A Beautiful Day

One never knows when that perfect or near perfect day will come.  Today, for me, was a nice one.  The weather has been unseasonably warm.  Yesterday I finished trimming the hedge and fell off the ladder at one point.  This is an omen.  I'll need to be more careful than ever when using ladders.  

I had looked at a tennis ball machine yesterday on ebay.  A couple of years ago I had been researching them and didn't buy one.  With the nice weather I got back into the mood.  Practicing and playing tennis is an activity that is both good for me and enjoyable to me.  I think it's worth  some investment.   The machine went for more than I was willing to spend.

Brooke and I spent a while loading some wood logs into the trailer.  She has as a goal, getting rid of these from the back yard.  Tomorrow we will take out one load.  To get it cleared it will take at least one more.

I took some books back to the library and brought along my tennis bag.  I thought I would stop at the down-town tennis courts to see if there was someone there to hit with.  As it happened there were three young boys practicing on one of the courts.  I could have practiced hitting serves on the other court, but I really wanted to hit with them.  Tennis  etiquette requires that one be invited to join in.  So, I forced the issue by sitting on the bench by their court.  Soon, they invited me to hit with them.

What a nice group of young kids.  They were all Sophomores at Fenton High School.  They played on the tennis team and reminded me of the hopefulness of youth.  There are some great kids out there.  

We ended up playing a set of doubles.  It was a lot of fun and exercise.  I want to make tennis a part of my routine this Summer.  I bid on another tennis ball machine this afternoon and got it.  This will be a big part of the summer's fun.  Gabe and Brooke will enjoy it as well as others at the park.  Especially me.

 To fill in the time before the NCAA games started, I watched Groundhog Day with Bill Murray.  This movie(at least in my mind) has a special connection between my children and me.  I think it's a great movie.  I really enjoyed watching it again.

That was my day, and also we had a thunder storm. 
It can't get too much better than that.