Oh my, it was a fun weekend and I got all the tennis I could handle. The weather was BRUTAL. Played with Jessica Kelley in the Sunset Hills charity tourney to benefit Alice's House and Carroll County Emergency Shelter and we received a bye in the first round (someone must have told them we needed the rest??)... our first match was Saturday afternoon. The schedule was running a little behind so we started about 3:00 and the heat just about killed me. I was dead zonked after the match; played ok but just good enough to have a come from behind win. We had to play the semifinal round on Sunday morning at 9AM against Todd Middlebrooks and Ann Beck (two good friends of mine) and we were very quickly down and needed to figure something out. We lost the first set and battled back to take the second and head to a tiebreaker (which we barely won 10-8). I was soaking wet from head to toe, literally; my socks were drenched, my shorts were dripping from the bottom... uck. You good friends Matt and Heather Clark were also playing their semifinal match on the court beside us and they split sets and narrowly won their tiebreaker 10-8 as well. This meant that I had to play my good friends (and teammates for the state tourney in Augusta 8/14-17) for the championship at 3PM. They had a previous obligation and were not available so we agreed to go get some lunch and play about noon. We hit the courts at 12:15 and played till 2:45 in the BLAZING heat. Two of the closest sets I have ever played but we were able to squeeze out a few points for the win, 7-6, 7-5. We had some really long points and there was some great serving from both teams. Did I mention Heather is 7 months pregnant?? She was playing very well and didn't seem bothered by some of the bomb serves I managed to get in today... I am glad today is over and am taking some time off from tennis... well about 48 hours :) got to be ready for my first state mixed doubles match Friday morning at 9:30!!