Our first intramural game was today. I though I would be terrible since I haven't played since May, but I really did decent. Keep in mind our competition wasn't great, but I only missed a couple of shots and overall it went well. Man that feeling was good though. The feeling that you made the right choice...that you're the best player on the court (even if you're not)...that you can score anytime you want to.
I definately miss playing basketball everyday. It was a huge part of my life for over 10 years and then one day I decided I had had enough. I chose not to try out at Anderson University as a freshman.
There are two ways to look at it. One, I made the right decision: by not playing basketball, other opportunities have opened up. I have an excellent job that should launch me into a nice career. Two, I made the wrong decision: I could have used another 4 years of memories to place in the back of my mind. I love playing that is for sure. I never loved practicing, but games were a blast. The satisfaction that people find you entertaining is nice enough, but the feeling of winning is irreplacable.
If I had played basketball, it would have come to an end anyway. The end would have just been delayed. I really cried about it in the spring of my freshman year. I was really missing it. I also probably play video games almost as much time as I would have spent practicing on the average day. The difference there though is that I play video games at night. Practices would have been during the day, when I currently am productively working. The choice was relatively easy at the time. I did not want to play, so I decided not to.
Life goes on. It always does. We won our intramural game by the way.
Song of the Day: One Down - Ben Folds
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