catch them and spin them around. Two of the cutest kids and I love playing with them.

Now Cyprus is a popular place for the elderly of England to come and vacation. I have met some really nice old couples who stay here for up to 5,6 weeks on vacation. Now let me tell you this is the place to be for old couples to come and have a fun vacation. At night this hotel is always hopping! Every Thursday night is karaokee night here. These people are not shy, especially with a lil alcohol. I have never seen so many old people a lil tipsy! ha! But they go on for hours singing and I love to watch them. Other nights they have live music and games and other theme nights. One night we came back from practice and the old people were doin the conga line around the hotel lobby and out the doors. It really is a good time for them and it is nice to see so many people still in love and having a great time after years and years of marraige! I know where I am goin for my 50th anniversary!!