Wednesday, January 17, 2018 (Court Day #113)

I was supposed to conduct an interview this morning but the interviewee emailed at the last minute saying he had to reschedule because he forgot about a DDS appointment. (I’m not 100% convinced, but I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt.)  Not long responding the that email, after I realized that this meant I could go to pickleball after all!

Eric had to drive to a meeting about an hour away and couldn’t play, unfortunately.

I played really well this morning. After a particularly good rally on my part taking a point from defense to offense then hitting a winner, I got a “Jesus, Andrew…” from Mike, shaking his head in amazement. Mike and John P. resorted to just hitting to my partner.

There were two advanced players there, Dean (different Dean) and Judy (tall blonde/gray woman). I played with Judy against Dean and Wayne. Dean has a hard serve, so that was good practice. (Judy did too.) I held my own in that game. I caught Dean with hard shots to his feet a couple of times. Regular Dean is a stronger player, but this Dean is unquestionably an advanced player too.

My last two games (I left about 11:30) were not as good . . . I had some sideline issues (out), but dang I was playing really good overall this morning. Coming along.

I think I may have to do an interview on Friday morning, we’ll see.

Number of days on a court: 113
Number of total hours: 319.5

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