Stay on the table

First of all, for all of Santa Barbara, I am thinking of you all. Praying you and your homes are safe. My dad called me last night and was in the mandatory evacuation zone and asked me what I wanted to be saved. I have faith that everything will be okay, but its a shocker none the less. What a question to answer huh? It puts makes you realize what you have and what things are truly important to you. No doubt about it that it is the things most valuable to your heart that come first.

As for my current state of affairs, the Storm is beginning to build here. We were really on a roll for a while after my last post, playing great baseball. We have since lost 3 of 4 but now stand at 15-12 which is solid. We were on commuter trips almost all last week which gets a little tiring. Driving an hour after the game you are not able to get to bed at a decent hour and weights in the morning can cut the gift of sleep short 3 days a week. We are actually only required to go 2 days a week but since when have I settled for the minimum?

After early struggles I feel pretty comfortable right now do to a few physical and mental adjustments. The biggest thing for me was to just get back to being myself. Just do what I do. Do what I did to get me here. Not just in baseball but in all parts of life I think it is human nature to change even if things are going well for you. We always think there is probably an even better way and in that quest for even greater success, we lose sight of what made us successful or happy in the first place. Of course little adjustments and improvements can be made. I have added some pieces to the puzzle myself. However the table is only so big and you cant build that puzzle off the table into thin air.

Oh, to answer your pressing queries about what Baek bought for spread (as if anyone really cares) he got us Buffalo Wild Wings and his next start got us Pizza. The wings were fun because one of the cartons was labeled "atomic." Let me tell you, atomic is very accurate. Almost everyone tried one and we were all literally crying because of the heat/laughing combo. My lips were even raw the next morning.

So stay on your table everybody