{"id":2289,"date":"2014-11-04T15:50:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T08:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2014-11-04T15:54:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T08:54:04","slug":"thursday-103014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=2289","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, 10\/30\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a day off so I enjoy the morning, checking emails, drinking coffee, and doing my stretching exercises. The weather is cool, but still, so in the early afternoon, I rode the bike over to the table tennis club. As in my last several visits, my face is more common, and I don\u2019t even get to sit down before I find myself playing a really older gentleman.<\/p>\n

About an hour into our session we start conversing (he speaks a little English). I get the usual question, \u201cHow long have you been playing\u201d. It\u2019s tough for me to answer. I don\u2019t want to say I\u2019ve been playing 50 years, when my play has been so intermittent, and certainly not regularly against players at this level. Around here, these players play a lot each week. I don\u2019t know how much they played when they weren\u2019t retired, but they\u2019re \u201cdaily\u201d players right now.<\/p>\n

I manage to tell him my age, and then he lets me know he\u2019s 81. When we first started playing, he didn\u2019t look like he played that well. As I warmed up, so did he, and it wasn\u2019t long before he had me jumping from side to side. Occasionally, I noticed a grin from him after he had an especially good exchange. He seemed to be testing me. I just kept smiling, bragging on his shot, and working on my game. These guys have a lot to teach me. Every player has his own spin, speed, and angles, and it takes time to adjust.<\/p>\n

The bike ride home was relaxing. I really enjoy observing the people on the street. There\u2019s always someone riding a bike in heavy traffic, texting? Crazy!<\/p>\n

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Captain Zero (Sandis, PE, from Latvia) passing out awards from the Sports Day Activities at an assembly on Oct. 24<\/p><\/div>\n

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Shannon, ES Principal, having fun with the kids in the assembly.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Some of Judy’s students performing at the assembly.<\/p><\/div>\n

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