Not the days I was anticipating...
Aug. 7th, 2023 07:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missizzyAfter two years of not going to see live tennis, and going to see it in Toronto instead last year, I actually initially thought I'd miss the Citi Open again this year, especially once I saw the highs predicted for last weekend, and the ticket prices. But then Saturday morning I took a look again, saw there were a handful of seats under the awning available that day and the prices had seemingly dropped, and decided to go after all. Later the guy sitting next to me told me my seat had been available because he'd given it back, after his plans to bring a companion fell through.
So I got to see much of the doubles final from up close, since there was open seating for that one, then I got to see Jessica Pegula and Maria Sakkari go three sets where they occasionally wavered in their quality but ultimately did well for a suspenseful two hours, before Sakkari finally took it, then we all cheered like mad for Coco Gauff, as she too wasn't always at her best but was more than good enough to take down a reigning champion not up to dealing with her that day. The crowd was more with Jessica than not, but Coco was getting almost universal support, and rather loud, too, people living and dying with every point. She won the title yesterday, too, and I think we'll all be glad to see her name up on the line of names that surrounds the court next year.
Yesterday proved an unexpectedly busy day as well, much occupied by trying to sort out what dress and shoes I can wear to the gala dinner accompanying the Trollope society meeting in Oxford, the sort of event where we Must Look Right(tm). After finding I no longer fit into the dresses I used to wear to such things, I ended up getting several new ones that either my sister had grown out of or her friend was trying dispose of after her mother's recent death. Shoes proved harder; it ultimately took four stores and way too much money to get me two pairs that hopefully won't injure my feet much. We emerged from the fourth store triumphant; and promptly got soaked silly by the downpour that had just hit. My sister declared herself one with nature, and our hair was all a mess. I'm amazed I managed to get mine back to normal that evening.
Today, on the other hand, when the storm warnings came with a tornado watch, the government closed early and sent us all running home around three without even time to stagger departures; we were all quite a sight streaming through and out of the Pentagon. This thankfully meant I was long home before the first downpour hit (and I probably would've got caught in it otherwise), and we were even able to cook and eat dinner before the power blinked out(though it was only out a minute.) It's not nearly as bad as advertised so far, though there's supposed to be more rain at 8....
So I got to see much of the doubles final from up close, since there was open seating for that one, then I got to see Jessica Pegula and Maria Sakkari go three sets where they occasionally wavered in their quality but ultimately did well for a suspenseful two hours, before Sakkari finally took it, then we all cheered like mad for Coco Gauff, as she too wasn't always at her best but was more than good enough to take down a reigning champion not up to dealing with her that day. The crowd was more with Jessica than not, but Coco was getting almost universal support, and rather loud, too, people living and dying with every point. She won the title yesterday, too, and I think we'll all be glad to see her name up on the line of names that surrounds the court next year.
Yesterday proved an unexpectedly busy day as well, much occupied by trying to sort out what dress and shoes I can wear to the gala dinner accompanying the Trollope society meeting in Oxford, the sort of event where we Must Look Right(tm). After finding I no longer fit into the dresses I used to wear to such things, I ended up getting several new ones that either my sister had grown out of or her friend was trying dispose of after her mother's recent death. Shoes proved harder; it ultimately took four stores and way too much money to get me two pairs that hopefully won't injure my feet much. We emerged from the fourth store triumphant; and promptly got soaked silly by the downpour that had just hit. My sister declared herself one with nature, and our hair was all a mess. I'm amazed I managed to get mine back to normal that evening.
Today, on the other hand, when the storm warnings came with a tornado watch, the government closed early and sent us all running home around three without even time to stagger departures; we were all quite a sight streaming through and out of the Pentagon. This thankfully meant I was long home before the first downpour hit (and I probably would've got caught in it otherwise), and we were even able to cook and eat dinner before the power blinked out(though it was only out a minute.) It's not nearly as bad as advertised so far, though there's supposed to be more rain at 8....
