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I went to play ultimate this afternoon. I left work a little later than usual, but since I drove, I was able to make it to the field in good time. There were some familiar faces down there (although the names that were attached to those faces were a little harder to dredge from memory) and some new ones. (It seems to be starting to catch on..) So we played for a good hour and a half or so. Good exercise. I'm slowly getting my ultimate legs back again. (And nearly lost it when I nearly sprained my ankle.)
Going back home on the highway, I was passing a slow moving van on the outside lane. (Yeah, yeah, bad idea.) Since my lane was exiting, I switched into the inner lane in front of the van, planning to switch into another inner lane because I saw that the cars ahead were slowing down. Once I switched lanes, I caught the glimpse of a car in my blind spot, so I decided not to switch the second time. By the time I had shifted my focus back forward, I saw that the car ahead of me had stopped.
Station wagons are not known to stop on a dime. I hit the breaks and realized that I wasn't going to make it. At that moment, the car that was in my blind spot was passing me, and I knew that this was going to be close. I swerved left, screeching my tires, narrowly missing the car in front, and just pulling behind the car that was on my left, leaving behind a trail of smoke and rubber for the witnesses behind me.
I think I burned off a lot of karma on that one.
I got back to rest and reflect on that moment before I headed out to badminton. There were a number of new faces there. They were all better than me. That's okay, since I needed the practice. I found out while I was there that today's session actually started at seven (well, it was supposed to start at six-thirty). Wha..? Apparently, karate classes were done for the year, so we were usurping some of their time. So it seems as if there's going to be badminton this Wednesday from six-thirty to ten-thirty. Four hours of badminton?!? Oi..
(But how can I say no?)
Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at 14:54:21 (UTC)
arrrrgh! be more careful!! :PPP
girl
Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at 19:10:14 (UTC)
Remember that comment you made about Niels' driving?
MJO
Wednesday, May 16, 2001 at 01:37:38 (UTC)
I remember making a comment, but I can't remember what it was.
QYV