Well, today was our last game of the season until playoffs, which for me means that it's my last game this year. I've got a team going to Tough Mudder on playoff weekend, so I won't get to play again until next season. There are some indoor games in the summer, but those don't work with my schedule, so now I'll just have to be patient. Big sigh. I really love the game of lacrosse. I don't watch much of it on tv, though I do enjoy it when I can catch a game here and there. I don't know the college or pro players at all, I don't follow any teams, I couldn't give you a single stat on any game or any player. It's the PLAYING that I love.
To be honest (though I don't think it'll surprise anyone for me to say this), I'm not the best player. I've made an awful lot of bonehead plays out there. Shooting from too far out, dropped passes, bad passes, missed scoops, totally blown faceoffs, the list goes on. I do have my moments, though. I've scored in most games this season. I occasionally win faceoffs rather than lose them. I've blocked a good handful of shots before they get to Tom, our awesome goalie. I hustle on defense. And I love, love, love to knock opposing players off their feet. It's all in good fun, and if I get knocked cleats-up, I'll tip my hat to the guy who did it.
Regardless of my skill level, it...is...FUN. Win or lose, it's always an absolute blast to me, and I plan to keep playing it until I just can't anymore. Hopefully, that will be many years from now.
In other news, I've finally decided to publish book one of my story. I've written about the process several times on here, and I'm still not spending nearly enough time on it. That being said, the first book has been sitting, unchanged, on my laptop for years. YEARS. It's doing me no good there, and if I got hit by a bus, it would never see the light of day. I've been looking over the possibilities of publishing at Amazon.com for Kindle, and I'm liking what I'm seeing. All I really need to do is get the document formatted and upload it to the site. I'm working on that process now, and even working a bit on having a book cover created. I'm hoping to have it uploaded and ready for folks to purchase in a week or so. I've looked at some of the offerings on Amazon, and read some of the sample books in my genre, and I really think that I can do no worse than they. Even better, I think. So I figure it's worth a shot. At worst, no one will buy it. At best, folks will. Since no one's buying it now (as it sits on my laptop), then I really have nothing at all to lose!
More news, we're making progress on moving Jade Mountain. I'll elaborate on that later...it's getting late, and I'm very interested in getting some sleep. May you all have good dreams and an even better morning tomorrow.
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