At Harbor Once Again

So we're at Harbor Park this morning at 9:50 and Chris is joining us for the first time a month. We've pretty much reduced his participation to those times when are able to get a tee time at Harbor. And really that's ok. So far we've been able to get paired up with some good folks whenever we play here. So I'm not caring so much anymore anyway. It's just a matter of time before I'm one of these guys that just books a tee time for a single too. And that too is ok. It's not like I couldn't carry my weight. Hopefully I'll get even better hitting shots off the fairway. Off the tee, I'm legit. Really I only hit one bad shot off the tee, a cringer on Hole 5 that went way wide. And I was still able to get that one on the green on the next hole for a par putt. which, of course, I missed. Today I ended up tying for a win on the very first hole where I barely missed my par putt. That already means I was on in 2. AND at least I hit a very rare birdie on Hole 4! I don't usually do well on that hole. But I placed my tee shot in the middle, Hit a 6-iron 135 yards to the green from there, and made the long putt. First birdie in quite a while! It's a win! Too bad I had a really bad 2nd hole after the great first hole. And really I didn't play all that badly. With the exception of the 2nd hole, I minimized my whiffs, but I also didn't make my putts after Hole 4. Still I hit a bomb from the tee on Hole 7 right down the middle and hit another bomb from the tee on Hole 9. Those were just a mere few feet from Chris's longest. But I also kept hitting trees when I was way left or way right. So I didn't score well either. But I felt pretty good about the way I played. And really it was good catching up with Chris too. I even tried a purple ball today... not that it helped. in fact I couldn't see the damn thing on the fairway.  On the way back I took the 110N home. I didn't want to cut through the 405 knowing the Rams were playing the Super Bowl champion Buccaneers at Sofi at 1 PM today. And it still took me almost a half hour to get home. Can't dodge Sunday traffic westside which ever route you take. Oh well. At least I got my usual salmon kabobs at Crimson and managed to get home well before the Ram game started... 

And so it was that I spent the afternoon doing what most Americans do, which was to watch NFL. After catching their first game live at SoFi, I am most definitely a fan now if I wasn't already. I think we are fortunate in LA that most of our teams are very competitively and actively competing for a championship. The Lakers are in the conversation. The Dodgers have the 2nd best record in baseball. And are the defending World Series champs. And today the Rams beat the Bucs and GOAT Tom Brady. Putting THEMSELVES in the Super Bowl conversation.  They most certainly looked good and are now 3-0 to start the season. Heck even UCLA is looking good after last night's win. And the best part? USC lost! Bwah hah ha. And so I split between watching the football game and taking a nap, letting myself close my eyes and drift wherever my mind would allow me to drift. I thought about doing some work. I mean it's payroll day tomorrow, it's HRSA day on Tuesday and the talk for the NACHC is due as well. PLUS I wanted to get started with paper trading this week. THAT is what I do want to accomplish. But that's for next week. I still have the rest of Sunday. And I was not planning on leaving the couch much. If the NFL is what will give me a recharge today, then so be it. I had already done most of my grocery shopping really so the only thing left to go out for is dinner. I could have made something here at the apartment, but I did not feel like cooking. I ended up going to Chipotle simply because it IS the fastest, closest thing to get from the apartment. And I ended up concluding my Sunday with another episode of the Walking Dead. I am not really all that interested in it anymore. I feel like they are just recycling bad guys now, calling them different things. Although tonight's episode did feel like Halloween fright night but with humans/cannibals instead of zombies being the things that came after you. Still I let myself chill with a little R&B covers.  Don't know how I got into that one and that's ok. Another weekend is done, the end of September is coming up.