Guess So.

Advil 2, originally uploaded by istrico.

This just in: apparently you CAN pick up volleyball again after not playing for 8-9 years!

As I was telling Tim last night, it’s not the level of league I used to play in, which was a top-level, super-competitive league. However, it’s competitive enough where I won’t be eternally frustrated by “sloppy” play. I hope I didn’t come on too strong, though.

If you’re not familiar with volleyball, the setter is basically the quarterback of the team and can bark out calls and orders as well as the Brett Favre’s of the world. Since I’m a setter, I fell back into that routine like I was putting on a well-worn pair of shoes. Lucky for me, I’m enough of a goofball where I can downplay the 5-star General in me with people I don’t know that well, especially since two of my teammates are co-workers.

They did seem to be quite pleased of my skill level, though, and are devising plans on how to better use me (like using a 5-1 offense*). Should be fun!

In other news: OMG AM I SORE TODAY. Stupid aging…*shakes fist*

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* – Again, for those of you who aren’t familiar with volleyball, most recreational teams use a 4-2 (4 hitters, 2-setters) formation, meaning the setter in the front row was the setter. Heck, a lot of teams use the “whoever is in the front middle is the setter” offense, if you can call it that. When I played in high school, we used a 6-2 offense (again, 4 hitters, 2-setters) which meant the setter in the back row was the setter and the setter in the front row was the weak-side hitter. In college and afterward, we would use a 5-1 offense (5 hitters, 1 setter), meaning I was the setter regardless of my position in the rotation. So if I was serving, I would have to haul ass up to the middle front (or right front, depending on the hitting configuration) and be ready for defense. Quite tiring, but I loved it.

Wow…that got long for a footnote!