Sunday Golf Lazy Day

So tee time this morning was at Roosevelt at 9:10 AM, about a half hour later than usual, which gave me plenty of time to have breakfast at home before heading out. At least I had plenty of sleep last night and so I was sure I wouldn't play tired like i did last Sunday. And so to expect me to play better than then was already locked in. Today we ended up getting paired up with a couple as LA golf courses are allowing fivesomes again. But before we even got started, Greg hands Scott and I an invite. He's having a goodbye party next month, further underscoring that we're about to lose him in the regular rotation. And that made me feel sad for a second. I mean he was the most recent addition to our group which is now only 3 more often than not. But in a relatively short period of time, he has definitely become a part of the group just as much as Ellen and Ro did back in the day and Mandy and Lisa up until we got divorced. It's like he's part of my post-divorce golf group and I, for one, am sad to see him go. But I'm also happy that he gets to move on, retire and start a new phase of his life. In the middle of all the golf I was flicking back and forth between stuff I need to make decisions on myself. Stuff from where I'm going to be living after this current lease on my apartment gets done in about a month-and-a-half. To something more mundane as what to do next week when I'm scheduled for jury duty. Obviously the upcoming decision on where to live looms fairly large. And I am trying my best not to worry so much about it and leave it to the Universe to show me the most ideal and best situation for me. After all, it has never let me down even though the choice doesn't seem obvious when it gets dropped on my lap. I never thought QueensCare would become home base almost 8 years ago now when I got laid off at USC. Heck I didn't think I'd end up here at Sawtelle 3 years ago when Lisa asked for our separation.  But this too has become home. And now that I feel that Johnnie is ready to have a room of his own in MY home, I need to evaluate my options. One thing for sure, I am NOT paying an extra $500 a month in rent just for another room, which came up this weekend when I talked to the Leasing Office. It's not even that I couldn't afford it. More like the principle of the thing. The best thing is if I could somehow manage to purchase something. But there are a lot of obstacles to that option and there would be no way I could do that without creating the money to pay for it outright I don't think. But then again, maybe the Universe has another idea? Or maybe I just have to focus on the outcome I want. I get to choose after all don't I?

In the meantime, I will cut to the chase and say that I had a pretty decent game this morning. On the first hole, I missed a par putt that was totally make-able. And then proceeded to follow that with a terrible 2nd hole. I have been starting pretty well the past month, which means that I come in pretty focused and relaxed. But somehow the focus goes and I'm not able to sustain it for more than a hole or two.  I know it's just a matter of getting myself relaxed and controlling my thoughts on every hole and when I did that today, I did pretty well.  Case in point on Hole 8, after I just hit a bogey on the previous hole, I focused on what it would feel when I hit an awesome shot and focused on watching the ball land well beyond the dogleg flag. And what happened? I blasted it right down the middle more than 200 yards. I got EXACTLY the result I focused on. I just need to do that on every hole and the times that I let myself get distracted with thoughts of a bad shot, that's exactly what would happen too. In the end I never did shoot a par. But I got to the green in 3 shots or less on 6 holes. And that would be 6 par shots missed isn't it? I really just had 3 bad holes. Hole 2, Hole 5, and Hole 6. And that was just a matter of being too stubborn to hit out of trouble and trying to get too cute with shots through the trees, which is what got me in trouble last week. I did use my 2-iron which yielded some pretty good results today. Anyway, I enjoyed the day playing golf with my friends, I got lunch from Crimson like I hadn't done in a while and then I just decided to lazy out the rest of the afternoon. It would have been nice to celebrate a Dodgers win and a Lakers win on a Sunday but unfortunately, neither team won today. Instead I got so lazy I waited until well past 10 PM to finish my laundry, wash the dishes and finish my journalling for the day.  Lucky there's no work tomorrow huh?! Weekend is not over just yet...