Legendary Lunch

My alarm went off around 7:30 this morning and I immediately got out of bed. I got ready and went down for breakfast just to find out that our class had been postponed until 2. Yesterday, the Dooley’s arrived in Crete and my roommates and I, as well as Matt and Dustin, were given the opportunity to take them to lunch. I sat anxiously for 2 hours trying to figure out something to do. As the clock approached 11:45, I started to get butterflies. What are we going to talk about? I tried to think of questions to ask Vince and Barbara but I couldn’t think of anything. And then I met Barbara. As we started to walk out the door for lunch, we turned around and realized that Vince was still inside. “Vincent, come on!” she hollered at him. The girls and I decided to start walking to the restaurant to get a table while the boys waited behind for Vince who was busy sending an email on his BlackBerry. We ate lunch at a cute little restaurant and we were literally the only people there. The conversation was great. I learned that the Dooley’s have a lake house very close to mine in North Georgia which was really neat to talk about. We learned about their four children and eleven grandchildren, the renovations going on at their house in Athens, and their experiences from traveling all over the world. Lunch concluded with shots of Raki and fried Greek pancakes for everyone. We quickly made our way over to the convention center where class was held. Today was Kevin’s first lecture about leading with values and vision. We watched a quick video and then broke out into community groups and discussed what we wanted to do in life, like our bucket list, and what we wanted to be. From there we narrowed it down and created our vision statement for life. Tonight, we are having our last group dinner in Crete at a tapas restaurant on the water. Tomorrow I am looking forward to the tour of Knossos and another lecture in the afternoon. As I sit back and reflect on today, I can’t help but think about what an amazing opportunity we have been given through Global LEAD to get to know the Dooley’s.

How many people can say that they’ve spent a week in Greece with UGA coaching legend Vince Dooley? Looking forward to tomorrow.

Rachel Harwood