Back on the court

Tomorrow I am going over to Cocunut Creek to play in a King of the Beach format tournament.  Randall is putting it together.  It actually is a very good idea.  We only have 8 people playing and each one of us chips in 25 bucks.  Since there is no overhead, all the money goes back out and the person that finishes first will pocket 125 bucks with good payouts for 2nd and third too.  It should be cool.  I have zero expectations.  I have literally not touched a volleyball since I limped off the muddy field in Pottstown in late June.  In the past, I have actually done half decent after long layoffs.  However this is going to be very different.  In King of the Beach format, you rotate partners each game so you are playing with someone different.  With my quirky style and intense dislike of playing the right side, I expect to struggle.  I am not the easiest guy for someone to just pick up and play with.  I expect it to be fun, I know about half the guys that are playing pretty well.

I’m really getting the itch to move forward with the sprinkler project.  The next thing I need to do is draw everything out and gulp, plan it.  As much as I hate drawing stuff up, it is necessary if I want the sprinkler system to work properly.  I am envisioning the day when I have it all in place and looking out across the landscape with pride as things get watered without me pulling a damn house around for an hour and a half.

On Sunday, Ali and I are getting up at the crack of dawn to help with the Naples Half Marathon.  I have spent the last 6 months or so maintaining the web site for the race as well as a spreadsheet with all of the entries.  When I turned the data over we had about 1500 runners, a huge race.  It should be a cool experience watching it unfold.  We had ideas of actually running the race 8 months ago but the reality is neither Ali’s or my knees would hold up to that kind of pounding.