Rissy in Action

Things that are bringing me bits of joy right now:

My softball team has had a couple of kickass softball games the last few weeks, and I played so well this evening (multiple stretchy plays and a nearly unheard of (for us) tag play at first, balls hit into the outfield) that the home base umpire complimented me on a game well played. And my forearm is only slightly ouchy to boot. This may bode well for getting on the mat again after Labor Day. I may need a softball userpic. And an Aikido one.

I made a very tasty peach pie this weekend. I have leftover crust, and may experiment.

I'm going camping in Yosemite this weekend, for the first time in thirteen years [Edited to clarify: It's been thirteen years since I last went camping, maybe four since I was last in Yosemite].

Hanging out with folks is lovely.

Da Goobermensch flies out next Tuesday.

Much love to all.

So, after a 1-8-1 record last season, my softball team (the Roots) finished in second place this season (5-2-1). Not without a little bit of controversy--the first-place team, whom we beat 2 out of 3 games, had one more win than us, but also played one more game overall.

Tonight was the playoffs--single elimination. We won the first game something like 17-10, then lost the final game by about the same margin to said 1st place team. Our game was a bit off early, but we staged a major comeback in the latter innings. The comeback was a bit thwarted by what pretty much everyone agreed were some bad calls by the refs (seriously, every close call, and some not even close, went against us). Bobsquatch has been an awesome cheerleader the past several games.

Still though, especially after coming in dead last last season, we done good. I also really like playing first base, a position I haven't really played since grammar school.

And then there was beer and chilling with the team afterwards, and now there is snoozy.

My bad news bears style softball team won our first game of the season tonight (we had previously tied a game), against a team that is (or rather, was) tied for first in our league. [N.B. They were down one female, and so needed to take an out once at the end of every rotation. Still, i'm thinking that doesn't quite explain/make up all the difference in our 15-9 victory.]

Woohoo! Bobsquatch is obviously our good luck charm. And I hit the best I've done all season outside of practice (the arc with slow pitch is weird, and throws off my timing).