Just know, we love you. It's beyond lovely that you're going to fix things with RL, and I hope one day when everything's sorted out you'll be able to return to us, let us know you're alive and how you're doing every now and then. You'll be greatly missed, love.
Every team in the district brought their top 5 doubles teams (no singles in Middle School) to one of the school's courts. The top 3 (I'm 2nd doubles) stayed, the 4 and 5 teams went to different courts. The 4 and 5 teams mingled, but for the top 3, you could only play your seed.
I lost my first match 6-8, so I entered the consolation bracket (it was 2-loss elimination). We (my partner and I) won 8-2 (cakewalk). Then I won 8-6. That one almost got away. I hit a winning volley that made one of the other guys fall to the ground =D. Then, for our fourth match in a row, without more than a 10 minute break, we got into the finals. We we came back from 1-4 to win 8-6. My partner was on fi-ya!
Overall, my team sucked, but I got 3rd in my bracket overall. Which is cool, because last year I got 2nd in the 4 and 5 teams. I love tournaments.