Windy Tennis

It's enough to make you want to move to Florida with all those "Russian" tennis girls: Chicago wasn't meant for outdoor tennis year round. But try telling that to my coach! Granted, he does generally stop playing outside on November 15th, when the snow and ice make it difficult to reach tricky shots, but I'm freezing now, when it's merely October! The wind today was awful, and the ball made a whole new kind of "frozen brick" sound, but at least we got to hit. I love tennis, but can't wait for spring or, better yet, summer to come so I can play without gloves and a sweater, with tennis balls slightly softer than concrete.