Unscheduled downtime

Sorry for the unexpected lack of postings yesterday. We had some lengthy power outages here in Brooklin, and I had a badminton tournament all day. Between the two, I never even got the computer turned on until this morning.

The tournament started off badly: I overslept. I woke up almost exactly at the time I'd planned to leave. After a very fast shower, some coffee, and a tiny breakfast, I got on the road 20 minutes late. I had to stop enroute to pick up some Gatorade and light snack food for my lunch, so I arrived just in time to sign in and get changed for my first game.

This tournament involved playing four games against another team every hour (men's doubles, two mixed doubles, and a women's doubles). One of our female players hadn't showed up, so we had to borrow a player from another team for the women's doubles game and one of the mixed games. Chris and I struggled to get something working in the first set: we lost the men's doubles game 15-8, but Judy and I managed to win our mixed game 15-13.

My play improved as the morning wore on, so that at lunch, I was very happy with my record of 4 wins and 2 losses.

For the afternoon, the teams were re-selected, and I ended up (after some administrative confusion) playing with Jim and Heather, both of whom are excellent players. At the end of the tournament, I had my share of 10 wins and 2 losses. And I was totally exhausted. I was barely able to drive home and drag myself into the house to collapse.