Currently feeling quite satiated, not to mention healthy, having eaten a huge salad for dinner, complete with sunflower seeds sprinkled on top. Happily, the sunflower seeds lended just the right bit of crunchy texture. One thing you probably don’t know about me is that I am a bit of a texture junkie with food and oddly enough, clothing.
Speaking of the latter, while shopping recently with my niece (Hi Anna!) we made the best find ever. We ran across the softest, most comfortable heathered-cotton lounge/workout pants. They are like tissue-tee material but still hold their shape perfectly instead of getting all stretched out at the knees 5 minutes after you put them on. They are made by Alternative Earth -- and trust me, they are heavenly. Yes, I realize I am once again getting sidetracked. Let’s talk tennis, shall we?
I was on the court for 4 ½ hours today. I started early, with my first match at 7:30am with Ramona. I didn’t play as well as I would have liked but I’d not slept well last night, which I’m sure didn’t help. Still I did a better job of planning the placement of my shots, which is a step forward. (Ramona loves to lob, which interestingly is frowned on at HS.)
Afterwards I headed to my weekly 9:30am cup practice, which is proving to be not only a sweat-fest workout but very helpful in terms of learning doubles technique and strategy. After practice, a woman on my team asked if I was available to sub for her tomorrow morning to play a mixed doubles match, which was an added bonus. This will be my first mixed doubles match and I am excited to see what it's all about. Excited and kinda really nervous.
This evening, I played singles with the ever-friendly Sue T. – and while at FC, I ran into Suzy, my doubles partner for the Fall, who just happened to be playing on the court next to ours. Afterwards, Suzy and I arranged a mixed doubles match for this Sunday evening, which should be fun.
Since Monday was a holiday, this week seemed to fly by. I am happy to report that the weather prediction for the next few days is sunny and warm, plan to take advantage of some outdoor court time over the weekend.
tina signing off.
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