I woke up sore as crap on saturday because I went hiking in the national park on Friday. Probably a dumb thing
to do the day before a game but i had a blast. I was told we were gonna leave at 7 a.m. so I woke up at 6:30.
Sat around, called my parents, and still nobody came to pick me up. Turns out they changed the time friday night at
walkthrough, they just forgot to tell me. I was there but they speak Finnish to each other and nobody ever translated
it.
The Game
We played with a lot more effort this week. Our defense played the run very well. Kuopio was ranked as one
of the top two teams in the league and we pretty much had our way with them. I played decent but I played pretty
conservative due to the concussion last week. Only had a few catches and one touchdown on offense, but I got a chance
to play some Defense because two DB's got hurt. Had two interception which was pretty cool and got MVP of the game again.
Kuopio's players were all really cool guys. I really enjoyed playing against them and playing in that stadium.
We are now 1-1 and in 3rd place in the league. This was Kouvola's first win since moving up to the 1st Division.
Post-Game
The bus ride home was something that you would not believe unless you saw it. We stopped at an ABC, which
reminds me a lot of Love's truck stop. They have several restauraunts and a little market inside. After
eating our entire team went into the market and cleaned the place out of beer. It was so funny seeing almost
every guy walk out of there with a case. We got on the bus and headed back to Kouvola, but made about 4 stops along
the way. Smoke breaks, which turned out to be potty breaks as well. It was so funny seeing a
dozen or so of these guys lined up down the highway whizzin on the side of the road with cigarettes hangin out of their
mouths.
We finally got back to Kouvola and I headed back to the flat to get my stuff for the sauna and Amarillo Cafe after
that. I rode my bike to the Cumulus Hotel where our team sauna is. The sauna was awesome, but it was very
interesting. It was so incredibly hot, and there were 13 naked guys sitting side by side. Maybe too much info,
but it was hilarious. The funniest part was when Joonas started scratching my back! I couldnt help but start laughing
and made him quit...i still dunno if he was being serious or joking...he was pretty gone at that time.
After that we headed down to the Manski to hang out. About 4 I decided it was time to leave so I
grabbed some pizza and headed back to where I parked my bike. Someone stole it! The only reason I
am mad is cuz I never got to get pictures of it. It was a total piece of junk but apparently some drunk needed
a ride home. Luckily, two of my friends from the complex were with me and they gave me a "pump" home!
