Head’s Up

May 27, 2005

So I’m playin’ softball again this summer in a community league. It’s always interesting.

We had our first practice last night. I’m pitching again, which I enjoy, but let me tell ya, that ball comes fast on occasion. Like it did last night. A grounder, traveling at a nice, dangerous speed, comes straight toward me. I have just enough time to squat, put my glove to the ground and just as I’m about to scoop that baby up, it hits an unexpected bump in the road and nails me in the face.

It was my chin that found itself in the way of said ball. Could’ve been worse…my nose, my eye, my teeth, etc. I’ve got a nice battle scar to prove my dedication, which I rather like, I have to say. It bodes well for my feelings of athletic prowess. (Never mind that it looks like a hickey.) The pain I’m not so fond of, but hey, no pain, no gain.

Anyway, I got to thinking…Isn’t that the way it goes? You’re goin’ about your business, doin’ your thing, thinkin’ things are fully under control, ready for what seems to be comin’ next, but then there’s an unexpected bump in the road and BAM, life smacks you in the face. No, not my idea of fun.

Category: Life

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