Wasted effort, Wasted money

Last night I played volleyball. For some reason before we started I had the inspiration to rake the sand court. They have a large rake designed specifically for that task. So I spent at least 15 minutes carefully dragging the rake down both sides of the court, leaving a pristine even trail behind it. The other players commented on how they never played on the court that looked this good. So we started our game and within 10 points the court basically looked exactly how it did before I started. I won’t be raking it again.

My play last night was decent. My passing was better. When it gets erratic it is usually from one of two reasons (or both), not moving my feet to get in a better position and/or not bending my knees enough to get the ball trajectory more up instead of out. I had a few good hits which always give me hope. I also continue to have an annoying more or less constant ache down what feels like my right IT band which affects my ability to move quickly or jump. It would be great if that went away. There was more movement than normal last night since we played triples the entire 2 hours.

The other day I got back from the gym, reached in my pocket and realized I was missing one of my airpods. Almost instantly I wrote it off as a lost cause and used some of my Amazon spiff dollars to get another set of Airpod 3’s (mine were 2’s). So AFTER I place the order I decide to back track my path back from the gym just in case. I got four steps outside the door and found the missing pod. Oh well, I gave my old set to Christine since one of her boys lost his awhile ago.

I am looking to have a pretty quiet weekend where I can do whatever I feel like doing. I plan to do that.