Road Rash

We had our 2nd softball game of the season on Monday and it was a lot of fun, albeit frustrating. We had a hard time working as a team at the start of the game and gave up 9 runs in the first inning! No worries, though, they never scored again until the end of the game and we caught up straight away. It was a good, close game with good plays and frustrating mistakes on both sides. When time was up, we were tied 10-10 and went into extra innings. We scored 1 run, they scored 1 run. Another extra inning. Lisa got on base, I got a single which advanced her to 3rd, then I decided to stretch my single into a double and it almost cost us. The play at second was a LOT closer than I thought it would be and I ended up sliding in. Did I mention that I was playing in shorts? I was safe, mind you, but I tore up my leg pretty good! It still stings a bit. (I can't imagine having road rash like this all over my body after a motorcycle accident or something!). Anyway, back to the game. We scored 2 more points and now it's their turn to bat. 1 out... 2 outs... no runs. We're holding them. A single sends the planted runner from second all the way home and they are now only down by 1 point. Another single. A double. Now a runner on 3rd threatening to tie the game and a runner on 2nd threatening to win the game. 2 outs, winning run on second, big hitter at the plate... no pressure. A hit! Deep to right field... 2 runners in... that's game!

Oh, well. We had fun. It was a good game and we simply got beat. If we'd lost because we didn't play well, or the umpire was making bad calls, I would be upset and disappointed, but that's not how it happened. We just got beat.

Homer!

So we played our co-ed softball season-opening game tonight and we kicked butt! They called the game after the 4^th inning because the score was 12-0! Very Nice.

Silly as it sounds, I was a little nervous to play, but my first at-bat I hit a 2 RBI triple! And the very next at bat I hit an in-the-park home run (nevermind that I barely made it to first and didn't see second base on my 3^rd at-bat). I can *not* believe how out of shape I am! It took me a solid 5 minutes to catch my breath after running around the bases! I felt like a fat cop chasing a fast guy!

Chelle did really good, too! We practiced a good chunk on Saturday to get her ready. We threw balls and did a little hitting, too. Today was her first game ever and she got on base twice all by herself! She even scored! Way to go! (she's got a great coach )

Sleepy

So, apparently, I am one tired little man. I dragged all day at work yesterday and when I came home, pretty much went straight to bed... it was about 7:30. I vaguely remember waking up sometime around midnight and promptly losing consciousness again. I slept like a log until I got tired of hitting my snooze button at 8:30 the next morning!

I had an energy drink for breakfast today.

Blog????

Blogging?? Now that I have my ideal URL, what do I do with it? I don't write much... maybe I should start...