Friday, December 12, 2008

Coach, you goin' all Coach Carter on us?

GROSSE POINTE –

Hey all!

La vita continua here in Grosse Pointe as I am now 23 years young. Crazy isn’t it? For my birthday my family took myself, my godparents (and JD), my buddy Bryan, and my grandma out to Buddy’s Pizza to celebrate. It was a grand ol’ time. My main birthday present was four tickets to go to see A Bronx Tale at the Fisher Theatre. It was a play in one act by one man (Chazz Palmenteri)! Ross from high school, Cat from Padova, and Jenny from Florence all lucked out and got to come with me. We had a pregame spritz (naturally) a postgame venture to Fishbones and then capped off the night (late) with another spritz at the house. All in all a very fun night.

As some of you may know, I am now an assistant coach for the boys’ freshman basketball team up at Grosse Pointe North. I am coaching with my longtime buddy and basketball teammate, Bryan Bennett. We are learning with the kids on how to coach but fortunately it appears pretty obvious to us what the kids need to work on (basically everything - including academics). We have started off 0-2 with losses to De La Salle and Detroit Community. While we weren’t surprised about the loss to DLS, we played Detroit Community to the bitter end, falling 40-43. We are excited about our game Friday (today) 4:30 , at Chippewa Valley – you should come!

Unfortunately, I missed the game vs. Detroit Community yesterday because I was meeting a potential employer in Canada (exciting!). The meeting went well and I hope that a position might open up in the near future. In the meantime I am going to continue coaching and hopefully start substitute teaching while actively carrying on my job search. This weekend I am planning a trip to Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo to see some friends before they all go home for Christmas. I am hoping to get to the DIA for an art exhibit sometime soon, and really enjoy what Detroit has to offer during Christmas – it’s a lot!

Keep in touch let me know what ya’ll are up to… Go Norsemen!

STEVO