A little bit of an intro

I keep waiting for my disbelief to end. To wake up back in Conroe and expect to go about normally. But I am awake and I am not in Conroe, that's for sure. Instead, I'm doing something  that I have wanted to do since I've caught the rugby flu ten years ago. It's been a decade filled with excitement, disappointment, surgery, dehydration, and oh so many tubes of icy hot and ibuprofen. For the past few years, I actually doubted that I could ever get back to my fitness levels as a Junior Eagle when I was in high school. Too many excuses, reasons, distractions came and got in the way. I don't know what caused the excuses to cease, but they did and I have no intention of returning to that state. This opportunity to travel to Cape Town has been an absolute blessing through so many different people. When my friend Aaron wrote on my Facebook wall about playing in Cape Town, I laughed because I thought it would never happen and I was just wasting time thinking about it. But when people began to show how willing they were to give so that I could have this amazing experience, I was blown away. In the beginning stages of planning, the operative word was 'if'. It was only a couple weeks ago that 'if' started turning to 'when' and 'when' then began to have dates associated with it. Through the generous giving of the Woodlands Men's Rugby Club and the Cape Town Villagers RFC, I will be living and doing what I love for the next six weeks in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa. This blog is first and foremost a way for me to show my appreciation to those who gave of their time and resources. Enjoy!