Tennis? Seriously?

As I was playing Wii tennis yesterday, I suddenly had the urge to play “real” tennis.  There are tennis courts directly across the street from our house, and we have never utilized them.

When my daughter woke up I said, “Hey, let’s go buy tennis rackets and balls and play tennis.”

She said, “Play tennis?”

“Yes,” I said.

“Do you think we’ll play more than once?”

“Of course,” I said.

“Well, maybe we should buy our rackets at Walmart instead of Academy.”

We settled on Target.  What kind of raquets did we get?  Umm…hell-ooooo…pink ones…duh…with pink matching tennis balls, of course.

We walked over to the tennis courts and assumed the position.  Well, I had to tell the girl what position to assume since she’s never played tennis before – which I must say I was stunned to learn.

I served first…and repeatedly.  I mean…it took me about six serves to actually get the ball over the net – which I have to remember to stop calling “the fence”.

When the girl finally returned my serve…well…let’s just say there were a couple of very surprised fellas on the court next to ours.  They too were sucky players, but after seeing us play I’m sure their self-esteem shot straight through the roof.

I’m waiting for the girl to wake up so we can go and play again.  They teach tennis lessons at the park here.  We might have to take a few.