Autumn has definitely set in here with the temperature dropping to a max of 15 degrees and the sun going on holidays. Really not looking forward to winter where temperatures get down to -20.
A lot has happened in the past week and a bit. Training started out with being a bit of running centered around hideous amounts of ab work. Sitting up in the morning was a serious challenge. Its more focused on skill and ball control now. Myself and the other setter are doing heaps of reps to get a consistent speed of the sets. Over here it is speed out the front and quality out the back, so its a shooter to the stick and a set that drops in the zone for the opposite to have a good shwing at.
Most of the drills are the same with cross court pepper and serve receive a big focus. We had a photo shoot after one training with the other new players which will be published in the local paper so i'll try and get my hands on a copy!
Jack and Cat came on Monday for a few days which was great to see a familiar face and have chats about stuff without having to listen carefully to the broken english. Jack trained with us on the Wednesday night and was glad to get the lungs going after a couple of months doing nothing. Safe to say I let him know about a few passes that went a bit wayward. We went down to Ouchy which is the suburb right on the lake and Cat whipped out her camera right in her element to take a few postcard shnaps.
Had a lovely dinner down at the lake and after necking a massive sicilian pizza we walked along to check out the beach courts where two indian blokes asked Jack and I to play. I was reluctant and told them we had never played before so the pizza I just ate wouldn't come up half digested. Jack was super keen and they were pleasantly surprised with our skill and called the game off only 10 minutes in.
So it's now Saturday arvo and I'm crook as a dog after my first shift at my new job last night. At a bar in the city called The Great Escape, finished at 4am and could feel the throat getting a bit tickly before I left. Pretty loose crowd with everyone getting legless to some interesting music. Staff are young around my age which is good for the social side of things. Having just watched Freo beat Melbourne and head into the finals next week there are plenty of things to look forward to!
Really relieved to get the job side of things sorted, planning on hitting the european summer hard in 2013 so to have some income flowing in makes the saving that much easier.
Until next time, Rug over and out
Keep dominating life people
