softball

I have been married for seven years, and it has taken all seven of those years to help me get to where I am today....profound right? This sounds like deep thoughts from BKAY, but it is not. When hubby and I got married, we were asked to play on a co-ed softball team. My darling huz has played base/softball nearly all of his life. I, on the other hand, had never picked up a ball. So, when we decided to play, I was by far, the WORST one on the team. I was basically there to fill in the spot for a girl and for great comic relief. We have played spring and fall ball each of these years and I only missed one season because they wouldn't let me play at the end of one of my pregnancies. Anyway, in the first season or so, I had a great batting average, but we are assuming it was a combo of beginners luck and a very generous stat keeper. (She is our dear friend, and she probably felt sorry for me!!) Anyway, it was all downhill from there. Each year I would try harder and harder, only to get worse and worse. Not only that, but I never practiced, so each season was like starting all over again. I started to get really down on myself because I hated letting my team down. I played with some really talented people! Wow, this story is getting too long. Anyway, I am playing on a different team now, and there are no stats being kept, so I was just there to have fun! (Like we should be right!!) I don't know why the stats were hard on me, I honestly never checked them, but everyone else did...especially the huz. It was nerve racking. So, we go to our last couple of games in this new league and they hand us a paper with the top 15 hitters in the league. Last week I took a glance at it and noticed a couple of our team members were on it and I was so proud of them. I think I made the comment that I wanted to grow up to be just like them etc....Ha Ha. My huz is always on it. He is really good at this game. So, on Monday, we get our new sheet and we are all laughing and joking around, and I don't even look at it. I make a joke about my skill level, or lack thereof, and one of the girls on the team says, "bkay, you made the list, what are you talking about? " I laugh and tell her she is funny. And she hands me the list and....GUESS WHAT? I am hitting in the top 10 for all the women in our league!!! I know, it is crazy, but hey, I have been playing for 7 long hard seasons, and I have finally improved!! So, like I said, it has taken me seven years to get to where I am today: #10 on the Riverton Fall COED leading hitters board!!! Wahoo!