Getting Old

I played volleyball last Friday for the first time in a while. I think my skills were pretty decent especially considering how long it had been since I last played. The hard part was how I felt afterwards. As soon as we stopped playing I could feel my muscles and joints start to ache.

We played indoors on a older wooden surface. It was definetly not an air cushioned surface. I felt just how solid the floor was every time I dove for a ball or went down on my knees to make a shot. I had several bumps and bruises when we were done.

By the time we got home I felt like I could barely move. It felt so good to sit down and do nothing for the rest of the night. My 43 year-old legs hurt the rest of the weekend. It was painful going up and down the stairs let a lone getting up out of the chair.

Basically it means I am getting old. Actually I think my body is already there but my mind is laging a couple of decades.