Golf at Roosevelt, More World Series

It's getting so hard to get a golf tee time reservation anymore! Which is why getting a reservation at Roosevelt this morning is definitely something I am grateful for.  Even though I almost didn't get to play because I screwed up the number of people and reserved for 3 instead of 4. Fortunately, Chris bowed out and as it turned out, for no reason at all since the 4th guy that was supposed to join us either didn't show or came early to join the threesome before us. That's ok. I am grateful that I just got to play, even though, as it turned out, I ended up not really playing all that well at all. I started off well, blasting my first shot 200+ yards right down the fairway. But a whiff on the 2nd shot earned me just a bogey and a miss at tying for the win on Hole 1. Hole 2 I messed up the tee shot but recovered with 2 good shots before messing up the putt.  Hole 3 again my iron off the tee hit the tree and although I ended up with a bogey 4, it wasn't good enough to win. That was pretty much what happened all morning long. I didn't hit well enough to earn any pars today. But I did tie for the win on at least 3 holes. Hole 5 I tied, Hole 7 I tied and although I picked up the ball on hole 8, I had a good enough shot to still compete. And then I bogeyed the final hole. I didn't play bad, but not good enough to win the match obviously. How could I when Greg was hitting par after par and even a birdie right off the gate. He did cool off by Hole 6 but by then he had too big a lead. Still, another Sunday another golf day and a stop at IN-N-Out Hollywood for a double double for lunch has to make my gratitude list. I knew I had some food I could cook from the grocery run yesterday. But I simply didn't feel like cooking today. Besides, I just cleaned the kitchen floor last night. Wouldn't want to mess it up again would I?

I spent the afternoon pretty much on the couch. Watched episodes of Barbarians on Netflix and also a little bit of Queen's Gambit, the series about a chess prodigy from Kentucky.  By then I thought since I had already gotten to 9000 steps and had already made 78000 steps for the week, it was ok to chill the rest of Sunday and the rest of the weekend away. I did notice that I was creaking and cracking this morning some at golf. As in my upper shoulder and neck were sore. A little rest was in order. Until it was almost 4 PM and then I went and got ingredients to make dinner. And also I took a pic of me outside thinking this would be the last Sunday before Daylight Savings time last week. The last Sunday before it starts getting dark really early again. Goodbye still-light-at-5PM-Sunday. We'll see you again in a few months.  All these thoughts about what to eat, yet when I made it to Ralphs, I made a beeline for stew meat and stew mix. Hadn't made that think in a few weeks. Yep, I made my Arnel's special beef stew in the Instapot dish tonight. Turned out pretty good too if I do say so myself. Made a great dinner. And of course tonight was Game 5 of the World Series between the Dodgers and Rays. After last night's heartbreaking loss, I wanted to go back to not caring. But who could miss my neighbors yelling and cheering, which meant that the Dodgers had scored early. Not going to fool me tonight. They did that last night only to implode late.  I waited until late late, almost 9 PM until I saw a Facebook post about the Dodgers. Turns out they won! One more game to win it all! YES But that would not be my last moment of gratitude tonight. My last moment of feel good came from FEAR THE WALKING DEAD. That would be the very last scene when Dwight and his wife Sherry finally had their reunion and found each other again. You HAVE to feel good for Dwight. Love is alive. He searched for her everywhere and forever and didn't give up. Love is alive. You gotta feel good about that. It's funny that I may have been in a more loving space because Lisa actually called on her way to Joah's house for what turned out to be an unplanned (for Lisa since she wasn't told about it) birthday party for Johnnie. I'm glad of course that they are celebrating my son. But Lisa was calling because she was on overwhelm. She did this a year ago when Joah got married too. I'm glad I could be there for her comfort. I'm glad to be of some help however way I can. I see that even though we're not married anymore, I am still pretty protective of her. No more romantic feelings there mind you. Just being her friend that's all. After all, she is my son's mother right?