The Journey

This weekend I have decided I'm going to make a trip home before our season starts. It's going to bed nice because I haven't been home in about a month. I live close enough where I can make the trip home and be back within 3 hours.
It will be nice to go home and play golf with some of my buddies who go to SLU. Hockey is obviously my true passion but I love to play golf because its relaxing and builds mental strength. Hitting the ball in the woods or having a good shot makes me want to break my club over a tree but mentally I have to let it go and be ready to hit my next shot. OK, that's my little tangent on golf.
Anyway I'm hoping to have the opportunity to shoot up to lake placid and maybe get a hike in. I've got a time set up to play some tennis with a few buddies and grab some dinner at the Lake Placid Pub and Brewery. A few of my buddies who are Alpine and Nordic skiers are going to be up in Placid training some hopefully I can catch a few runs. I'm going to stop by my old school and catch up with one of my best friends and make sure he's doing well. It's great to go back and see how much things have changed. I have realized since being at Cortland I live in two worlds now. Their is my world here at Cortland that is my work, hockey and social life. Then my other world is family, friends, and my community back home, at times its very tough to balance both of this commitments.
I have gotten a hard time from friends outside of school for not keeping in touch as much as I should be. My biggest problem is the fact that they should know how much work and commitment it is to just stay focused on school work and athletics let alone outside influences, so hopefully I can make it up to them this weekend.
Hope everyone enjoys what we have left for warm weather in the North Country. Cheers.