Can I just say how awesome my rematch secret santa is? Seriously, this is one of the best gifts I've gotten from anyone in a long time.

My favorite hobby is playing racquetball at the gym. It's so much fun to play, it's a great cardio workout, very entertaining and exciting and intense, and a great way to have fun with friends. I played a lot during my time at college, up until about two months ago. My racket got broken after lots of heavy usage. The frame got cracked, which caused the strings to come loose. I put up a picture of my old one that shows this.

For my last few weeks at college, I got to use some loaner rackets that they have, but they just weren't the same. And now that I've graduated, I don't have access to my college gym any more. So I've been totally out of commission ever since, and I have kind of put racquetball on the back burner. I very briefly mentioned this to my santa (for no more than 1 line), and I don't even think I mentioned this anywhere in my reddit posting history.

Now I'm back in the game! This is such an awesome gift, because it is my favorite hobby. Now I can start going back to the gym (which I've slacked off with lately, since I haven't been playing racquetball) and having fun while working out. I'm not even sure my santa realized how awesome this gift is! This is a very nice racket, and I will put it to great use!

It's a little bit heavier than my old broken racket, which will allow for more power in my shots (which was one of my biggest weaknesses before). It's also an Ektelon racket, which is my favorite racquetball equipment company. I'm a sucker for their fireball red balls, and now I'll have one of their rackets to go along side of them.

I'm not even sure that my santa realized just how great of a gift this racket was, and how much it means to me! AND this came from a re-matcher, who did this solely out of the kindness of his heart. That's so awesome, and I am forever thankful and grateful for you, secret santa! I can't wait to put your gift to great use! You the man!!! Thank you so much!!!