I have more appendages than I do competitive sports outings in the past calendar year. I'm o.k. with that on some level, I have been keeping "active" by going to the gym, but although I do enjoy movement in general I really enjoy movement when something is at stake. It was with this in mind that all weekend I have been giddy with excitement because I was going to play DODGEBALL sunday. And so I did play dodgeball, in a church league, as a pickup for Hayley's team (Hayley is Julie's sister . . . Julie is Daron's wife . . . Daron is this guy . . . fuck all of you). It was great! Easily the most fun I had all week. Originally I was just going to go and see what happened, but now I am apparently on the team (without registering?) as they have given me a jersey.

The only downside to the outing was that it was so brief. We play according to NADA rules, which has matches like tennis. There can be as many as six people on a side, however we only had three. The rules are pretty much like we all would expect, then there is the scoring. Each game is part of a match of three games. The first team to win two games wins the match. Three matches are played . . . and then you go home. Unlike the movie, once you are out you cannot come back in, so the games go pretty quick. As it was we played for roughly 25 minutes then everything was over. Granted, we sucked, so next time it should take longer, but it still was a little to quick since I'm used to playing for at least an hour before I go hang out with people. Speaking of which, there was no hanging out with people. As soon as the match was over everyone went their own way. Wierd.

But I'm getting away from the point that I got to throw balls at other grown people. I was great, I desperately needed some form of competition, and I guess I have found it on some level. The only sad thing is that the games are only on sunday, which means I have to wait a whole week before I get to do that again. My goal next week is to make the game last longer and to stick around after the game and see if there is any sort of pick up. It is sad that it is only on sunday, if I had my way I would be able to go play dodgeball every day of the week. Sigh.