#3 tennis ---Cailey Qualls

If you want to know what I have been doing all summer well just read this. We have had tennis practice since like July 8th. It started out just two days a week (Monday and Tuesday) at 1:00. Then here recently it has turned to Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 2:00. Don’t get me wrong I love tennis, but the practices are in the middle of the day and they last a really long time, so when it is over I don’t have time to do much of anything. Plus it has been so hot! We are practicing in practically the hottest part of the day, which sucks. I make sure to drink a bunch of water though just to stay hydrated. Anyways it will all be worth it when we have a really good team. Me and briley are doubles partners, and last year we went to the second round of state. Hopefully this year we will go further. You can tell just from practicing this summer that we have gotten a lot better and have gotten better at reading each other. Which is a big part of playing with another person. I am so ready for matches to start. That is my absolute favorite part, it is so much fun. I know I talked about not loving tennis practice right now, but it has had its ups. We get breaks and we all go into the shade and talk for a little bit. We talk about literally everything. It is honestly great. I mean I guess I have not done a lot this summer so tennis does keep me busy. Which is good because if it wasn’t for tennis I would probably sleep all day. The first couple days of tennis my body got sore because I wasn’t used to doing the motions. I ended up getting a big blister on my thumb because my thumb was rubbing against my racket. Let me tell you it definitely didn’t feel very good, especially because it was on my hitting hand. But I am so ready for season to start, and hopefully kick some butt.