So at 3pm that afternoon, we had a reunion of sorts. Everyone that stepped foot on the court as a Wildcat was invited to come play against one another, eat a light lunch, and visit with each other. We had quite the showing and I'm proud to say that the girls I played with from 1995-1999 can really represent! It was so great to see everyone that was "in the trenches" with me and those who "held the rope" and made the "strength of the pack because they were the wolf"--a few of Al's famous quotes!
Then, at 7pm some of us played against the 2008 Wildcats--in a real match with warmups, uniforms, and officials, and spandex. Wow. Lots of little spandex. I actually tried them on the night before and made Colton give me his honest opinion about whether or not I should wear them in public. Now, I don't know how honest he really was, but somehow I found myself in the tight suckers--along with long socks and kneepads.
But it was so much fun to play with some of my old teammates & to get those competitive juices flowing again. One thing is for sure--when the whistle blows and it's game time, no matter how old or fat we are, we can still bring it when they turn on the gym lights. We lost (which is VERY important to my job, but not so much for my pride) in 4 games and actually played pretty decent for a bunch of wrinkly old ladies who don't play competitively anymore...as you can see by the stats and the press release!
The best part about the whole night was that Colton finally got to see that I really can play volleyball--he's been doubting me forever because he says I never play hard or hit hard when we play. Gee...I wonder why...it's impossible to play at the level you once played at in a rec setting! Anyway, he actually told me that I'd impressed him...or did he say shocked? I can't really remember, but either way works for me!
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