Life of Wry

Today was another lovely day at Matt’s place… a great workout, a nice walk, dog time, a fun lunch out with Matt and a business partner Joe…

But the highlight of the day was siting in the Long Beach Wilson High School gym watching the varsity girls’ volleyball team beat Lakewood High School in four very close sets (best of five). Courtney, a sophomore, in her second year as a varsity player, plays offense and seemed to be a part of most rallies (do they call them rallies?).

Here are some pics:

The first thing I saw when I entered the gym.. Courtney’s name.

Here is the Courtney fan club: Grandma Judy (Staci’s mom), Matt, moi and Staci. We sat together mostly, but couldn’t talk — way too loud!

Before the game started, when the team was introduced..

Ready position. Once the ball’s in play, Courtney takes her position up at the net. Mostly she blocks, but she also gets the ball a bunch for point winning kill shots. Super fun to watch.

Courtney had a great game. She said it was a great night to be in the audience. She also said she played as well as she did because we were there to watch!

I don’t get to spend a lot of time with the Johnson kids — I see them once or twice a year — so this was just wonderful. Courtney’s adorable — very sweet, incredibly effervescent. She has after school and weekend jobs (Legends host, babysitting). As soon as she turned 16, she bought a car with money she’d earned. And she’s got practice daily, as well. She industrious! Lots of time management for that girl. She looks (always) like she’s having a ball.