Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Day 52, "Every picture has a story"
I just had to use this from the paper today.  However I do not have an answer!  If anyone happens to read this and does not know tennis the scoring uses the word "love" for a player or team that does not have a point.  An example would be you get a point and the score is 15-love, the second point goes to you and the score is 30-love.  A third point goes to you and it is 40-love and then you get the 4th point and you win the game.  In the match you are now ahead 1-love.  I am not saying it makes any sense but that is the way of tennis.  IF you are at love you have no points and are behind which in itself is not true in life!!!

We have a make up match today and then a regular match tomorrow.  Once again I am short of players.  Two are injured and one is out of town which means I needed to get replacements.  I made a decision that may not go over well with the team.  I had the choice of getting a player who is just not up to our level or I could get another player who is not on a team but is better.  As I mulled things over in my mind I decided that the fall is all about playing, getting experience and having a good competitive match so I choose the player who is not on the team.  That means we forfeit the match but the guys who play and have more fun.  It is more fun to play if you have a partner who is a good player.  The fall standings are really nothing compared to playing time, who you play with and experience.  I am not sure everyone will agree with me on that but it is what it is.  If some don't like it they could certainly have a new captain and maybe that is what I should lobby for!  I got a call yesterday from someone who is playing today.  He asked me if we were home or away and what time we play.  I thought, "Did I not say those things in my note yesterday?"  So I went back to look at the note and I quote, "Our make up match Tuesday is at home against Country Creek with a match time of 1:30."  Need I say more?

The second of our book lectures is coming up.  Terry finished the book last week but I had not started it.  The book is from the library and it is due Thursday.  I went on line to renew it BUT there is a request for it so it can not be renewed.  SO I need to get it read and to the library by Thursday.  It is 450 pages and I did get 268 pages read yesterday BUT there is tennis today and tomorrow so maybe that means I need to stop writing and start reading.  

We received our first two Christmas cards yesterday which means I need to get on the stick.  I did get two things mailed yesterday with our card in them but really things need to start moving.  I think we mailed out about 50 last year but maybe this year we will cut that down a bit.  I am trying to keep track of cards going and coming.  If we send out to someone for 2, 3, or 4 years and do not hear from them it probably means they are not into receiving cards.  

On to my last cup of FP and into my book for a while.  

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