A Pleasant Golf Day

So Greg emailed yesterday that he had hurt is foot and is unable to walk and so he begged off today's game at Roosevelt.  His loss too because it was a perfectly nice day. It was just Scott and I of course but it was actually nice that it was just 2 of us and there was another 2 some in front of us and a 4some behind us that would never catch up. And so we could actually relax and still not wait on each hole. The bottom line today? I played well. From the tee box to the green. But I couldn't putt all day until the very last hole! First hole: on in 2, 3-putted to a bogey 5. Hole 3: Tee shot barely misses the green. 3-putt to a bogey 4. Hole 6: the narrow funnel hole: Front of the green in 2. Wayward shot from there turns it into a 5. Hole 7: On in 2, missed the par putt and got another bogey 4. Kind of the story of the day isn't it? Until the very last hole when I finally took a wayward tee shot and the 2nd hole landed a foot from the hole. Even I couldn't miss that follow-up putt right? That would be my only par for the day. Still, it wasn't like I played badly, just that I would have scored lights out if only I could make a putt or two. Scott was in the same boat actually. He was hitting bogeys because he couldn't make a putt either. Still, it was a nice day and we got done by 10:40 and I enjoyed another beautiful Sunday morning on the links. I actually did feel good that I found a way to relax, at least on my tee shots and most of the fairway shots. No thought about anything other than relaxing at the point of contact and focusing then on making solid contact. And I probably whiffed less today than I normally would have. There were whiffs to be sure. Always on Hole 2 too. A mishit on 4, a rescue from the trees on 5. Really only that one bad whiff. I will take that any day. I decided to go directly to Crimson and get an early order in. While waiting I knocked off the rest of my steps walking around this Santa Monica neighborhood, imagining myself living in one of the houses. Would I live in this neighborhood? Hell yeah I would. And so I was home enjoying my salmon kabobs and lentil soup before it was even noon. Hey I deserve a reward right? For a pretty good morning?!

I spent the afternoon shifting between more TV shows (watched a little Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon... hmmm, last week it was the Grandmaster. What is it with the lean towards martial arts movies all of a sudden. And not just martial arts movies mind you, CHINESE martial arts movies at that), enjoying more of a beautiful day by walking outside. Hey, it turned spring officially yesterday after all didn't it. It's going to start getting warmer again and I, for one, can not wait. I have to think about what to do with Johnnie next week for his week long spring break. But never mind that for now. For the rest of the day, I'm simply going to chill knowing full well I have another presentation-heavy week next week. As in I have to put my symposium presentation together. No different than Tech Council really but still, it requires effort. More than a few ways to chill and relax though. I posted a video of mean cooking up some ground round while listening to Chicago. That would be because I'm making my weekly stew tonight instead of tomorrow like I had the past few weeks. Pretty soon, it will be too warm for any more stew. This night's version turned out pretty good too. I even cooked up some biscuits to go with it. Ahh, a fine dinner I had. And with some peace and quiet too. Lisa had talked about possibly coming over and using the spa with Courtney. Thank God THAT didn't happen. I just ended up watching the Walking Dead and NOT doing any work like I should have. The golf this morning already made it a pretty good day.