Sunday, August 24, 2008

Representing

On Thursday I had a girls golf match. I had talked to the hosting coach the day before, and he told me to bring my clubs. So, much to the joy of my team, instead of watching three hours of golf I got to play golf myself. Now, this made me a little nervous, because I really wanted to represent Sullivan well. And it would be nice to validate my status as a coach if I don't completely stink at golf. Since I'd not played in a "competitive" match with someone new in a really long time, I was a little nervous.

So how do I start? I chunk my first drive about twenty yards into water. We laugh and play it off as not being loose/my first drive, and I retee. And snap-hook a shot left where we couldn't find it. I end up dropping a ball and just playing from there...

After my horrific start, however, things turned a little. I salvaged par on the first hole, and then started outdriving and out-"straighting" the other coach. Finished my round with a one over par 37. Note: the best I've ever done is shoot even par, so that was a pretty good round for me. And how did things end up with the other coach? Oh, he still beat me--shot a one under par 35. So, that was annoying. But, I feel like I did represent Sullivan well, and I had a great time (the match went so much faster), so it's ok.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Cubs

So, the Cubs are (apparently) the best team in the National League. I say apparently because, clearly, you can't really make that statement because this is, well, the Cubs.

My question is this: As a fan, how do you deal with that? I'm a Cubs fan--I seriously don't know. Cubs fans aren't used to success...

Friday, August 15, 2008

The Water is Receding!

I can actually see a (very) small portion of my little dock, for the first time since the floods. Those were way back in June or something, weren't they?

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Love

Can you love a golf club? I think I do... Spending the amount of money I did for a new driver hurt a little (but I do get paid to coach golf, so that should go to golf expenditures, right?), but it's amazing what a new driver, and specifically one much more designed for my swing, will do. I went from struggling to hit it 230-240 yards with very little control, to hitting it 250 yards on bad hits, and 290-300 yards on numerous occasions. All of a sudden, I'm playing a completely different game. It's exciting!

Ok, I'm blogging about golf clubs, so I'm a nerd. Big shock.

Speaking of golf, girls golf recently played a match in Bloomington. The girls wanted to eat dinner afterwards, so I convinced them to eat at Dragon Express--my favorite Chinese place. I only ate there 2-3 times a week for about four years. It's ridiculous how good it tasted. Unfortunately, school starts tomorrow morning bright and early, so late nights so we can go out to eat after matches are a day of the past. So sad...

Basically, what I'm saying is I have absolutely nothing to talk about. :)

Friday, August 01, 2008

Small Towns

Yesterday I met with a realtor in Sullivan to look at some places, mainly for informational purposes: I live a half hour away and gas is $4 a gallon. Well, after golf practice today I stopped by the high school. When I popped in the office, one of my students was there, as well as (I assume) her mom. I have that student again this year, and so we were checking her schedule, and her mom said, "So I hear your looking to move to Sullivan!" All of what, three people knew I had looked at places yesterday? Apparently I am a hot topic of conversation!