Midland Update

Greetings from Vegas!  I'm here and Natalis is in Midland, Michigan.  The weather is to turn to snow for her by Tuesday.  Being one of her favorite tourneys, she won't mind it.

Natalie was looking forward to seeing the Frickeys including my favorite...Bron Bron the dog.  This moose of a dog scares me to no end, but as Diane is quick to point out...."he loves you Sherry".  Yup, he is always at my side, which for me ...a person VERY afraid of big dogs ...is unnerving.  Let alone I'm very allergic to him.

Annnyyyywayyyy, Natalie is enjoying her time with all of them.  She has been able to work with several groups of kids on the courts.  As well as, take part in a kids questioning session.  That I might add had a stumper of a question, "what's your favorite thing?".  Natalie and Nicole Gibbs were for a loss with that tough one.  Lol!

At this point, Nat is not in the 100k in Midland.  We won't know for sure until 12:01 p.m. tomorrow.  Not looking good.   

Here are a few pics of Natalie and friends....

The ladies, Savannah, Clair, Mia, Salma and Natalie.

Team Pluskota....woot!

Natalie and Nicole

Daytona, Midland

Greetings from Georgia!  Sorry for the delay in blogging, but this week has been eventful and not in a good way!  We returned to GA yesterday, after a three day hiatus in Tampa.  A bit of a regrouping if you will.  More bout that at a later date.

Last weekend, we packed up the car including Natalie's brother Nic and the dog (Princess Peach).  Nic is post op and on sick leave from work, so we convinced him a change of scenery would be good for him.  And Peach, just cuz!

We made our way to Daytona Beach.  Very grateful for the wild card opportunity into the 25K.  Natalie partnered up with Katia Kamendova, a local pro.   Because Natalie's ranking is so low, that was the only hope of getting into the tourney.  We didn't know Katia before this pairing, but knew others that know her.  She is a very sweet young lady, who is loved at her tennis center.

Unfortunately, our team drew a tough first round opponent.  Cako/Loeb, both seasoned tour doubles players.  This would be Katia's first attempt.  Although our team had many chances, our poor serving and ground strokes made it wayyyy tooo easy for the opponents.  Losing 1-6, 3-6.

Here are a few pics from Daytona:

Natalie will head to Midland, Michigan next week.  Hoping for a wild card into doubles of that 100K.  The chances are slim, but she will attempt it.  She loves that tourney and would love to play this year, we shall see.  Last year she made the journey there and helped with the community outreach program.  Natalie's favorite program of all tourney.  She is looking forward to seeing the Frickey family, including  Bron Bron.....the dog!  According to Nat, my favorite host dog.....lol!

Hate that I will miss Midland again this year.  Not only are the people awesome, the tourney is first class.  But I always enjoy the snow, for I love snow....or at least I love visiting snow.  I know they will take great care of Natalie and she will enjoy herself and Midland.  Love and Blessings.....Sherry