My nerves were all frazzled this morning. I had to drive over to the Hillwood Country Club and play a rescheduled match against one of the Real Housewives of Hillwood teams. (I think that’s just such a clever name, especially for this team. Totally works for them.)
Regular team matches are usually on Thursday, but the team we were playing needed to reschedule. So…we played today instead.
I was kind of mad because the first week ended up being me and my partner’s Bye week, then last week was “spring break” so there were no matches. Then this week we had to do the reschedule thing, and I knew next week I’d be gone down to Destin for a volleyball tournament.
After matches it’s customary for the team to go to lunch. It’s social hour. That’s a big part of why I joined. To have a little bit more of a social outlet here. (And to find new lunch places. I’m all about food!)
However, I’m glad that my first real match worked out the way it did. My nerves would’ve been even more jangled with everyone there, players on the other courts and having to worry about sending balls their way (or being interrupted by any of their strays), etc.
This worked out really nice. It was like having a private match.
And it was on clay. My first time ever playing on that. Kind of a weird surface, but nice. I sort of liked it. (I’d heard bad stuff about clay, but…I didn’t think it was too bad.)
We didn’t win. It was 1-6 the first set, but we rallied second set and walked out with 4-6. For my first time ever doing something like this, I’ll take it. It turned out to be a gorgeous, fun morning to be out getting some great exercise.
Next week…Destin!
Who knew I’d be so sporty at nearly 40? Crazy.
