22nd feb

Yesterday i slept with Jonathan’s family; I would like to share lot of things, when I had dinner with them, Mrs. Jessica i.e. Jonathan’s wife, he interacted with me very nicely, she wanted to know about skating in India, I liked sharing everything to them, in the house they had a huge atlas, where I showed them where I exactly live, when I reached the house, I checked out all the 4 rooms of each of them, Briton the eldest of the 4 had the best room, he has the most comfortable bed in the whole house, bright lights, couch, very big LCD TV, small and cute laptop, I was told that he bought TV with his own pocket money of savings and Christmas gifts, Jackson room was cute for his small age, tucker’s was also nice, he has laptop something like mine, I was sleeping in harden’s room, its good too, living and every room in the house is got pictures of their family and pictures of every age they were into and how they looked, sweet memories and stuff like that, the interiors are done by Jessica,every kid is got a bank, where they put and draw money, its small ATM machine kind, they have a discipline in the house to encourage them to do the house work, they have sheet and magnets on the wall near the kitchen, they get points for garbage work, room neatness, bed making, napkins when having food and stuff like that, they get paid at the end of the week, during the Christmas time whoever gets the most points will get a bonus of 100$, it seems Tucker won last year, at present harden has most points, harden is a champ in skating in his age group, Jackson is still a small kid, tucker skates but is doing well in football, Brinton the eldest skates too but he just want to skate and doing meets but not to push harder , don’t forget when I am talking about the kids, his dad i.e. Jonathan skates pretty well for 45 age, they are little strict and a pressure towards Briton as he is the eldest, in USA every kid has to go to school, if anyone is not going, the parents are going to be charged under child negligence act, when they step into college, most of them have to do part time job and pay for their fees and room stay, that’s why most of them don’t stay with their family and start working hard and learn responsibility @ very young age

morning I got up out of the bed @ 7 even though I was awake, because the kids need to use the bathroom as they have to rush to school, Mr. Jonathan woke me up, I had sandwich with grapes, Briton the eldest son was dropped by Ms. Jessica, before dropping his mom was getting and losing on him as he was getting late, he was finishing his one of his assignment, which he did not complete but still she dragged to drop him to his school We drove to the elementary and middle school to drop Jackson, Harden and Tucker, Jonathan’s family is called Simkins, they are very few people in school who have got parking reserved especially for them, I was taken to youngest son Jackson’s class, the vice principal was present, Jonathan introduced me to her, so I spoke to the kids there, it was all spontaneous, I pointed @ the Atlas, told them about our national animal, bird, why I am here in USA? What is new and different here? In the end i showed them to tell hello in Indian way, i.e. Namaste….the principal was surprised with the way I speak English and my accent….

We drove to Simmons’s place, on the way I saw the Tampa bay both sides of the road, it was a beautiful, we drove to the sky way bridge, it seems the bridge was rebuilt again because way back in 1985 a ship crashed to the bridge and many people died , so the bridge had to be lifted high,saw multistory buildings....

This was the second time meeting Simmons, David is such a nice person, I got casted, my order is enlisted, i told my favorite colors to Jennifer and told her to do the best she can and surprise me when i see them, I need to at least wait for 8-9 weeks to start for them to make my boots, when they start making it takes 3 days, they approximately finish boots of 4 pairs in a week, once they finish building boots to all those who got casted before me, mine will be started. David showed us his boat. we drove back home, actually Jonathan is into bee removal business, he is running them the 15 year now, his company is called Insect IQ, whole way he was getting calls and orders, at the end of the day he earned 1000$ just by answering the calls and driving car, he was very happy and considering me his lucky charm, he was telling about it to everybody in the indoor too saying he wants to hang me around his neck cause I was is lucky charm, I was happy too for him… we actually had to go to St Petersburg city before reaching home to attend one of his client, the city was amazing, every city in Florida is good in its way the way the houses and building are built, Jonathan talks to his clients as if he knows them from long time like one of his family member, he also introduced me to them, I think that is how he markets himself and his products , that is very impressive, whole way i was talking about Indian culture, values, languages we speak, religions , different gods we worship, Jonathan had a great time and i had a wonderfull time with him too...we reached home, I was searching for my 3/4^th, I didn’t know that Ms Jessica took them from bathroom when I forgot to take them, she put them to washing machine and it was ready lying on my bed, she is more sweet then I actually taught, harden came to home early itself because he had a bad cough, actually whole night he was coughing, hope he recovers soon, Briton had homework, so me, Jonathan, Tucker and Jackson drove to practice, i could not say bye to Mrs. Jessica so i called from Jonathan's cell and thanked her for being so nice and for everything, she liked me so much and impressed with me that later Jonathan receives message from her saying that i can stay in their place anytime and as long as i want to, i was touched by it...

we dropped Tucker to his football practice and we to indoor, we reached way early than expected because there was very less traffic, we did warm up followed by stretches, 1 lap upfront small circles only in only in one corner, half lap starts, now I know how much it makes a difference when you shift or load or isolate weight on your left leg, it does pain but makes a lot of difference , sprint with small circle once and finish next half lap, sprint with small circle one side twice and finish half lap, basic drills, opposite corners, the Belgium girl was skating and also assisting tony because she is her for her project as she is going to entering the coaching field , intervalsx6, two person relayx2 lapsx5 sets, my corners are really getting better slowly, hope I get them perfect, we did off skate drills like steps ups with 1 leg after other-30 secs slow, 30 secs fast, rest 15 secs slow and 15 secs slow, than cones arranged with equal distance, hop with 1 leg half distance and change other leg, bunny hopping with both legs, side hopping the half distance and change side and do the next halfx3 sets total, doing all these exercises was do activate fast twitch muscles and do have fast feet

We went to village inn, I had huevos rancheros and substituted them with turtle pancakes which was 0.99$, turtle pan cakes are usual pan cakes but with chocolate and cream, after main dish when I having the pan cakes, people taught I am not going to having, I seriously was very hungry and enjoyed finishing them with no ease, the waitress did not add turtle pan cakes to the bill and when I mentioned about it, it told me to not to worry, it is actually worth 5 dollar(for me it is 99 cents)when you order them separately, that’s really so sweet of her…

Drove back home, on the way we three were talking training, racing, mental fitness, tactics and psychology, my luggage was shifted to the bran, people from court had come to house study, it seems the boys(whom Renee is adopting) will be arriving on Friday, so I shifted everything to my room, it took hours to arrange my little and give makeover to my little room, the weather is getting warmer down, the typical Florida climate, tomorrow if it does not rain we will be going to Ocala baseline for outdoor practice… i have taken some more pictures, i am so much with everything i am doing and sharing all of the things share, i don't find time to upload, i am sure i am going to do them very soon, take care guys, please post your comments..