fat girls can jump

sister and i have become quite the racquetball connoisseurs. we play a couple times a week. and by play, i mean, she hits the ball wildly, i run after it like a thundering hippo and smack it, she can't get it, so i run after it and smack it again. finally she gets it, but she hits it too low, so we're sort of bending down, trying to scoop the barely bouncing ball off the floor and keep it in play. usually about this time we either a. run into each other, b. one of us gets smacked in the tit, eye, or ass with the ball or racquet (or both), or c. run into the wall. all the while googling onlookers are snickering at our undoubtedly poised rallying skill.

we've also taken to calling the game "take that"... as it is a phrase we often yell while thundering/smashing/smacking across the court, etc. example: i thunder after the ball, catching a low snag and bounce that puppy off the wall as if it was the one thing on earth i was born to do screaming at the top of my lungs to my blonde opponent "TAKE THAT!" sometimes i wonder if the other gym patrons can hear us through that 1/2" thick glass pane, i hope not, but i try not to let it side-track me.

day before yesterday we both had a bit of a giggle. normal antics had ensued on the court and i was once again hippo thundering after the ball and she'd hit me a high one so i jumped like a 6'10'' basketball playing goddess (even though i'm only 5'11'') and snagged that sucker on the end of my racquet, sending it perfectly back toward the wall in an arc that i couldn't have planned if i'd have tried and then i yelled (in my victorious moment... erm... even though we don't keep score) "see, fat girls CAN jump!" and then we both fell into a heap of laughter on the floor with tears running down our face. jessie was laughing because i jumped liked a hippo... or because i yelled, i'm not sure... and i was laughing because she was laughing. (i tend to do that, laugh at someone who's laughing or cry when someone else is crying. )

anyway, here is photographic proof that fat girls can jump...