more thank yous

To my Vancouver Ultimate League (VUL) team,

Thank you so much for being such an integral and exciting part of my summer. Playing ultimate with all of you has done wonders for my health in general, and I learned so much about the game and myself. Everybody inspired me to do my best on and off the field and I know I've made some truly amazing connections this summer.

You are all some of the coolest and interesting people I have ever met, and all of you are really good at ultimate. I won't forget the evenings spent at some random park in Vancouver and the post-game dinners that usually followed.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you. I hope we will all play again this fall season or next summer season! Congratulations to all of us for somehow winning our division!

Love,
Kevin

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While I was working last Saturday, a woman approached me asking if we still had any of the Jump 50th Anniversary t-shirts left. Funnily enough she found me in the exact location they were located and she showed me some designs that her son had sent to her phone. I helped her find several in medium and as I browsed through piles of shirts looking for sizes she told me a bit about why she was buying them. She said that her son is really into anime and that recently he's swapped his favourite from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure to Boku no Hero Academia. After saying this she asks me if I watch any anime, to which I responded with the white lie, "Yeah, a little bit."

The woman asks me if I have any favourites myself and to be honest, I couldn't think of any so I told her that it changes from season to season. She talks about how she wants to get involved with what her kids are interested and that line really resonated with me. I thought about saying something like, "I wish my parents were like that," but I don't think I'd want to change anything about my parents. I was just really happy that she was genuinely invested and supportive of what her kids enjoyed, especially when it's something "unorthodox" like anime.

So thank you, random mom at UNIQLO.

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Quick post tonight as I just wanted to get these experiences off my chest and onto the page. Thank you for reading, and you will hear from me next post!