After Climaxing

One of the hardest things about being in the entertainment business is saying goodbye to a show. You spend 3-8 weeks rehearsing for a show, become a new person who lives on the stage, run the show for a month (or hopefully longer), and then the show closes. You stand there looking at the stage that contained the set, except the set has been torn down and all that is left of that imaginary home is your memories, as you look for the next show to perform.

I feel a little like that. Friday was the last night of the bowling league. We came in 12 place (go handicap!). I've met a number of really nice people on this league and have recruited a new member (as well as several potential teams for next year). Yesterday, we had our banquet and said our goodbyes until the fall, when we start over again.

After the banquet, it was off to Volleyball for the last of the regular games. We were killed on the court, and a lot of it seemed to be because we really haven't been a team. Most of us were working individually instead of working together...and it showed. That being said, the playoff's are next week, so I'm not sure we can really pull it together by then, but this has been a learning experience for me. Learning to develop trust, yet still setting boundaries, keeping personal matters off the court, and never taking the desire for winning very seriously. I've never been one that has had the need to win, and it has been interesting to see how others have had that need.

Still next week, I can see it happening again. The nets will be taken down, the volleyballs put away, and the goodbyes will be said, and I'll have to start looking for the next adventure. Softball season!