In golfing news, I had the best 9 holes of the year today. My front 9 were borderline infuriating. I had a couple of great tee shots… Started to get things rolling and then WHAM I would tee the ball dead left again. I thought I was past that? It happened on 4 and 7. 4th hole I got lucky and sssshhhh I played it from OB and managed a bogey. On 7 I slammed it straight left and smacked a tree (knocking down a huge limb!) and it bounced back out onto the ladies tee box. I still managed a bogie because of my nice 2nd shot. then somehow I managed a birdie on 9 and almost walked it in. Anyway, I started on the back and kind of got lost in the round. Hit a shot. Walk it up. Hit the putt. Keep on going. When I got to the 16th tee I realized I was even par. I promptly hooked it left off the tee. When I went to look for my ball I was happy to find it just short of the hazard so I could get it out. With about 90 yards left I busted it to about 10 feet and somehow made the putt. Then I also birdied 17 and just missed a putt on 18 for a 34. Also in golf news, I picked up the new 51 degree Cleveland wedge. I got the gun metal finish since I’m so sensitive about glare. (Yeah right.) On the 10th hole I saw it’s tendency to back up for the first time. I was at 110 yards and I was just waiting for this chance to try the new club. So I hit it really well and just right on the pin. I thought I was pin high with a birdie putt. Instead, when I walked around the pond the ball was on the very bottom of the green. I could see clearly the dew outline as it hit, took a big hop and then trailed about 35 feet to the fringe. Then I hit it again off the tee at 15. I hit it about 30 feet past and watched it scoot back to about 6 feet. Unbelievable!
I could not believe the pictures I saw on Fox News this morning. I had a feeling that the storm was terrible and that it would be hitting Mickey Mouse about midnight… but I had no idea how bad it was. us Midwesterners are at a real disadvantage. When I lived in Horrorville, CA we had the leftovers of a tropical storm one week and I thought the house would blow over with sustained 40 mph winds. I can only imagine what the houses must have felt like with 85-100 mph winds.
There may even be a relief effort under way with YS forums geeks like me.
It has yet to be seen if we are really needed or not. Also unknown on that possibility is if the deacons would allow it. Then I’d have to wiggle out of golf practice for a week, get out of my thing with Grace Centers of Hope golf fundraiser, get out of the water fight at LF this week (OH, twist my arm!) and also still maintain my marriage. So it looks like that is a long shot. That is unless I am really needed. Because if I am really needed by a brother, than I will drop everything and go. Because that’s what you do for people. I could and would make it all happen if there really was something I needed to do.
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