Yeah tenis!

When we figured out we would be in Palm Desert in mid-March, the Woman launched a bold plan. A couple of years ago we were here during the same time frame with BFFs Teresa Bell and Ron Ezra, and we scored some tickets to some early rounds of the BNP Paribas event. This time she decided that we would get tickets to the finals!

All we could do was hope that we would get to see one of the old timers that still make it to the final rounds in most tournaments. Surprisingly, Djokovic was ousted early but as the tournament progressed, both Federer and Nadal were having decisive wins. To see them both in the final would have been a dream, but it was not to be. In his quarter final victory, Nadal incurred a leg injury, and when it came time for the semi-final round with Federer, he had to withdraw.

The day of the finals was beautiful, and the tickets the Woman got put us on the net – we were so much in center that we couldn’t even see the net, just the white stripe on top! Both the women’s and men’s finals went to three sets, but sadly it wasn’t going to be our day to see Roger get his 101^st career win – 100 was in Dubai. But we did get to see two folks get their first major tournament win – Canadian Bianca Andreescu eked out a late break to defeat Angelique Kerber, and Roger, who was tied one set all and 5 games all in the third set with Dominic Theim, unbelievably got broke, and Theim served for his first career win.

Oh, and this time was much like the last. We spent 3 hours in the Eisenhower Emergency Room the day before our tennis date after the Woman had a wine accident – won’t say any more than that – you’ll have to talk to her if you want details. Anyway, 9 stitches later we were discharged.

Because of these “wine accidents”, the Woman has been officially banished from the use of glass for drinking wine. In fact, we have removed all the real glass from Colectiva, and now the Woman has to drink her wine from metal, insulated stemless wine glasses. Problem solved!

Talk to you soon.