Go check out Toes by the Zach Brown Band. http://www.myspace.com/zacbrownband
pretty much everything else they sing is good too.
Well like the song my plane touched down this weekend. I flew back home to the 5 OH 5, I was able to hang out with 3 very different groups of people this weekend and it was a fantastic trip. Rio Rancho High School, where I played soccer and coached the freshman team for two years opened a soccer complex at the school this last weekend. By complex I mean it is huge, full size fields with a practice field, it's beautiful. It has some fancy watering technology that requires no sprinklers, which is amazing for a soccer field. Guys from the 12 years the soccer program has been around came back to participate in an alumni tournament and although my body hates me and I'm paying for it I was able to play in to games with the same guys I played with in high school and it was a blast. But the best part of the trip was not the fields (although they're impressive) it was seeing and being able to get back on the field with the guys that I went to high school with. It was great to see how different and actually how very similar everyone is from 9 years ago. Aside from the occasional "fattened" up person, most of the 60 or so guys that came back for the alumni tournament looked the same. It seemed like we picked up right where we left off 9 years ago. The same joking around, the same style of play and when we were schooling the younger kids it seemed like we remembered exactly how each other used to play. Some of the best friends I've ever made were guys on that team my senior year and because of life and my moving to Dallas, I don't get to see them as much as I'd like to... but it meant a lot to be able to see them this weekend.
That was just Friday night and Saturday.
Then Saturday afternoon and night was the group of friends (and brothers) I made while in college. Yes I said brothers, sure it may sound a little corny to some people that I still refer to my fraternity brothers that way but we are so close that they truly are like family to me. Kevin and Amy had a BBQ at their new place and we ate, drank, told stories, made fun of each other, played some washers, watched Forrest Griffin throw the fight (he had to have no way he got knocked out by that punch) and had an overall good time. It's interesting to see the difference in how we all hang out together now as opposed to when we were 19 and 20 years old. Either just being young or being in the atmosphere of college it did at times seem like all we were concerned with was the party or chicks, or whatever was the cool thing that week. But Saturday we were all interested in what the other guys were doing in their lives, their successes, their struggles, their careers, who they still talk to and everything else in between. There was a genuine sense of family that night and that is why SAE and the relationships I made while I was there will always mean so much to me.
The last group but not least (actually most important) was of course the family. Even though the main purpose of my trip was to play in the alumni tournament and enjoy the reunion of sorts, I still enjoy just being at home. Dorothy may have never spoken words more true when she said "There's no place like home". It will never get old to come home and give my Mom a hug, watch a game with my Dad or just hang out with my sister.
So after three full days of activities I declare this the best trip back home that I've had since I've lived in Dallas. What a great trip.
Life is good today, Life is good today.
