Day 27: Tennis Super Stars

In prepping for another post, Ellaine and I picked up some tennis balls the other day. We also found ourselves some spiffy new tennis rackets that we decided to take for a spin today. We have lived near a tennis court for nearly three years; today was the day that we would try it out.

After the action, Ellaine was
still smiling.  A good sign for sure.

We showed up to find every single court full, so we just did some warm up volleys in the grass. It was probably a good thing we did as we really needed to warm up. Ellaine filled me in on a secret: this was the first time she had ever played actual tennis. Not realizing this, it helped to explain why she wailed on a few of those first balls. (Seriously, she would have easily sailed the tennis court and I was only standing 10 feet from her.)

But we quickly got her into some great form. We worked on the wrists and some gentler swings and a court finally opened up. Ellaine still had some monster strength in her arms, but once we got her dialed in, we played for nearly an hour. I was sweating like a proper tennis star and Ellaine even looked like she was perspiring a wee bit, even if she would never admit it as she "doesn't sweat".

Mini even got in on the action by laying down right outside the fence and fetching the occasional errant ball. Tonight we have sore feet and sore legs, but it was a great time all around. Walking back, Ellaine even agreed that we could do this again in a few weeks! I think we have figured out our new activity. Watch out Serena, Ellaine is coming for you.