Slider, Party

Despite very ominous rain clouds that were around the sand volleyball courts last night we were able to get a full two hours of play in. My play was decent although our team had several games we should have won that we gave away at the end which always frustrates me. I found I was having a hard time masking my negative body language and/or facial expressions when some unforced errors were made. To be honest however I made my own fair share of them.

One thing that was positive was for the first time since resuming playing volleyball over a year and a half ago I finally was doing some more aggressive serving. I am normally very consistent with getting my serve in but it isn’t all that tough for the receiving team to handle. During my volleyball peak I was hitting serves that would move like a slider in baseball, across and down. The key to that sort of serve is a more whip like motion in my arm instead of straight. When I got some of those type serves going last night the other team was consistently struggling to pass them, and I liked it.

Tonight is the fantasy football draft party at my house, the only real social event I have held there since I moved. As soon as I get home the scramble to rearrange the house will begin. Luckily I no longer prepare food for the event. I put out chips and pretzels while ordering a few pizzas. The other owners bring a lot of food themselves. As always I will draft my players by the seat of my pants with next to no research. If there was an award for the least prepared owner in the league I would win it hands down, every year. It’s because I really don’t care all that much about it.

With all that has been going on lately Labor Day weekend has sort of snuck up on me. Sure I will be glad to have an extended weekend. I am just not quite sure what I will fill it with yet at this point but rest assured it won’t be that hard to do so.

If I could get deeper for a moment, I’d like to talk about things that bring me fulfillment and positive feelings. One of those things you are reading right now. The blog has always been a creative outlet for me where I share thoughts and feelings that may be sheltered in many situations. Is it odd I would choose to put these sort of thoughts on the internet instead? Yes. My YouTube channel and all that it contains is another outlet where my creativity and expression is out there naked for all to see.

My athletic endeavors as well as exercise routines keep both my body and mind in sync. Pushing myself to compete against others makes me better, period. I feel the drive to still push myself at my age helps me stay as young at heart as possible. This refusal to go quietly into the night is something I will always strive for and hang my hat upon.

Finally, my relationships with other people is an opportunity to both give and receive energy, knowledge and emotion which can be some of the most fulfilling avenues available. My inner circle of people is small so these connections to me are important and valuable. I still am learning more about how I interact with others and how to improve those interactions for everyone involved, most importantly, myself.

What was the point of including this at the tail end of the blog? Not everything requires an explanation.