So, it has been more than a month since I made my way back to the United States from Russia and things have slowed down a bit.
It seemed that as soon as I got back, the schedule was full-bore with tons of playoff games and the finish of the regular season. I barely had enough time to catch my breath. I touched down in Boston on Monday, Feb. 24, and Tuesday, Feb. 25, I was back in the office and then back at basketball that evening, with the Prospect Mountain girls in the playoffs.
However, the last few weeks things have been slowing down a little bit. One by one, teams were eliminated from the playoffs and soon enough the season was over. The time between the winter and spring seasons usually isn't that long, but with this year's major snow coverage, it appears we might have a game or two before schools graduate in June. Therefore, I have been taking it easy, relatively speaking of course.
I covered some youth hockey with the Seacoast Hockey League and then hit up the She-Wolves Women's Hockey Tournament. These tournaments all took place on the weekends, so that left me with some time off during the week.
That time has allowed me to get to bed at a decent hour. It has also allowed me to start to catch up on the many television shows that I try to watch every week. I have way too many shows that I watch, some that I've been with for years (Survivor, Grey's Anatomy) and others that are fairly new (Nashville, The Blacklist, Brooklyn Nine-Nine). But one way or the other, I try to find a way to catch up and with the break in weekday action, that has been my opportunity. I caught up on probably the best show on television, Parenthood, earlier in the week and got started on a number of backlogged episodes of Nashville yesterday as well.
The only show that I make sure to watch on the night it actually airs is Survivor. I do everything in my power to avoid spoilers while I'm out and about on Wednesday and then watch as soon as I get home.
Needless to say, I am almost caught up, but sadly, every night seems to add another episode or two to watch.
Sports Editor Joshua Spaulding of Salmon Press Newspapers covered the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang South Korea, the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, is credentialed to cover the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and continues to cover local sports throughout the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. He also has a Survivor addiction and is hopeful someday he can come up with a catchy application video idea.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Slowing it down
I have been the sports editor for Salmon Press since 2003, covering local high school sports at schools all over the Lakes Region and North Country of New Hampshire.
Friday, March 7, 2014
Back in the big city
Less than a week after I made
my way through Logan Airport’s customs line and climbed into my car for the
ride back to the Lakes Region, I found myself back in the car heading south on
Route 93, but this time, the destination was a little different.
Sunday night I headed down to
South Station in Boston to pick up my brother, who was coming in via train from
Utah.
My brother lives out west,
but has spent a good chunk of the last year abroad, working the last few months
of last year in New Zealand and then spending the first part of this year in
South America doing some climbing. He arrived back in the United States shortly
after I took off for the Olympics.
Since he’d been abroad, Jared
hasn’t been home in a while. Traditionally he his home at Christmas time, but
since he was in New Zealand in December, he didn’t make it home. Instead, he
came back east in March, just in time for his birthday.
Of course, the train was
delayed and I learned that having a train through Chicago is much like having a
flight through Philadelphia. There’s probably a 95 percent chance that it is
going to be delayed. That’s just the way it goes.
His 9:10 p.m. train got in
just before 10:30 p.m. and we started the long trek back up Route 93 to my
mother’s house in Stark.
With a stop for gas in New
Hampton, we made it home around 2 a.m. I had to be at Crotched Mountain on
Monday for the Division II girls’ alpine State Meet, so I was up at 5 a.m. and
back on the road by 5:30 a.m. to get there in time.
Today, Friday, March 7, I hit
the road back up north to spend a little time with the family. In addition to
my brother’s birthday, it’s also my Aunt Judy’s birthday and my Uncle Mike’s
birthday, so we are having a little party tonight for everyone.
The good news is that this
time, I don’t have to get up at 5 a.m. the next morning.
I have been the sports editor for Salmon Press since 2003, covering local high school sports at schools all over the Lakes Region and North Country of New Hampshire.
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