Today I was back on the tennis courts playing with the women's doubles group. I had been under the impression that I was subbing for February for someone who who was out of town. I thought there was someone else who makes up the fourth player of the group. When they started talking about playing next week, I asked about that. They said, no no, you are part of the regular group. She only substitutes. I don 't know exactly how that happened, but I am certainly very glad.
Doing something physical on a regular basis is a constant struggle for me, at least during the winter. Gerry and I play tennis daily, during warm weather. But since I don't ski, my winter exercise regime is varied and sporadic.
In order to be prepared for the tennis game, I walked briskly several days this week, just to make sure I would have the stamina. I'm in much better shape than the first week. Now I can easily play the hour and a half and not break a sweat. Speaking of that, I notice how different we all are. One of the women works up a good sweat. None of the others of us do. One of the women doesn't even bring any water with her. Two of us need to take water breaks between sets.
Gerry asked me who won. I had to honestly say that I didn't know. We change teams between sets, so the partners and the dynamic is different each time. And no one announces which game it is, or even what the scores are in the middle of the games. That makes for some pretty laid back tennis! Since I tend to be pretty competitive, that's probably a really good thing for me.
After all, if the teams are different with each set, there are no clear winners. Maybe that is why the playing is not so cutthroat. It's just fun.
Fortunately, we all managed to get plowed out of our driveways this morning, after two feet of snow!
Now I guess I'm a regular!
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