Thursday, October 21, 2021 (Court Day #425)

It started misting on my windshield as I drove from work to Skypark. Drat. Would it get worse? But it proved to just be a mild annoyance though it did keep attendance down. With rain predicted on Sunday, this might be it for play until Tuesday or maybe even a full week from now.

I only got two intermediate games in tonight—and for those, there was one obviously weaker player whom I think I met once before. Those two games I played mostly right-handed.

The rest of the night was rotating through games with newbies. Even playing lefty, I had to back way off avoiding hitting winners and instead focusing on keeping the ball in play.

It thinned out and I was left with two options. Leave or try to break into either the two games among the younger guys. They’d no doubt left me in, but I figured that I’d just let them continue in peace and no force one of them to sit out. It was only 8 p.m., but I headed home.

The clan of guys who arrived later then stayed later: Paul, unknown, Eric, Matt.


Number of days on a court: 425
Number of total hours: 2,108.5

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