My 2nd Time at Rider Training Camp

I wasn't sure what I was going to wake up to today.  It was partly cloudy and turned out to be a beautiful morning.  The practice this morning was later.....taking place at 9:45 at Griffith Stadium.  It allowed me to get my beauty sleep which I needed after baking a big batch of cookies for the team last night.

Oh I had you at cookies, eh?

I made my very favourite cherry milk chocolate chip cookies.  I was done at 11pm and had them packaged in a festive green container complete with football napkins.

I wore my new Rider shirt.  I bought a mens shirt at the Rider Store at the Circle Centre Mall yesterday.  I have two ill fitting plus sized Rider shirts.  I compared the mens to the ladies and they were the same measurements and the mens was $10 cheaper!  I may never buy womens clothing again.

Yeah.  Right.

Oh and I wore my green sneakers today.

I sat in almost the same spot as on Tuesday. 

Photo courtesy Murray McCormick

I did chat with the same fellow I talked to on Tuesday.  Today he wore a green fuzzy hat.

Rider fans are, if anything, stylish.

Kory Sheets & Jock Sanders

So.....what was really interesting about practice today was that it was a walk through.  I didn't really know what that meant.  The coaches were miked up and the players didn't have pads.  It was much easier to follow today and I have to admit more fun to watch because I could see and understand the strategy better.  The players looked more relaxed even if they were working on following direction and placing themselves or running the correct route.  Then I realized at one point it seemed that what was going on was actually very much like choreography. 

When the practice was over I hustled  over to the entrance.  I was toting my cookies after all.  The female security guard took pity on me and said that if I promised not to hassle anyone I could stand at the end of the water table and see if a player would take them from me.  So I did.  The first guy didn't look impressed.  Then another guy [not a player but a water guy maybe] said he could take them into the lockers for me.  YAY!  Then another player over hearing the exchange spoke up and said "for real?"  I thought that was funny.....because it would be really sad if I didn't have cookies!  I didn't recognize him or see his number :(  I hope he got a cookie.  I profusely thanks the security guard.  She said, "well, I wasn't going to steal your thunder."  :)

I left a pretty happy camper.