Weekend Recap

 Today I wanna do something a little different. I wanna do a recap on my weekend. I did a lot from Thursday to Sunday, and I am excited to tell you all about it.

On Thursday, I met my favorite YouTuber, Tom Grossi, a football-related channel (mostly Green Bay Packers) who was going to 30 NFL cities in 30 days. I have been watching Grossi for about 8 years now, and seeing him go from a substitute teacher to a YouTuber with over 1 million followers in that time frame is unbelievable. During his visit to Baltimore, my family and friends and I went to go meet him, and we got to have a conversation and take a photo with him. I was nervous, but I was thrilled to finally meet him in person. He's a really great guy that you should check out if you get the chance.

Now, Tom went to Philadelphia the next day. I live half an hour away from Philadelphia, so why did I go to Baltimore and not Philadelphia? I have a good reason. You see, I went to a bowling event in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was a meet and greet for the upcoming Battle of the Brands event, where professional bowlers from different bowling brands had a meet and greet the day before their event. I got to meet some of my favorite bowlers, including EJ Tackett, Bill O'Neill, Patrick Dombrowski, and my personal favorite, Jason Belmonte, who inspired me and so many other people to start bowling with 2 hands instead of 1. I am so happy I finally got to meet him, and my friend got to hug him. 

But that was nothing compared to what happened on Sunday. I was in line waiting for the doors to open for the Norm Duke Open, when Norm Duke himself came out. I was expecting to see him that day, but I was expecting to see him in the building. Anyway, 10 years ago, I watched Norm and the Dallas Strikers bowl a perfect 300 in the Elias Cup semifinals, and I wrote a letter to Norm. To my surprise, about a month and a half later, he actually got back to me. I showed the letter to Norm and he cried. He was so moved that I kept a 10-year old letter from him. I couldn't believe how much I impacted him, and I felt fantastic about it, especially coming from a legend like Norm Duke. I was in shock. After we met Norm, we got to see an absolute classic of a tournament, won by Marshall Kent in a roll-off. It was an unbelievable day to cap off an unbelievable weekend.

That was my weekend. I wanna thank Tom, Norm, and all the people who came out to the meet and greet for a great time. And I can't believe any of this happened.