This morning, I awoke to a great breakfast of eggs with cheese, bacon, an english muffin, and orange juice prepared by Mrs. Breeding.  I met up with my parents and my sister around 11:00 AM.  My family and the Breedings arrived at the airport early at 1:47 PM.  When Coach Berkman and Coach Dobbins arrived, we entered the terminal.  Thankfully, nobody was randomly searched, nor did anyone fail to pass through the security gates.  Some of my teammates and I stopped to purchase reading material for the trip.  I bought Yoga Magazine and Foreign Affairs journal.  Many players went to the restaurants in order to get a meal to last them until dinner at the hotel.  After waiting out a half hour delay in our flight, we departed from BWI Airport at 3:30 PM.  

Meanwhile, the bus had arrived in Florida around 8:00 AM Saturday morning.  The players emerged from the bus deprived of a comfortable night of sleep and excited to be able to stretch their legs out.  The players quickly put on their board shorts and hit the beach for the remainder of the day.  A few of them, however, fell asleep on the beach before having the opportunity to apply sun tan lotion.

We touched down in Orlando, Florida around 5:30 PM and had an Estimated Time of Arrival at Cocoa Beach of 6:30 PM.  At this time, the charter bus pulled up to the hotel.  Mo welcomed us with our lunch money for the week, breakfast passes to the hotel's breakfast buffet, and our room keys ($20.00).  At 7:00 PM, our pizza dinner had arrived (1.5 boxes per 3 players), and we were set for a team meeting within the half hour.  At the meeting, Coach Berkman went over the itinerary for the week and reiterated the concept that we are in Florida to form a greater sense of team camaraderie and play a lacrosse game.  Following a few more comments about the questionable applications of sun screen, we relaxed until bed checks at 10:30 PM.

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