Friday, August 26, 2005

Rally On!

Now that the Portland house sale is final, we decided to shift our attentions to the Salem house. Those of you who have been there know that there are all kinds of projects that need to get done: painting, stripping wallpaper, updating the tired decor, cleaning the pond, unpacking boxes, sorting the garage, and on and on (and on and on). So we decided to dedicate yesterday to one of the most important tasks toward making our home more livable: assembling our new ping pong table.

After getting the 200+ pounds of table downstairs, Mac and Megan worked on assembling it.






"Is styrofoam edible??"

By nightfall (and Megan's bedtime) we were ready for some serious ping pong action.



I won the inaugural game, in a hotly contested match 21-19. Mac and I are very evenly matched, making it a lot of fun for us to play together, though Mac's unsuccessful testosterone-induced slam attemps usually foil his victory.

Having this brand new ping pong set I now realize that paddle condition is crucial. Growing up we used to leave the paddles outside, turning their spongy surface into a brittle cracked mass of rubber. Playing with these warped paddles shouldn't even be considered ping pong! The new paddles are so nice. Now if I could only get out of work so that I could go play!

Update: After falling behind two games to none, Mac rallied to take the third game with the largest margin of victory to date: 5 points.

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