Spring Fudpuckers Tourney, Fort Walton Beach, FL
Well I now have respect for those people that blog without travel and exploration as their source of material. I am now finding that mowing the lawn, sweeping the floors, cleaning dishes, doing taxes and running to the grocery store are tough subjects to write about. I am finding it hard to find material by which to be inspired to write about. Although maybe with a baby on the way I will have stuff to write again, but will I have the time or the energy to do it, that will be the big question.
But even in my mundane, ordinary existence there are a few things to write about. We have “turned in” our Jeep Liberty and purchased a mini-van. Which i hear is perfect for unloading and loading a stroller and car seat. Scary stuff there. It is a 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan, that has perfect interior and a pretty good exterior on it. It does however come with 184,000 miles! And needs an exhaust manifold and catalytic converter totally $400. This is not bad considering our purchase price of only $1300. We will keep an update on the total amount sunk into it :) That should be fun and interesting right? Oh boy!
— Update: As of May 10th, 2008 we have had to replace the fuel pump, fuel filter, distributor, engine computer, timing belt, cam key, a tension pulley, relays, CMP sensor, CPK sensor, fan and many more little parts here and there, the grand total now spent on the van is at $2800, and sure to rise more as we need the air fixed —-
Catfish
I have to admit it has been nice being able to get back into tennis and volleyball again. It was really hard to do while on the road. The big semi annual Fudpucker’s tournament in Fort Walton Beach was this past weekend which I have not participated in since Hurrican Ivan in 2004. Just in Men’s A division alone there were 40+ teams!! It is a huge draw for people all around the midwest. They make a whole vacation of it and you see a lot of the same people down from Ohio, Michigan, Illinois to name a few. The tournament events run from tuesday until sunday with numerous parties in between. It really is fun and a must-attend event for any volleyball player within driving distance.
I played with my long time friends Mocha and Catfish along with our fourth, a new young buck, Matt. Our first day of pool play could not have went worse unless we lost all the games instead of pulling out the one lone win to stave off the donut. But day 2 held better fortunes for us. The only thing that
Mocha
stopped us in the semi finals was 3 bad calls by our referee. And I mean bad. We were livid. There may have even been a few curse words being thrown arounnd. But in the big picture no one really rememebers the wins, we remember the stories that inevitably come from the night before’s parties. I will not be divulgiing those here as what happens at Fud’s stays at Fud’s, right Matt? ;)
There was my attempt to keep on blogging to keep momentum going. We are currentlyt planning a trip down south in the new van. There may be some blogging potential there. I hope so as I am dying to hit the road again!!!!
