Young At Heart

Did I mention that I am not as young as I used to be? Well, I guess last night I was trying to prove myself wrong! As Angela reminded me, you are only as old as you feel and by golly I feel young!

Last night was the first night of church basketball for the fall season. Several people Blake and I played softball with this summer were going to play, so they asked us if we were going to join them. Of course I was game (even though it is from 8-10pm which as many of you know is past my bedtime!) Blake can't play because of his knees, but he came to support me. I thought it had been 14 years since I last played Bball, but asked Blake to double check my math - it has really been 18 years!! Well that wasn't going to stop me. I was a little nervous at first, there were lots of young people on the court, but it came back to me and I even scored some points. It felt really good, although I forgot just how much running is involved in the game! So maybe I was a little too competative last night and maybe played a little too hard, but it felt really great...until I got home.

I took off my shoes. I knew my feet were hurting and I figured I might have a couple blisters, but I had no idea just how bad it was until I happened to look down at my feet. My pink socks were now a beautiful blood soaked red! It was disgusting - I not only had incredibly deep layered blisters, but had rubbed off most of the bottom of my feet!

I soaked my feet and then placed some first aid Adaptic over the wounds. (I had some left over from the MS150 in August when I rode myself raw over a two day period - you can see Blake's blog for details of that amazing ride at vultair.wordpress.com) Today was a bit painful having to wear nylons and heels, I think I am going to bring slippers to work tomorrow to wear at my desk :)

Despite my self inflicted state, I can't wait until next Monday night to play some more ball! (but I hope to be getting some new shoes before then!)

See you Monday!