At Roosevelt

Another golf Sunday, another chance to get better at this game. Another shot to remember to slow my swing down, slow down my heart rate, not to get too excited, not to overswing, and find a rhythm. Today we're at Roosevelt, joined by Daniel who we hadn't played with in nearly month, not since before Labor Day. But he reached out earlier in the week so he gets a spot. We were joined by this couple of music industry guys today which by itself brings a certain variety to our conversations. That's the great thing about at least not having the same people you play with all the time. You DO get to meet all kinds of people. I remember the last time we played here on a Thursday, I played with a guy who did sales for EPIC, our EHR. Now if only I could translate all that good will into a good game... Right out of the gate I hit a bogey, and only because I hit my 2nd shot into the sand trap. Otherwise all hits were solid. Then came Hole 2 and I was already unraveling after the first shot. First shot was good, 2nd shot a mis-hit. I'm trying to think back to see what caused that mis-hit. I missed the ball because... (a) I swung too hard (b) I didn't focus (c) I was off-rhythm (d) I thought too much (e) all of the above. It was more like all of the above I think but mostly because I thought too much. And I thought about the wrong things. It was all about turning off that program that I don't hit the ball square on the fairway. And I miss the ball more times than not. But I also hit the ball well at times though. I just have to work on consistency, both in the physical sense when I hit the ball, but also what I am focusing on. If I am missing the ball, that's because my rhythm is off and I need to figure out the code of how to get the body machinations and rhythm down the way I do when I hit off the tee. There is no problem then. If I don't I end up having a disastrous hole like I did on Hole 2. Other holes I also mis-hit but not as bad. On hole 3 it was the chip that was too weak.  Hole 4 I had a mishit for my 2nd shot but otherwise all other hits were fine. Hole 5 I had another bad mis-hit that went sideways into the trap.  Same on Hole 6. I mean each hole I had one or two shots that I would miss the ball horrendously. I need to cut down on those and/or eliminate those altogether. I do that I get a good score. Finally on Hole 7 I put it together and got a bogey. On Hole 8, I hit the flag on what would have been a terrific 2nd shot. I still finished with a 5. And finally on the last hole, I again had a weak hit to make my putt long. And then I missed the putt anyway. All in all, a disappointing game. But at least we got to go out on a nice warm day and I got to play. Only consolation I have. 

It did turn out to be a really warm day. Like summer hot. I went to IN-N-Out Culver City to get lunch and by the time I got home, I just dunked my head in the cold shower. That's how how it was. But the disappointments from golf seemed to carry over the rest of the afternoon. I had a sports day planned but already I was disappointed from UCLA losing to Arizona State last night. So much for a turnaround season. This afternoon, the Dodgers were fighting to win the NL West and needed the Giants to lose. They ended up winning their 106th game of the year. But the Giants won too so no NL West title this year. Streak stopped at 8 years. Oh well. At least they are still in the playoffs. And finally, the Rams played the Cardinals in a division match-up of unbeaten teams. Quite simply, they got trounced today. I mean it wasn't close. And people were talking about them as Super Bowl favorites already. So much for that.  And so my entire sports world just turned shit performances this weekend. But hey that's ok. smh. Coupled with my shit performance at golf I started to dig and stretch about something to make me feel good. There was dinner right? I kept on seeing these Hello Fresh commercials about mindful cooking and it was about making pasta and shrimp and broccoli. In my mind, I knew I could make that. Which was exactly what I tried to do. And it didn't turn out too badly at that. At least dinner was good. And at least I got to spend some time learning about selling put options to take a step forward. Gotta start paper trading next week at least. I may not have done much in September towards that end. And I really don't have any excuse for it. But now we're in a brand new month. And another shot at taking a step forward...