Poultry Days!

With the emphasis on the P. PPPPpoultry days. The weather was perfect. Maybe a little hot, but what can you expect in June. The evenings and nights were cool and crisp. Good for sleeping even when there are loud jacka**es screaming all night long. This year wasn't too bad, though, because we put are tents out in the burbs and I had my trusty earplugs. I am sure I was asleep by midnight both nights.

We played pretty well. Despite being seeded second in our pool, we defeated all the teams, going 4-0 on Saturday. We had a close game with the number one seed (as expected) and the number four seed (not expected, but it's poultry days, and you just never know). In both of these games, we were down at half 7-6. However, we came out strong both times and took the lead in the second half. That always feels good. And in both games we remained positive and spirited. I'm really proud of the team.

On Sunday, we were placed in the A pool as a 13 seed. This means we had to play the number 4 team first game. We showed up early and got warmed up. We even scored the first point despite 3 turnovers between kent and I alone. However, we failed to put much together after that. It always feels bitter to lose the first game on Sunday because it feels like it just wasn't enough. You get all warmed up and ready to go and then your done by 11 AM. The smart thing to do would have been a cool down run or long stretching, but instead we shmooze and say some goodbyes.

I am happy to say that we escaped another tournament injury free. That feels good at my age and level of body decrepidness.

The other huge plus of Poultry Days is the chance to sit around and catch up with old ultimate buddies. We get to see not only OU alumni but other ultimate friends from all over the country.