Happy Birthday, Nancy! Props to partner, Fran, for providing the cake, lighted candles and winning smile. Fellow celebrants include Cap'n Tiny Dancer, who is always prepared to grapevine right and Carol who is being distracted by someone (I'd lay odds it's none other than Gold) and the rest of the team standing in the wings. Tennis wise, we brought home three measly points this week, ladies. What is UP WITH THAT! Winners include Ann and Susan, Lisa Raess (pronounced "race") and Leslie, and Jeannie and Kristine. Just when you think you've heard it all regarding distraction issues and player complaints (we GOT IT, you prefer the nets closed!), along comes blog-worthy moment of the week: Opponent A on Court 5 informs Coach Evan Sideman that he CANNOT sit on the court-side bench to observe team play because it "distracts" her. Thanking her for sharing that with the group is our very own Cap'n, who herself was told in turn not to speak while sitting court-side! Are you kidding me? Should we contact air-traffic control in Lawrence and request a suspension on all flights during matches? Close down exit 48? Army-crawl to the other courts? I'm not one to be insensitive to legitimate distraction issues in general, but maybe someone, anyone, needs to tell these women that their lives may well be better lived through chemistry.
Runner up moment of the day comes from, yeah you guessed it, Court 6. Just when I got used to rain delay-esque, two minute set-ups between every point for strategizing, head blotting, and hydrating; just when I got used to seeing tennis gloves, bouncing, and net charging while "roaring," along comes the 32 ounce spritzer bottle for under-skirt refreshing. Let's just say that if any of you use Dorian's peppermint spritzers on your underwear at anytime in my presence, I'm taking my racket and this blog and heading to the 2.5s with Dwyer.
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