Elevate

Yesterday after work I met my buddy/co-worker at the nearby East Naples pickleball courts to get some games in. Rich is a better player than I am so I thought it would be cool to team up with him to see how we would do. We first played a couple guys close to my age. While warming up I thought they may give us a decent challenge but we would up beating them two games rather easily, the second by 11-0, known in the sport as “A Pickle”.

We then played four games against some much higher skilled, younger players. Rich plays regularly with one of them. At first I thought we were going to get smoked, the game was moving in fast forward compared to what I am used to. However we slowly adjusted and got things stabilized. All of the games were close and we managed to even win one. It felt good to at least be competitive against higher level and younger opponents. I hope to get out there more regularly during some evenings.

The raised bed that was set up a couple weeks ago is working out well so far. Everything that was planted seems to have taken hold. I’m looking forward to starting to enjoy the result in the upcoming months.