patience

Well, I thought my foot was feeling fine. I hadn't needed to ice or wrap it since late last week. But, sometime during my softball game last night I realized it was increasingly uncomfortable to push off with my right foot, both on the basepath and at the plate. Hmph. Back to icing.

The Regulators got caught off-guard last night by a juiced-up CDER team. It seemed unfair that only a few weeks ago the two CDER teams on the verge of elimination-by-forfeit combined into one, and all the players who only showed up for a game or two here or there suddenly were all at the same game. And every one of these guys who I barely recall seeing before had some kind of game-changing hit or play in the field. But, I am proud of the Regulators for losing with grace and style and still keeping a good sense of humor about it. No chance at a 4-peat this year, but we'll be back.

I was a little disappointed with my individual performance. But I need to be patient and take this time to heal. I have an eventful fall coming up. If all falls into place, I'll have:

~ fall co-ed softball
~ Destroyer vball
~ CSL upper-league vball
~ ATM training

Sad to say I'll be taking a hiatus from fall kickball. But BOOOM has a good solid core now and I think they'll be okay for a season without me. I'll miss all the usual BOOOM shenanigans though. :)

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