Solstice Senior Living at Sandy

Sherie D

Sep 2026

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I love this comfortable independent living facility. The atmosphere is so welcoming.<br>I enjoy visiting there and would highly recommend it to anyone.

Sophie Coccimiglio

Sep 2026

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Truly this place is perfect! The staff is incredible and so kind and the community is so welcoming and friendly!

Lyndsey Daniels

Sep 2026

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Happy, friendly and welcoming environment!

Tyler Skinner

Sep 2026

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Wonderful atmosphere! Staff and Manager are kind, friendly and welcoming with a warm and comforting attitude. They consistently provide creative and engaging activities and events! Definitely recommend!

Rilus N.

Sep 2026

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The Best Game of Cricket<br><br>I didn’t expect playing cricket by myself to be nearly as fun as it ended up being. At first, I was really just looking for something to do. I had a cricket bat, a ball, and enough open space to hit it around, so I figured I might as well play for a little while. I wasn’t planning on doing anything serious, and I definitely wasn’t expecting to spend so much time playing. I thought I would probably hit the ball a few times, get bored, and move on to something else. Instead, once I started, I got completely into it.<br><br>I started by setting everything up. Since I was playing alone, I had to improvise a little bit. I picked a spot to use as the wicket and decided where I would stand to bat. I didn’t have anyone to bowl to me, so I had to figure out different ways to throw the ball to myself and hit it. It definitely wasn’t an official cricket setup, but that almost made it more fun because I could make my own rules as I went.<br><br>For the first few minutes, I was mostly just practicing hitting the ball. I would toss it up, let it bounce, and then swing at it. At first, my timing wasn’t very good. A few times I swung too early and barely touched the ball. Other times I waited too long and ended up hitting it in a completely different direction than I intended. There were even a couple of swings where I completely missed. Instead of getting frustrated, though, it made me want to keep trying. Every time I messed up, I immediately wanted another attempt.<br><br>Eventually, I started getting the timing right. There was something extremely satisfying about watching the ball bounce up at exactly the right height and then feeling the bat connect with it perfectly. When I got a really clean hit, I could immediately tell from the sound and the way the ball flew away. Those were the hits that made me feel like I actually knew what I was doing, even though I was really just playing around.<br><br>After a while, simply hitting the ball wasn’t enough anymore, so I started making up challenges for myself. I imagined that I was actually playing in a real cricket match and started keeping track of imaginary runs. A short hit might only be worth one run, while a better hit could be worth two or three. If I hit the ball especially far, I counted it as a four or a six. Suddenly, every swing mattered a lot more because I wasn’t just hitting a ball anymore. In my head, I was trying to build a score.<br><br>I started getting way more competitive with myself than I expected. I would tell myself that I needed a certain number of runs before I got out. Sometimes I would decide that I had only ten balls left and needed twenty runs. Other times, I would imagine that it was the final part of a close match and I needed one huge hit to win. Obviously, none of it was real, but once I started imagining the situation, it actually became surprisingly exciting.<br><br>One of my favorite parts was trying to hit the ball in different directions. Instead of just swinging as hard as possible every time, I started trying to control where the ball went. I would pick a specific direction before throwing the ball and then try to hit it there. Sometimes it worked perfectly. I would aim somewhere, make contact, and watch the ball go almost exactly where I wanted it to. Other times it went nowhere close, which usually made me laugh because I would be aiming one way and somehow send it completely in the opposite direction.<br><br>I also started experimenting with different types of swings. Sometimes I would focus entirely on accuracy and try to make clean, controlled contact. Other times I would decide that accuracy didn’t matter at all and swing as hard as I possibly could. Those were probably the most fun swings because there was always a chance that I would absolutely launch the ball. Whenever I got one of those perfect hits where everything lined up, it felt amazing.<br><br>Of course, hitting the ball far created another problem: I was the only person there, which meant I was also the person who had to go get it.