Day 126, "Every picture has a story"
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| My experience of tennis last year on a personal level as well as my team! |
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| My experience of tennis this winter and "for sure" this week! |
Well my pictures this morning tell it all. Last year at this time I was making weekly plans for my team while getting around with a cane. (I had gotten rid of that darn walker last week) I would be using the cane for another few weeks. My team---they were not doing much better. In our last match, the tenth of the season we won on court #1 which gave us a grand total of 3 match wins of the 30 we played. Oh, we got to about a half dozen match tie breakers but could not break through the glass ceiling so to speak.
Forward to this season, winter of 2019. On the 70+ team I am 3-1 while winning my last 3 matches. For my 3.0 team we have had 5 team matches (that means a total of 15 individual matches and we have won 7! I was delighted to win on court #1 yesterday and get a certain amount of revenge. I have mentioned before that in our first match of the winter I played court 1 against Gino and Lou. They are LOUD mouth guys and not really that good BUT that day they beat me and my partner while I played so so so bad. Yesterday when Gino and Lou walked onto the court I quietly told myself that this is a new day and it will end much better--it DID. I had a different partner but the difference was in my game which was much better. We won 6-0 and 6-1. To put frosting on the cake court #2 won 6-4 and 6-3 while court #3 won 6-1 and 6-0. Three wins and NO tie breakers is perhaps a first on the 3.0 level for my team. I will say that the team we played yesterday is by far the weakest in the league but still one has to perform at a certain level to win. We have 2 matches next week with our regular on Wednesday and a make up on Friday. Hard to believe that next Friday we are into March 2019.
Terry and I finished up the day yesterday by having lunch at a new restaurant Yard House. The food was very good and it was good to get out for a bit.
Today I have tennis at 7:30 and I will be trying a demo racquet which is lighter than the ones I use. It will be fun to see how I do with it. Terry has an apt at 12:15, we need to hit Costco for bread for our pool party and then our party is at 5:00. I will boil the brats this morning and then put them on the grill before the party while the burgers will need to be grilled at the party. I have not used the grill for a time so have to make sure it is working fine and then I need to pick up a table from Carmen and Betty. Carmen, not this Carmen, is 85 or so and does not care to lug the table over so I will drive around the corner and get it.
Up early, at 4:20, so it may be kind of a long day but I have no doubt that my FP, which is now almost finished, will carry me through the day!
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