ESV Weil!!

Hello Hello Hello,

it is tuesday afternoon here in Germany, it's raining and gloomy but it cooled everything down so that's a plus. Jen and I joined some of her teammates for lunch today, they made crepes, which I doused with Nutella (SO GOOD), and banana milk and ice cream shakes, also quite phenomenal.

Big news from last night, I have found a team to play for. My professional sports career is starting. I feel like a low down lawyer in a big firm however, cuz I will do all my work pro bono. Regardless, it is a big weight lifted from our shoulders. The coach really liked me, we think (translation problems), and has offered to work with me extra before and after practice. This is great news because I need all the extra work I can get and because this coach has a track record of personally training future handball stars, which means he is good at what he does. He has trained at least 5 guys who currently play in the top league in Germany, thats like one coach personally training 5 guys who now play in the NBA. The team is ESV Weil and is located like 10 kilometers from Grenzach in a town called Weil am Rhein. The proximity to where we live is a good thing because it makes it easy for me to get to and from practice. The team is in the 4th Division which is a good level for me to learn and train at.

This past weekend Jen had two training games, one friday night and one saturday night. The team played well, they won on friday, lost on saturday but they played the top team in Switzerland and they are still missing multiple girls. They also had two training sessions before the game so they were a little pooped. Sunday brought another training session in the morning, followed by a little relaxation in the afternoon. The team floated for about an hour down the Rhein river in Basel and than went to an adult water park, if you will. It had hot and cold tubs, hot and cold raining/mist rooms, 3 sauna's, all with a different "flavor," an indoor and outdoor pool, the outdoor had a mini lazy river, bubble beds, and streaming falls. The girls were able to relax and recuperate a little bit. We than went to a nice restaurant on the Rhein and ate some dinner with the team. Sunday was a good day.

Yesterday, during the day, we went grocery shopping and visited the Doctor so I could get my stitches out. The Doctor said everything looked good and said not to swim for a couple of days. He also said not to do anything athletic for a few days but that was not possible. Everything went smoothly last night though, the cut did not open back up or bleed and my ankle felt fine so I think we are all good.

I am getting ready to drive to practice in Weil and Jen has to get ready for training down at the sporthalle in Grenzach. Hope all is well with everybody back home. I miss NASCAR, go Newman, preseason football (never thought I would say that), and Sportscenters top ten. CNN's world sport and Eurosport just don't compare to ESPN. O well.

Bis Nachher,

Jordan and Jen