Three times louder

Last night I had my weekly volleyball meetup. Our team did relatively well finishing 4-2 on the night. I had some communication issues with the one woman on our team however. Multiple times I would call I had the ball and she would ignore the call and step in front late, often causing an unforced error. During one game I inadvertently gave her a hard body check after the she set the ball straight above her but then didn’t move out of the way. However the funniest mishap of the night was during a ball out call.

The opposing team hit a ball that was clearly going to be wide of the court. As soon as I saw it’s trajectory I yelled out so this woman would know to not play it. I saw her ignore the call and was still moving towards the ball so I yelled out a second time, louder. At this point she was standing on the court line but still was acting like she was going to play it so I yelled OUT a third time, extremely loud this time. It didn’t matter, she still tried to play the ball, shanked it, and lost us the point. Me and another guy on our team just shook our heads in disbelief afterwards. Listening is definitely not a one of her strong points. Despite these sort of funny events we played pretty well overall.

This weekend I will get some Saturday pickleball in before buckling down on getting things done before leaving for the work conference on Sunday. There is a possibility I may be dropping off my Mten Mini along the way to a potential buyer in Port Charlotte which would be convenient. Things have felt a little out of whack around the household lately. I am hoping to bring things more into alignment before I leave.