Thursday, August 27, 2026 (Court Day #959)

I left work as quickly as I possibly could, leaving my nephew to lock up the family business. When I left, I dropped off my other nephew Thomas—who has been temporarily helping at work before he goes off to college—at Nob Hill Foods in Scotts Valley to meet up with his dad, my brother John.

The weather was really strange. When drove through the Skypark neighborhood, it was overcast but still a really warm 79°F. It was also muggy. Someone told me that there was a 20% chance of rain today, though that did not happen.

Skypark

At 6:33 p.m., I was walking into the Skypark courts. It was busy but not crazy. 

When I arrived, I got into a game with Jerry against Ashley and a young Asian woman I not seen before. She had good serves and a really good two-handed backhand. Jerry was not playing a very clean game. It was his first game and my first game as well. Jerry likes to drive everything. Jerry announced, “Well, we know I am the problem!”

Turnout continues to be fairly light. When looked across the courts around 7 p.m., there were only about five people waiting to get into a game.

Alec and I got into a game with Ashlee and a woman named Vanda. Alec and I had a decisive win in the first game winning 11-5.

We played a second game and found ourselves down 2-9. We battled our way back to 7-9, but then they scored another point and made it 10-7 in their favor. They were about to serve when the lights clicked off at 8:05 p.m.

And?

By the time I got into that last game, I was dragging. There were also a couple of shots that I misjudged the ball under the lights and mishit the ball.

Saturday, August 29, 2026 (No Play)

My eBay order of three pairs of sunglasses arrived in the mail today. I should be set for quite a while—provided I don’t take too many more pickleballs to the face!

Number of days on a court: 959
Number of total hours: 3,527.5
Number of paid coaching hours: 231.5

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