I should be grading assignments or applying for jobs…but I’m
tired of working. Oh hell, I’m just
tired and not in the mood to work anymore today.
I didn’t want to roll out of bed this morning, but there was
much to do today - too much to do. In
fact, I only accomplished about 20% of what was on my mental to-do list. Monday is Columbus Day, so because Someone is an
employee paid by taxpayers, he gets a holiday.
And because today is Friday, Someone always gets away early in the
afternoon (he denies it, but we ALL know he leaves work early every Friday). Someone begged me to play golf today, so it
was on my mind to get up early, get shit done, and then go play golf with him.
Even though I’m retired from Big Oil, I still have to get up
early four mornings a week. I still
curse the damn alarm clock when it wakes me up, but I’ve come to realize that
no matter how dead I am in the morning, a hot shower is all it takes to revive
me. A hot shower is my greatest
motivator in life. My best ideas happen
in the shower.
Anyway, let’s fast forward to the afternoon and a round of
golf played at Sandy Creek. Today was a
beautiful October day – sunny with a few puffy clouds, and not too hot – really
divine. It would have been a spectacular
kayaking day, but I had too much to do (or so I convinced myself). Anyway, the course was more crowded than
usual. I prefer it to be deserted so we
don’t have to wait, or have people hit into us, or have to play through other
groups.
Anyway, I was playing well today, which makes it fun. It’s not that I was getting lots of birdies,
but more that I played more consistently that usual, which makes me more
confident when I pull any club out of the bag.
So, we had been pushing a foursome of old men on a few holes. They had just hit their tee-shots on #7, a
short Par 4, when we arrived at the teebox.
They offered to let us play through.
FINALLY.
Someone always gets nervous whenever he hits in front of
people. To be honest, I HATE to play
through other groups unless the wait time is just unbearable. My tolerance for slow play is minimal. Someone was teeing up his ball when I heard
one of the guys mutter, “I can’t believe you’re letting this woman play in
front of us. We’re going to be here all
night.” Asshole, but as a woman on a
golf course, I know that men think that way.
Sometimes, it’s justified, but there are way more slow men golfers than
slow women golfers, in my experience. Anyway,
Someone hit a decent drive. My
turn. I stepped up to the red tees
(ladies’ tee), although I’ve been thinking recently that it’s time for me to
start playing the whites again. Today,
the reds were only about 10 yards in front of the whites on that hole, so there
wasn't much difference. I teed up and
hit a really nice drive – little right-to-left draw and the ball rolled at
least 60 yards past the longest man-drive.
Yeah – that was great fun! The ball stopped about 20 yards in front of the green. Nice!
Golf is a head game, for sure. If you have any doubts at all when you step up to
hit a ball, chances are good that the ball will go just where you hoped it
wouldn’t. It’s important to visualize
the shot, and imagine the ball going where you want it to go. If you start thinking about hitting the tree,
or going into the creek, or going over the green…well, it’s probably exactly what
will happen. When I know I need to hit over-top a tree, or know it's impossible to get over the tree but going under is also impossible, I remind myself that trees are 90% air (like a mantra...90% air - 90% air - 90% air)...it's probably more like wishful thinking in reality.
Sadly, Someone talks too much when he plays golf. For me, golf is a head game so I like to keep
it in my head. Someone comments on every
shot – his and mine. I do my best not to
listen, but it’s hard sometimes. When he
gets too annoying, I turn it around on him.
I’ll say things like:
- What club are you going to use to get over that ditch?
- Better aim left so you don’t go out of bounds.
- With the way you slice, you never have to worry about that sand trap.
- Boy, the greens are as slick as ice today.
When he starts making bad shots, he shuts up. I kind of like when we play golf with Someone’s
dad. They get a cart together and Someone
talks his dad’s ears off instead of mine.
Tomorrow is Saturday and I have much to do. Grading assignments mostly, but also I have
some pansies to plant. Also too, Someone
and I have tickets to go hear Lewis Black tomorrow evening. That should be fun.
This week, I applied for a full time job at a university. I’m not sure I even want to work full time
again. The job has been open for a long
time, so maybe they really have no intention to fill the position. Even so, my hat is thrown into the ring now. If they call me for an interview, I will find
out more about the job before making a decision. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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