Rained Out

Puddles, Puddles everywhere and not a drop to drink! All week long, I get geared up for Thursday night softball. Double headers for the next 8 weeks means lots of fun at the ballpark. Obviously mother nature in SE Texas has something else in mind. Our normal daily rain, bolstered by the outer rain bands from Hurricane Dolly, left the Beaumont fields a muddy mess. No softball this week. Fortunately we get to tack it on to the end of the season. I can't complain too much since I did get to play basketball on Wednesday night. Not my first choice in sports....not even my second, third, or forth choice...but it is a sport and we get to run up and down the court. It beats sitting at home and watching "So you Think You Can Dance" every Wednesday evening. Instead of playing softball I was treated to a wonder meal of Bayou Shrimp that Sam' made and the whole family went for a walk around our neighborhood. We did make it back in time to catch the result show for "So you Think You Can Dance" (see you thought I was joking...) and I listened to the end of the Cubs game on mlb.com. Now it's Friday and I'm contemplating what activity I can do tonight to burn some more calories. Maybe I'll just vacuum out the pool and take a swim afterward. We're paying for the pool so we might as well use it.

Anyway, this has gotten me thinking about exactly what my favorite sports to play are.... here is a stab at ranking them....remember this is playing them...not watching them.

1 Football
2 Volleyball
3 Softball
4 Golf
5 Basketball
6 Ultimate Frisbee
7 Tennis
8 Bowling
9 Soccer
10 Racquet Ball

I didn't include Croquet, Bocce Ball, Sporting Clay Shooting or Ping Pong because I have a hard time really thinking of them as sports. They are more games than sports. Hockey also missed the list, but only because I don't have skates anymore and street hockey just isn't the same.