Even though not specifically listed........2 Belts and all of my Anti-Inflamitory type drugs were also packed......(along with stomach remedies)........grin
To mick..........we almost needed boats and umbrellas would have been helpful.
We had a small shower during opening ceremonies Friday afternoon which made the fields a bit wet but still easily playable.........
However.........the weather gods were not going to cooperate fully.........sigh
3rd batter into my first game 8:15 p.m. start time.......I am PU and the skies open up...........about 1-1/2" of rain in an hour........washed out remaining games Friday night........
TD, UIC and DC all get together and with the local
PR dept., decide that they can probably get fields playable by early Saturday afternoon.......
They cut game times to 60 min. (instead of 90) and reworked the schedule and fields (one 4 field complex was completely unplayable) but were able to get 11 fields going for Saturday 2:00 p.m. start times........(There were 63 teams, so the # of fields available was crucial)...
Called from 2:00 .p.m. Saturday until 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning..........got to bed at 3:30 and my internal clock got me up at 5:30 for a whopping 2 hours sleep........
Called two more games Sunday morning..........and the UIC cut loose the umpires who were furthest away........
Got home around around 5......did a bit of laundry (wet uni's/etc)......and don't remember going to sleep on the couch until I woke up around 2:00 a.m. ......... grin
Had a good couple of partners and all games I had were uneventful..........IT WAS HOT though...........I am sure I dropped a few pounds.........grin
I did not bust out the camera because of the weather threats, so I did not get any pictures..........maybe next time.
Gonna finish laundry today and make sure everything is dry before I pack anything back up...........I don't want a mildewy mess before my next tourny.........
Joel
to glen...........Lauren said she saw you this weekend.......they had not played in 3 weeks, and from what she told me about their games.......it showed.........grin.......
Hope you had a good tournament......wished I would have been able to be there....