Don't Call It A Comeback!

So randomly I decided to write another blog. The last blog I wrote was in February I think. I just got bored and too lazy to keep writing stuff. I did decide to join twitter though which has been great. It's like when you're a kid and you get a new toy for Christmas and you play with it everyday until one day you're like this sucks, I need something else. Bam, twitter was my new toy. Then you are cleaning out your closet and you see that old toy again and you're like oh man this was so sweet. So you play with it again. We'll see if I can continue the blog or not, but I'm still in deep in the twitter game. If you liked this blog follow me. @kschaeff3. So let's see if I can recap the last 5 or so months in this blog:

Part 1.
When we left off we were heading towards the end of the season with the Las Vegas Wranglers. We started to slide from our first place position and came stumbling into the playoffs not playing our best hockey. Not sure if it was because I was no longer blogging or because our whole team was either hurt or called up. We went into the playoffs facing the Idaho Steelheads and lost the best of 5 series. Just like that, the season was over. Now during the last few months of the season I started feeling like this might be the end of the road for my hockey career. I knew I didn't want to play in North America anymore and it was Europe or bust. It was a tough few months to think about it, but after our final game against Idaho I knew that that might've been the last professional game I played. (I'll give you guys a minute to go grab a tissue). At the end of every season is very bittersweet. The sadness of the season ending coupled with the excitement of the end of the year parties and summer fun is a weird feeling. I guess of all places to be to cap off your hockey career with a week of partying, Vegas probably comes in on top. We had a great week of fun, but after that week I was begging to go home.

Part 2.
As per usual I spent some time in NY with the family after the season. I spent a lot of of that time in NYC with Eric Thomassian and Craig Sanders livin it up, and partying like a bunch of rockstars. (Jack Parker reference #1). I then moved up to Boston where I moved in with Karson Gillespie, former Terrier netminder and average guy at best. It was a real feather in my cap (Parker reference #2) to snag a great living spot in Charlestown with Ol' Gillies. It got off to a rocky start with the female resident who lives above us. I was moving in, as she was going to walk her dog. I introduced myself and said I was moving in and living with Karson. She responded with "I didn't know he had a two bedroom," with which I replied, "he doesn't." What I failed to mention was that Karson has an office with which I converted to a bedroom, and we are in fact not sharing a bedroom. I think she has figured it out. Since then it has been all hats and horns (Parker reference #3.) We have been up to our usual shennanigans on the weekends getting together with the boys and letting our hair down and lampshades on our heads drinking our grape crushes. (Parker reference #4). I have made a few good trips as well, heading to Nantucket for Figawi weekend, Anaheim, to work with the Ducks Development Camp over 4th of July, the Hamptons and most recently Sea Island, Georgia with the Schaeffer clan. During this time I have faced some very hard decisions. The main one was whether to go to Europe for my farewell tour or hang up the Bauers. I have decided to hang up the skates and move on to a new chapter in my life. Just like the end of the season, it's a bittersweet feeling, but i'm excited for the opportunities that lay ahead and I'm excited to be in Boston full time. Now figuring out what to do with my life is the next step. I feel as though if I have the desire, determination and the will to win, (Parker reference #5) I'll be ok. All in all so far a pretty good summer. We still have some weeks left to make the most of it. Oh by the way the Bruins won the Stanley Cup a few months ago, that is neat!

Part 3.
It's funny when the summer starts you get so excited and feel like you have so much time to do as much as you want. Then it hits you that it's August 12th (today) and you start to panic about how you can cram as much fun in the next few weeks. It's a little different feeling now though cause usually I would be gearing up to leave for training camp and then go live in some brutal city like Vegas for a year so I would be counting down the weekends. Now I know I will be here so no need to count the weekends, just make the weekends count! On the agenda right now, I have a trip back to NY, Kenny Chesney weekend and possibly Labor Day at ACK. Can't wait! (Bart Scott Voice)



Part 4.
I usually talk about some reality TV show like American Idol for a bit, but I really haven't been watching to much TV. But Scotty Mcreerey? Seriously? I'm definitely trying out next year. That's all I have to say about that. Also everyone knows I'm a big fan of music and usually I'll post the jams I've been listening to lately. I honestly can say that because of our goalie this past year DJ Snouzas, I have become a fan of techno. I actually couldn't stand it while we blasted it in the locker room everyday, i'm usually a fan of a song with instruments. I can say though that you may have seen me doing my best DJ Tiesto or DeadMau5 impression in the car lately. Which happens to be a new jeep by the way. I treated myself. But to keep my sanity, my former D partner from Vegas and all around great guy Jamie Fritsch introduced me to the song Wagon Wheel, by Old Crow Medicine Show. Great tune.









I think that will be it for now. Plus I have to go move my car anyway. Annoying 2 hour street parking. It's been a pleasure to be back blogging for you. As usual, Take Care, Comb Your Hair