Golf Day

I slept until just after 8am after waking numerous times between 6am and then. It was gray and sticky. I started coffee but skipped exercise. After all, it was Sunday, my day of rest. Frankie remained in her pen even with the door open wide. She, like the others, was exhausted from all the play the evening before. I spent a good hour or so on the computer reading about the Vikings 28-7 preseason victory over the Rams despite playing without most of their offensive stars. I stretched and left for a run around 10am. I closed Frankie’s pen door just before heading out. Still, no one else was awake. I ran along Trabue & Hague and only three miles. Once again, it was warm and really humid. I was a sweaty mess once back at home. I asked Mindy if we had any sausage we could fry up for breakfast. She brought up a roll form the basement freezer, but by then it was really too late for breakfast. It was already 11am. Mindy planned a trip to grocery. In preparation she printed a grocery list. I intercepted the list from the printer only to realize that the printer was once again out of ink. She hit print again while I was in the middle of replacing the ink cartridge. I wasn’t happy. Why, I asked? This time the page printed completely blank.  While Mindy showered, I watered flowers out back, topped off the hot tub, and picked ripe peppers and tomatoes. After spotting Kenny out back, I asked about our golf plans. He checked with Chrissy and called me back. He suggested we leave at 1pm. It was already noon. Mike O’Connell was going too. Mindy wasn't too excited about our earlier than advertised departure time. That meant the kids would have to join her at the grocery. She ended up nixing grocery shopping until Monday. I hit the shower and prepared to leave by 1pm. Mike O. agreed to drive. Mike & Kenny pulled up just as I was walking out of the house with my clubs. Perfect timing. Soon we were on our way to Indian Springs. The forecast called for a hot humid afternoon with a chance of pop up showers, and by the looks of the sky, one could have sprouted up at any time. It was about a 40 minute drive out I-70 and up Rt 29 to Rt161. And just as expected, we were able to get right on and off tee #1 after forking over $35 each. My game resembled that of my last few rounds. I started off bogey, bogey, bogey, par, bogey and was striking the ball pretty darn well. I double bogeyed hole #6, however, after one errant ball strike. The front nine kind of got away from me after that. I ended up with a 51 on the front. It was very hot and humid and a storm looked like it was moving in at the turn. We went inside to check the radar with Dan. Sure enough, there was a small but mighty storm cell moving towards us. We decided to stay inside, have a beer, and wait it out. Lightning was striking all around, but beyond a few sprinkles, the storm fizzled as it came overtop. Happily, after it passed the humidity dropped like a rock. I started off the back with a couple bogeys, but after that I struggled with second shots and ended up with a number of doubles. I never did see my final score but figure it was around 100. Most notably, I couldn’t/didn’t hit my 3-wood well at all. My driving, putting, and chipping were all pretty good. I can think of only one hole that I three putted. We finished around 7pm. Mindy called just as we loaded into Mike’s truck for home. They were just leaving the Happy Greek where they celebrated Julie’s 28th? b-day. I asked that she bring me home a gyro. She agreed. We took 161 east to Chillicothe Street south in Plain City through the countryside and eventually through the far west end of new Hilliard. We were home by 740pm. Mindy and the kids were already at home. Waiting for me was a gyro and fries. The gyro was excellent, perhaps even better than those at the Big Fat. It hit the spot. I walked down to the neighbors with Mindy around 815pm. She had to talk with Chrissy about a couple of things. We didn’t stay long. Kenny was getting ready to grill steaks. Back at home I remembered that Sunday Night football was on. We watched the Bengals and Broncos game already well into the 2nd half. The Bengals won easily. Tim Tebow took a pretty good beatin’. Because of the football game, I didn’t head for bed until 1030pm or after.