Dream, sports, and Travel Blogs: May 2017

Thursday, May 18, 2017

In order to win, you have to lose. Sometimes you have to lose big. The 2016-17 didn't lose big very often, but they lost a lot (59 games to be exact).

My Phoenix Suns had a 20% chance to secure the top pick in this year's NBA Draft. My Suns had the NBA's 2nd worst record. That alone should have given me hope that we would get a high impact player that could help get my team out of a franchise worst seven-year playoff drought.

Even during the "drug years" of the 80's, the suns were out only 3 straight seasons. And before the miracle run to the NBA finals in 1976, the Suns missed out on the post season for five years.

I even texted a friend of mine who is a Phoenix Suns TV producer that I hope we get a high draft pick. He prayed back to me in a return text. As I went to bed on Tuesday Night, I had to miss the draft lottery as it was happening LIVE on ESPN.

In the end, I'm glad I missed it. When I woke up at 1AM on Wednesday, CURSES!!!!! I see that the Suns only got the 4th pick in the NBA draft. FOURTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To make things worse, the Suns' most bitter rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, got the 2nd overall pick. I guess Lonzo Ball is making daddy Lavar happy by going to LA (which is what I think will happen).

The Boston Celtics, who are in the Eastern Conference Finals, got the TOP overall pick thanks to the Brooklyn Nets (and the draft lottery gods).

You can't convince me that the NBA doesn't have the fix going on for the bluebloods like the Lakers and Celtics. The Suns being a 2nd tier team don't get the big breaks like the more established teams do.

I'm just frustrated that my Suns can't catch a break and that they're gonna be stuck either in last place or mediocrity for years to come. It makes my Arizona Coyotes seem more hopeful than my Suns.

I hope me and my fellow fans can overcome this bad luck and get back on the winning track starting next season.

Journal Entry for the Week in Review for August 22-28, 2016

I don't remember much about Monday other than I went to work, so I'm skipping that day. See the pictures down below for TUESDAY, Ben's first day back at school. I hoped it would be a good one.

ABOVE AND BELOW: I had to tell Blake that he couldn't go to school with Ben today.
CREDIT: Zach Irwin

I don't remember much about Monday other than I went to work, so I'm skipping that day. Now I'm at TUESDAY. See the pictures up above. Ben looks sleepy for his first day back at preschool today. I guess he takes after his daddy in that category. Ben had to be motivated to get ready to go. I promised him that I would let him take Doggy with him on the car ride. Poor Blake. He looked so miserable and I had to break it to him that he had to wait a year to go to school for the first time.

WEDNESDAY was sort of a big day for me. I had my first Crystal Pepsi in more than two decades. Once again, I had to get past the fact that the drink looked like water or some sort of car fluid. Once I opened up the cap, I took a sip, a swig, and I thought to myself 'boy that tastes good.'

I LOVE SODA

MY BOYS BLAKE AND BEN

BLAKE AND BEN PLAY TOGETHER

THURSDAY Was a mad dash again to pick up Ben from preschool and get me off to work. I don't remember much from that day.

FRIDAY: WEEKEND!!!!!

SATURDAY: My family and I took a trip to my wife's mom's house. My family got to swim, run around the yard, and get a little bit of a tan. It would be one of the last times we'd get to go swimming this year. The weather will be cooler as the Fall approaches. As you can see in the end, I got (happy) tired after a fun-filled day.