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[Jayce]

Hi, LG. Been off awhile, between sinus infection, racking up my R hand & attempting to clean house for out of town guests next week I've barely had time to check email, let alone post. My L hand belongs to an alien who lives on Pluto. Attempting to do stuff w/L hand only is slowing me way down & driving me bonkers.

2 reasons H doesn't play racquetball anymore. The local club was sold & bldg. is now used for something else. One of the guys is alum of nearby college where he can get court time. H used to play w/him occasionally. Second reason, after his C-5, C-6 neck fusion, I think he's afraid to play. He tried playing during the day when he first went back on nite shift & found he'd be really tired at work. Mostly played on Sun. a.m. drank a lot of beer & slept all afternoon. The guys all scattered when the club closed.

I tried to play about 15 yrs ago. Took a few lessons, bought a racquet, glove, all that. The cutting & stopping was hard on my knees & feet. Then I got the tendinitis that ate Detroit in my R elbow. Eventually had cortisone shot. In the course of my exercise phys studies, I found out what caused that(weak wrist)but I was never going to be good/fast enuf to play well. The previous several years, he tried to play golf w/me. Was horrible at it for the same reason he's good at racquetball. He likes to kill the ball. Golf is more finesse.

Then again, he gave up bowling over 20 yrs ago. His back & work hours just didn't allow fitting in a league. He's talking about 'hanging out' at the barn with me. He claims he's not afraid of the horses(what??)so I guess we'll explore that possiblity more in the next couple weeks. Meanwhile I'd settle for walking the dog together. His back is better, but he has another month on the anti-inflammatory before the Dr. tries an MRI. His mood is better with the pain almost gone. As for why he wouldn't deal w/it early last year, who knows. He hides stuff & is stubborn about dealing. I don't care why, I just want him to quit it so we can have a better quality of life.

We'll see how it goes in next couple weeks. He's been doing yard work, cleaning the deck & is happy to be outside between rainy days. I'll probably be off for a week or so, but will eventually be back.
Jayce