Hawaii!!! Day One

Ohya, you could say I am in paradise right now! The Illini left Chicago yesterday at 9:15 from O'Hare (after a 6 o'clock wake up call) and then arrived in Honolulu around 2:25-a nice little 9 hr flight and to top it off we got "leid"! Once we got to our hotel, we had a nice lil snack and then had practice from 6-8:30ish. After that it was just a nice relax time. This morning I woke up about 7 and ran outside on the beach-absolutely beautiful and then worked out. Had breakfast-which was delicous and then to the beach to soak up some sun and bask in His Glory! After practice we went sight seeing into the mountains and then along the Sandy Beaches. They were awesome and had some awesome views and there's just something about all you can see is water and more water. After that we had dinner along the beach at this buffet at another hotel-high class and fancy. After that we walked around till team meeting to get ready for Hawaii!

Friday November 16-Again I woke up and ran along the beach and hit the weights before breakfast. Then we had shootaround and came back and went out to the beach and sat and read which was very peaceful. We had pre-game meal and then a little relax time untill we left for th game at 6:30.

The game was at 8 and it didn't start to well and the Illini went down by 6 at halftime. We came out and got it down to four, but they got it up to 13 with 12 minutes to go. From there the Illini went on a 30-15 run with Calvin driving and putting in a layup with :05 seconds to go to put the Illini up 79-77!

Saturday November 17-woke up and worked out and watched the Illini footballers defeat Northwestern to go 9-3! More victories in one year than in my previous 3 years combined! We took a half hour plane ride to Maui, had lunch, practice and then a meet and greet with all the other teams in the Maui Invitational. Steve Holdren and Mike Davis were in the EA Sports March Madness tournament on Xbox. Steve lost his first round game, but Mike won his and then lost in the second round. From there it was just some nice relax time in a hammock and then to bed!

ALOHA!!