A Very Short Season

Turns out our softball season ended before it even really started. During practice Billy caught a line drive with his left hand which fractured his 5th metacarpal. Who would of thought softball was such a rough sport? He ended up having minor surgery and staying a couple days in the hospital. Thankfully there was no need to transport him to London for the surgeon here came highly recommended.

A week after this happened I started to have GI issues and have been asked to take it easy for a month until my inflammation goes down. It's looking like I will need to have surgery in Riyadh in the very near future too, but I'll cross that bridge in a month. We've now been officially indoctrinated into the Saudi Health Care System and we feel confident in saying it's comparable to the States in many ways. Guess there will be no need to order those tight spandex, cleats and a glove after all.

When in Riyadh, Play Softball!

I don't know how this happened, but it did. When we arrived in Riyadh we heard about a softball league which was starting up soon. Of course I had no interest in signing up. Softball has never been my thing. Last time I played the sport was in PE class in high school. Little did we know that the coach for the team would be my husbands boss, so of course Billy signs us up. Before our first practice, I tell Billy, "I will just go and see if it's something I even want to commit to". After all, there are practices and games, and I know the team will depend on its players.

Our first practice turned out to be a lot more fun that I thought it would be. Good thing I'm well coordinated and I didn't make a complete fool out of myself. I was able to catch most of the balls, and hit the softball more than a couple times. Maybe I'll be nominated for "most improved" player of the season. After all, everyone else including my husband are far better than I.

Needless to say, I caught the softball bug. Yes people, we are now officially on a coed softball team in Riyadh. We'll be competing against the different military branches that are stationed here. We've had two practices so far and our first game is coming up some time this week. Now I have to look the part; I see tight pants, cleats and gloves in my near future. Our "Patriots" jersey will be arriving soon. I've even asked the only other girl on the team who played softball in COLLEGE to give me some pointers. We'll see what this season brings. It's all in good fun, right? At least I hope so.