Keep moving

I've been trying to incorporate my doctor's advice into my daily time killing - keep moving, he says.. I guess I know what he means. I suppose it's like a shark not being able to survive if it stops. I do better on days I am active - even with some aches and pains like I had yesterday after four sets of tennis. I knew to stop at three but I didn't want to be Joe buzzkill..

I knew later that evening I had to be at the big championship game of my softball team. I had been looking forward to it since our team rose up from 3rd and 4th place to be the top contender. How did that happen? How about we dropped the median age of our players from mid-50s to mid-20s. We have lots of sons of our original players who are now old enough to play and work and have their own children. It was a great game and we went through all the rounds of the playoffs without a loss. My expert coaching and score keeping MUST have been a factor. At least it required no Advil but I did classify it as a moving activity - as per my doctor.

We won the game and the championship by a margin of 6 runs. It was just a local town softball league but we've had this team for 20 years and our last title was 8 years ago. This was a real highlight in a year of economic collapses, unemployment, enlarged aortas and expensive oil tanks. I will miss it and look forward to next April.

Our routine after a win (or a loss) is somebody brings beer and we have a few in the parking lot. That's usually OK even though drinking in the park is illegal. It's fun to watch some of our team members/town officials hide their beer bottles as the local police drive through. We never got busted but it would be quite a local scandal which would be sure to make our local yokel paper. Last night was a big event so a group went to a local watering hole. I went along but I was the senior member as it was all the young guys who obviously have a great resistance to alcohol. Again I didn't want to be Joe buzzkill but I knew after a bunch of parking lot beer and tavern beer and shots that I didn't want to be on this Saturday's episode of "Cops"..On my drive home I was rehearsing how I'd respond to the police if stopped..""I know it's late but you gotta understand, my doctor wants me to keeeeeeeeeeep movin!!""

Alert: nap time today - 2:30