Whoa, that was fast.

I’m currently in Seattle. Who would have guessed that one a month, or even a10 days ago? I’ll give a rundown of how things went down:

Last Thursday: Steve told me that his coach wanted to talk to me about coming out to Seattle to play with Kitsap. Apparently their backup keeper left. Oh, and earlier in the day I bought a road bike. Cool.

Last Friday: I talked with the Pumas coach, John Wedge who I’ve met before and who has seen me play.

Last Saturday: I thought about it and made a decision: I’m going. The Fredericksburg training wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. The Pumas have potential t move up into USL 2 or even USL 1. I personally have a lot more connections and know a lot more people out in Seattle than in Virginia. A lot of my friends are still in the Northwest.

Sunday: Prepped for leaving on Monday.

Monday-Wednesday: Drove XC to Boise.

Thursday: Drove the last segment, from Boise to Seattle. Met the new housemates, pretty cool dude named Teddy. He’s a master’s student in social work. A woman lives here too, a teacher, but Teddy said she is away for a lot of the summer.

Friday: First practice with the Pumas. Didn’t know they were going to practice on turf, so I brought my six studs. Whoops. Sliding around and luckily not tearing a knee in half, I played pretty well for not having faced good shooting in months. Afterwards Wedge asked me to come down to Portland with them tomorrow for their game against the Timbers U23s to dress as a backup. Yes, I’m going. The downside is that 4^th of July in Seattle is really cool, I’ve been here for it before. The upside is that playing not great I still made a big enough impression in one practice session to warrant suiting up for a game, even if it is as backup, which I’m fully expecting to be for the remainder of the season. Their #1 I a solid keeper. He’s not the most agile or tallest, but he makes smart choices and doesn’t screw up much. They haven’t lost a game with him in net this year, except to the Timbers in the Open Cup. He’s Excused.

So, I’m in Seattle living in Capital Hill, apparently near Garfield. Simon said it used to be a pretty seedy area but has gotten better in the last 10 years. It’s a lot further to the ferry, and a lot more hilly, than I thought. I’ve gotta work myself into biking shape before I can bike to the ferry. Its also farther to the field on Bremerton, and again a lot more hilly, than I thought. Good thing Steve and his buddy pick someone else up form the ferry every day for practice. I’ll probably end up doing that. Later on today I’m picking Steve up from Alisa’s place in Renton and meeting the team bus where they meet up with I-5. So, that was fast. Here we go.