I drove the 370 to the post office and then back home. I am "working" remotely today -- two major documents are not going to write themselves, dammit.

good morning z crew! :hello: beautiful Friday In chicagoland. might go for an evening cruise tonight through the city :tup:

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Mr.onzedge hello :hello:

Mr.ZMan8 hello :hello:

dude, I might stop at best buy and get a blue tooth mic so I can hear you LOL

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I might take the zed out tonight, floppy undertray an all

I left the Z home today, and it will remain home for a while. I injured my lower back while playing tennis on Wednesday. I abruptly changed directions in order to hit a ball that my opponent hit behind me and tweaked my back. My back injury hurts when I get in and out of the Z so it's the van for me for the foreseeable future. Hopefully, I'll be back on the court and in my Z in a week.

With that said, my opponent and I split sets, but we decided that the time was too late to play a 3rd ... 10:10 pm. Both of us were approaching our bed times. After being up 5-2 in the first set, I lost it 7-5. However, I got up 5-2 again in the second set, and was able to close it out 6-2. It's been a long time since I was up 5-2 in a set, and lost it. I wasn't pleased. :shakes head: In the second set, I said to myself, "Not this time!" :mad:

Hey Mr.bbigby64, hope your lower back will recover soon, you might want to have some massage done and rest it for the week... :tiphat:

Must be a tough lost on the first set with giving away the last 5 games in a row... but seems you pick up your game quickly on the 2nd and finished it 6-2.. less than 35 mins I guess... ;)

I hope I can go back to the court in about 2 to 3 weeks... have not been able to play for almost 10 weeks now.... my shoulder still hurts and feel tight...

:ugh: I wanna motor the Zed fast

No Z action for you today??

Hmm, how do you know they won't write themselves? Sounds like your micro-managing a little. I would go for a coffee and remove yourself from the situation and see what pans out. :tup:

Yeah, I'm gonna chill for a while, and rest it. As for the duration of the second set, it was faster than the first, but not 35 minutes. :)

Actually, pressure hurts so I'm not sure that I would prefer a massage.

It's a good thing that I finished my 3.5-Level Club Championship Tournament BEFORE this injury. That would have been a bummer to not be able to finish. I reached the championship and WON! :happydance:

However, my win may mean that I have to move up to 4.0. My club manager said that I was winning too easily. I received a bye in the first round. Then, I won my second round match by a score of 6-1, 6-0. I won my third round match by a score of 6-3, 6-1. I won my 4th round match by a score of 6-2, 6-2. Finally, I won my Finals match by a score of 6-1, 6-3.

Actually, my toughest match was the 4th round semi-final match. Although I appeared to have won easily ... 6-2, 6-2 ... that was a real battle. It took about 2-1/2 hours to complete. I was up a set and 5-1, and I put sports cream on my thighs because I felt cramps coming on. That was a BIG mistake. While walking to the baseline, my thighs began to lock up! I'm like, :wtf: The cream is supposed to HELP ... NOT HURT!!! I could barely walk! :eek: Fortunately, my opponent graciously gave me some time to stretch and recover ... about 3 to 5 minutes.

However, I resumed play, knowing that my legs were not fully functional. I was hobbling around the court. It was pathetic. :shakes head: Despite that, I took him to several deuces on his serve. I desperately wanted to finish the match before I would have to default or go to a 3rd set, GOD FORBID! I had a couple of match points, but couldn't finish him off. :shakes head: However, during the game, I thought that even if I lost it, I would have time to sit for a while on the change-over to rub my thighs.

During the next game, I was serving for the match, and my legs felt better ... good enough to move around the court a bit. However, I knew that if I over did the running, they might lock up again. I tried to conserve my movements, and hit strong efficient shots that would put my opponent on the defensive; I couldn't afford to play long drawn out points. Fortunately, I was able to close the game out and the match. That was a really close call!

My Finals match was downright easy in comparison -- no cramping there. I was also careful to come even better prepared next time in terms of what I ate before the match, and what I drank and ate during the match so that I could support my muscle function. I found myself up a set and 3-0 thinking that this is going to be over quickly. The next thing that I knew, the score was 4-3! :eek: I said to myself, it's time to finish this! I closed the set out, and the match, by a score of 6-1, 6-3.

Anyway, I'm glad that I didn't get this kind of injury during the tournament. :tup:

Hey, take your time with getting back on the court. I recall that I put my tennis racquet down for 8 months because of a wrist injury! :eek: Contact with the ball sent an excruciating pain through my wrist. I couldn't bear it. I received therapy and everything. After returning to tennis, I wore wrist support for a while ... about a year. Then, I forgot it one day and was playing without it, and realized in the middle of the match that I didn't have it on. I said to myself, "I guess that I don't need it!" That's when I stopped wearing it. However, I try to stretch and work my wrist before and during play to avoid injury.

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Yep! I enjoyed it, it was me, Matt, Angie, and Nismo joe. We all discussed zombie apocalypse strategies, and came to the agreement that we need to stock up on good quality katanas. We're working on a contingency plan for when it all goes down. Then I showed them my homemade death ray laser and we terrified some ducks outside. All in all a good night :)


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