An Unsatisfying Golf Day

Ahh another Sunday, another opportunity to get some consistency with my golf game. Today we were graced with the presence of Chris who hadn't played with us in 3 weeks. And we were at Altadena Golf Course. I did my visualization stuff first thing, reminded myself that I needed to relax and not let myself get speeded up. Unfortunately, the more dominant thought was how tired I was because I didn't sleep until almost 2 AM last night. Why do I do that? I was not dead tired, but I wasn't fresh either. And so despite all the mental prepping, it wasn't that much of a surprise that my first shot was off to the right and the follow up shot went even more right. That I was on the fringe after 3 shots with a shot at a par or bogey was a miracle. But I missed the putt for a bogey. I recovered on the 2nd hole by blasting my tee shot way down the fairway less than 100 yards from the pin. But my 2nd shot hit off a tree and bounced in front of the sand trap. And when I hit that 3rd shot past the green, I was on my way to the 2nd consecutive 6. Same on the next hole. I seemed to be off on my fairway irons. By the 4th hole where I took a pic, it was clear that I would not find the consistency I was looking for and only a huge blast on the 3rd shot got me close. Still got a double bogey though. That seemed to be the pattern today. I had one monster shot on each hole, but crap shots otherwise and so there was no way I'd win when someone else gets a par. Certainly my putting was not good enough. I think today my focus was simply off. On the 5th hole, I finally tied for a win on a hole and ONLY because I sank a chip from the fringe. A miracle shot that went in. It would have been nice to follow it up the next hole, but I missed my tying putt. Same on the next hole. Again I was getting one good hit but nothing else. Not good enough. I tied for the hole on 8 when I finally made a putt. At least I ended the last hole with a long blast from the tee and a nice chip to the green. I didn't win the hole this time either but no shame in losing to a par. Chris won 7 holes, I won 2. That was close LOL. Considering how tired I was, all i wanted to do after was to go home and take a nap. Which is exactly what I did...

So pic for this evening was one of Johnnie having noodles for dinner. No this was not a recycled picture from the week.  Lisa called at 5 PM asking if there was any way I could watch Johnnie for a couple of hours while she played the piano. She was tapping out and I understood like only I can. After 3 straight days, I tap out on Thursday nights too. And so I picked him up and we immediately went to Trader Joe's because I still hadn't finished grocery shopping. To be honest, I had not counted on Lisa calling... I never see Lisa and Johnnie on most Sundays. I still hadn't finished laundry either. And so since we were already out and about, I figured I'd just take Johnnie to my apartment and he can watch his videos. Later on he told me he was still hungry too... surprise, surprise. And so I gave him whatever pasta I had left. In the meantime, I had also made my now staple beef stew which is what I had for my dinner.  And so we spent sunday night together after all Johnnie and I. I took him back to Lisa's house around 8 PM. Around the time I found out the Lakers lost Game 3 to the Heat. Damn. I guess there won't be a sweep. Looked like the Heat wanted it more in the end. I mean this was a must-win game for them. And the Lakers blew a chance to end this series early. Focus now goes to Game 4 on Thursday. Anyway I went back home and watched the Season Finale of the Walking Dead, which had been in the can since early in the year. We had to wait 6 months for them to finish off the Whisperers? And for Maggie to come back? And then on the heels of that, a NEW Walking Dead spin-off got started, this time a bunch of young kids leading the way looking for their dad. Felt like Van Helsing all over again LOL. So with no Laker post game to watch tonight, I stayed on Fx and Netflix on TV. I didn't even feel like cleaning up around the house. For some reason I felt tired. Even bought a head thermometer to make sure I was at 98 degrees. That's all this talk about Trump catching coronavirus is why. Now I'm on the edge again. With that, the first weekend of October came to a close. And next week, it's Johnnie's birthday coming up....