Indoor Tennis

It was windy and wet outside tonight, so we took our tennis inside at Wooddale. It was what I call semi mixed doubles - Curt and I against Becky and Jerry for three sets. It was very even, because Becky is very competitive and was playing well, and everyone thought it was a good idea to win. 4-6, 4-6, 7-6. We won the consolation set at the end. Jerry and Becky have been playing together for quite a while and won doubles tournaments the last two weekends, so it's fun to try to beat them. But not very easy.

The English teacher, now plying her trade in Ogaki, has her tickets reserved and the dates of her visit to the home club start July 24 and continue until August 14. She plans time in Minnesota and Michigan. Her tennis date with Kenji, the Japanese-Brazilian she's been seeing has not yet occurred. She did find time and yen to buy a racket in Japan. I looked at it over the iChat link and pronounced it pretty good. Her second job is going well, too. She is being a waitress in the "Lifestyle Cafe" and talking English and Japanese on alternating days. She's using the job partly to improve her Japanese and the owner hired her to improve his English. Everyone is happy.

This photo depicts another set of DNA carriers for this blogger. These are recently arrived Norwegians about 1908 in northern Wisconsin - the Nils Olai Hansen family, Aminda. Jacobine, Jacob, Nils Olai, Hansine. Nils exhibits a very full beard, don't you think?


I am hoping for some good weather tomorrow and a chance to spend some time outside. Maybe a bike ride.

Anaheim 6, Ottawa 2 and the Stanley Cup goes to California (for the first time). Scott Niedermayer was MVP of the playoffs. His fourth Stanley Cup

Nadal and Federer continued their march to the final match at Roland Garros that everyone seems to want to see. Both seem unbeatable, but one will have to yield. The men's finals are Sunday.