Movin' On....

I played soccer today for the third time in almost two years, at the same new place in Fairfield. My first two intros back into the Cinci indoor world have been with Justin's team; today it was Erik who recruited me to stand in for their team.

This is the part that makes me sad:
For years, I played with various teams at the Plex in Tri-County. That was our home. Becky introduced me to that place during my freshman year at UC; it was my first indoor game in Cincinnati and the place I still considered home base even as I frequented all of the other local indoor venues. There was a regular gang of Plex rats: players who always seemed to be there on Sundays for their own games and to stand-in for other teams. I don't know if there were any teams on which any of us actually didn't play at least once or twice as favors. It was there that I shattered my collarbone, and still returned after the healing to continue playing.

I was last there in 2010. And then I moved out of state, and haven't seen the place since. This is apparently what the bench areas look like now:

gross.

That makes me sad. Like, really, really sad. What happened?? It doesn't sound like much, but that place was a staple for me when I played there regularly on leagues. According to the few [now former] plex rats with whom I've recently re-connected, the place has turned into a dump, with leaky ceilings, broken A/C, torn up patches on the field and clearly broken fixtures. Sad. :(

It looks like GameTime in Fairfield is going to be the new indoor home for a lot of people.

gametime training

^ & I can't say I blame anyone. I almost don't even want to go back to Tri-C; seeing that place falling apart may just make it worse for me.. haha.

Anyway, I have an awesome boyfriend who accompanied me to the game, watched us play and didn't give me grief even though he spent the whole time with a bad headache. He's... the... best (:

This is going to be a busy... BUSY weekend. I've got some laundry finishing up while I sit here trying to remember everything we can't forget for the trip to Illinois. We've got some big plans for the weekend!

Stay tuned! ;)

xo | cmd