Golf Day and Another Johnnie Playdate

One thing I focused on this morning was to use today's golf experience as a gauge with how I am doing in terms of my manifesting skills. The desired outcome of course was to have a good score. And so I spent time before heading out to Roosevelt to visualize what my play would be on each hole. I took my time this morning and was in a pretty good state, even stopping at Primo's Donuts to get myself a ham-and-cheese croissant for breakfast. The immediate result was that I hit a par right off the bat on the first tee. My tee shot was the farthest I had ever hit off that tee and landed dead square in the middle not 50 yards from the green. Even a semi-errant 2nd shot got me close enough for a 10 foot par putt. Which I made! How about THAT right off the bat. It was almost like I had visualized it in fact. I thought I was on my way to having a really good golf game... until the guys playing in front of us took so long just tee-ing off that I lost whatever good mojo I had. I got impatient, and I could even feel my own negative energy. The result was a horrendous next hole that I think took me 9 shots to simply finish. Sigh. The key was right there in front of me. I had to get myself in a relaxed, and positive state before each hole. And I did not do enough of it on Hole 3. Didn't visualize the hole enough. And so I got a 5 on it. Same with the next hole. A decent tee shot but a short 2nd shot. Still I was  25 yards from the hole after 3 shots. And I 3-putted my way to another 6.  Another good tee shot on Hole 5, but 2 bad shots from the fairway. Already I knew I wasn't focusing enough on my fairway shots and the default program was almost to be inconsistent. At least I finished the last hole with a par. I had a decent iron shot off the tee that landed right on the edge of the green and then pushed a putt within 5 feet of the hole. So at least I had some moments today. Not enough of them, but I will take satisfaction with the ones I got. And take solace in an opportunity to make adjustments for next week. And also to make sure I remind myself of the level of focus necessary for other outcomes I want. If I'm not getting them, just like golf, it's for sure because I am letting the negative default program run is all. And so after golf, I got my IN-N-Out lunch on the way home. Ate all the fries before I even got home. And then wolfed down the burger just as soon as I did get home. And then knocked off a nice 40 minute nap right after. I woke up just in time to realize that I was due at Lisa's by 2 PM-ish. I had agreed that Johnnie should go on another playdate with Rose, this time at her house right around the corner from Lisa's. And that we were both going to take him. I had already spent time talking to Patrick, Rose's dad when we did the Penmar playdate a couple of weekends ago so I was very comfortable taking Johnnie. I figured I'd give Lisa some time to do notes or play piano. But she wanted to come meet the parents herself. And of course being social is Lisa's thing. And so it was that we all went and true enough it was just around the corner from the Maplewood house. We ended up staying there pretty much until 4:30 PM. Johnnie got to jump in a BIG trampoline, not like the dinky one in my apartment. Little Claire found a playmate (Ringo), even though said playmate was 5 times bigger than her and we all worried she would get trampled LOL. Look at the pic of the difference in size. I think we all ended up having a perfectly pleasant afternoon. Did I mention how nice a day this turned out to be? When we got back to the house it wasn't 5 PM yet but Lisa was hungry, which was real unusual. And so she heated up some leftover Panini Grill, and heated me up a plate too. And then just to give Lisa some alone time, I took Johnnie with me to the apartment for a couple of hours. We made a pit stop at Panda Express of course since I had a feeling Johnnie hadn't eaten all afternoon. He not only loaded up on that, but also got some of the protein milk I usually make him before he goes to bed. AND for good measure, I gave him a shower. He had a playdate last night, this morning, and this afternoon and I'm sure it had been a while since he had showered last. And so when I drove him back to Lisa's, he was already bed ready. Lisa got some alone time and when I got back I still had plenty of ME time of my own. Sunday night is winding down. Time to start thinking about next week?