Friday, October 27, 2017 (Court Day #88)

Amazingly, even with a stop at our business warehouse and a second stop at a local shop to drop off a saw motor for repair, I still got to Brommer by 9:00 a.m.


9:00 sharp. Leslie warming up with Dale (right) and John P. doing the same with a woman.

I was fortunate enough to play a game with Karen Long against her husband Terry and John Connor. An elite court . . . except for me, of course. I could tell during the game that any “opportunity shot” that Terry were offered would go to Karen. Terry wouldn’t clobber me with the ball. Being nice, Terry gave the more-capable Karen most of the work. Karen and I were up 7-6 and she turned to me before serving and said smiling, “Should we stop now? We’re ahead of these two guys.” It didn’t last long, we lost. But it was a good experience to see just how good a 5.0 player is. Terry is solid. Sure, there are shots he can’t make, but they have to be really great shots. Unforced errors are rare. It’s a whole ‘nother level!

Later, Eric and I played a game against Thed (“ted”) and James. We got clobbered 11-2. James was great. It was very difficult to get anything past him. They was his usual solid self. 

We had a rematch and lost 11-3. No question which players were the better team today! Were Eric and I having a bad day? Or just outclassed? Maybe a little of both–like me missing several serves–but mostly outclassed.

Early during that second game, I realized that I should be at work coordinating purchasing sandwiches for the staff. (I decided on an impromptu staff appreciation day and we bought all the staff deli sandwiches.) That second losing game ended at 11:45 and off I went! It turned out that my “right hand gal” was taking care of it and all I had to do was drop off my credit card on my way home to shower. Easy. Nonetheless, I shouldn’t have stayed any longer than I did!

Number of days on a court: 88
Number of total hours: 247.5

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