taken with tennis.

yesterday steve and i went to our first ATP tennis tournament ever... i had been wanting to go to the legg mason tennis classic in dc for years now but the timing just never worked out. but this year, it did, and i surprised stephen with a pair of tickets friday's mid-day match.

after stopping at our favorite sandwich shop, jetties, to split our usual "surfside" (yummmm) for lunch, we headed to rock creek park to catch a mens singles quarterfinals round. we got lucky with a great pair-up, close scoring game and an underdog win. recent college grad turned pro and wild card entry, john isner, battled the court with german favorite and number 2 seed, tommy haas. between john's killer ace serves and tommy's consistent playing, this match was neck and neck through all 3 sets and 2 tie breaks. in the end, isner clinched the win and rookie advanced. yessssss.

after racing home to try to beat rush hour traffic, i hopped in the shower for 10 secs and then rushed out the door for some girlie time with my old boss jen. we had a faaaabulous evening catching up over pedicures and cheap chinese food - perfect combo ;) i even ran into my book club buddy, sarah, at the nail salon who was beyond shocked that i had trekked the 45 minutes out to sterling on a friday night! meanwhile stephen stayed on the gtown waterfront and hung out with his buddy john mccary and his old iraq friends. at least there was no hurry for either of us get home at an early hour...

we both came to the realization late last week that our original weekend plans would probably have to be put on hold, yet again, due to encroaching work deadlines. this will be the 2nd time we have had to reschedule our trip out to assateague island within the last month. :( since june, we have been scheming and dreaming of making it out to the eastern shore to set up camp on the beach with the legendary feral horses. sigh...one day. and our packs remained stuffed with our gear, sitting by the door, ready to go once we are. whenever that we'll be.

but i guess one good thing has come out of our predicament. now we'll actually be in town this sunday to catch the LMTC finals match up!!!! i would love love love to see andy roddick in action. i mean, who wouldn't?? i think i'm hooked.

ps. believe it or not, but stephen and i made it onto espn! our friend sally spotted us on the tube while working out on the treadmill. ha! i guess isner's big upset made it to the highlights. sweeeeet.