Thursday 12th May 2011 – REST DAY!
Today was our first proper day off on the trip, we did have one last week but as there was travel involved it didn’t really count as a full rest day.
So . . . what do players get up to on their day’s off? Simple answer is not much, most of the time they’re pretty tired so don’t want to do anything too energetic like walking around the shops or spending too much time in the sun but at the same time they don’t want a day that’s too boring. I always want the players to choose exactly what they want to do as it is “their day”, sometimes I’m not always a fan of what they choose but I’m sure they all get sick of me telling them what to do all day so I’m happy for them to boss me around for the day!!
Devan woke early so called my room and we had breakfast at the “earlier than I expected” time of 8am! We bought some breakfast from the supermarket a couple of days ago so now we just have to buy milk from the restaurant and make sure they don’t see us eating our own food (always a good challenge!). We had a bit of a break after breakfast and headed to the Mall at 10am so that Devan could attend her appointment at the Apple store. She’s been having a problem with her phone so she was very happy when they gave her a brand new one, just a shame she lost all of her contacts!
Next up was a trip to Boomers which is a huge amusement park right next to the airport. We played some of the arcade games, had a good game of mini-golf (which, after choking on a few 20cm putts, I just about managed to win!) and I had a my first ever go in a Baseball batting cage – great fun, the speed of the ball is a little scary but a great buzz when you finally make contact (and actually hit the ball forwards!!).
Finally got one! (Hope you can see the ball on the bat!)
After a good lunch at Whole Foods we were of to the Cinema to watch “Something Borrowed” – as I said earlier it was Devan’s day and this was one of the things I had to tough out! The film was ok, bit of a chick flick but I’ve seen a lot worse. It was then back to the hotel to chill out before dinner next door to the hotel at the Cheesecake Factory.
When we got back I loosened the tightness in Devan’s forearm and then she iced both her forearm and wrist so hopefully she’ll be ok for training tomorrow. She’s now moved into main draw so we’ll keep monitoring the wrist over the next three days to make sure she’s fit to play on Monday.
