(Yep, there I am with that killer serve. I won all my matches!)We had a fairly good tournament. It was a round robin tournament but our last match could be considered the finals match since it would determine first and second place. I won my match and watched on as our other two courts went to 3rd set tiebreakers. Lucas was in one of those tiebreaks and ended up losing 8-10. He and his partner played excellent though. That was by far the best team of the tournament. Our other team ended up losing their tiebreak, too. So we finished in second - literally just 2 points from being the State Champion.
(I did get to do a little of this while I was there. Magical! That is my partner Pat's baby, Allison Grace. Oh, and check out that shirt!)The first place team cannot move on to the next round so our team has automatically advanced to the Sectionals tournament in New Orleans. How fun! Unfortunately, there is no way that either Lucas or myself will be getting off work in October - our busiest month by far at each of our respective jobs. I am working on pulling out team together but it looks like we may be one woman short of having the required 3 teams. Ugh! I hope I can resolve this but, needless to say, it has really been a lot of work this year. Right now, I am captaining 3 active teams. What am I thinking?!? This is way too much work - so next year you can bet I'll be cutting down.
I have invited the team over to our house the weekend before the Sectionals tournament for a Thank You / Good Luck party. I'd like to make it Mardi Gras themed since they will be traveling to New Orleans. We'll see.
A big thank you to Debbie and her sister's family for letting us stay with them while we were there. We had a great time! Also, on the way back home we got to visit with some of Lucas's old friends. They are a great couple with a clay tennis court in their back yard! How awesome! Lucas and John hit around a bit and Marilyn and I shared a beer and some great conversation. I really hope we can come back and visit them again soon - I'm thinking early Spring of next year.
AND - last but not least - thanks to mom for keeping our baby Rafa. We missed him so much while we were gone. I didn't think mom was going to give him back! He loves his little vacations at grandma's! Haha!
Running was put aside this weekend as tennis took 'center court' but we're back on the road again now.
Oh - and look who has arrived - Fall! I do love this time of year with pleasant temperatures and nice breezes but I will miss my hot summer days.
Oh, crap. Those leaves are about to start falling. When buying a house, one should be told the conditions that come along with that house during each season. We were not aware.
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