FIRST BAD DAY WEATHER-WISE IN AWHILE...IT PROBABLY RAINED A WHOLE YEAR'S WORTH OF ARIZONA RAIN HERE TODAY...TEMPS DIDN'T GET UP MUCH HIGHER THAN 60...(IT WAS IN THE 90'S IN MY NEW HOMESTATE---BUT I'LL TRY NOT TO RUB IT IN TOO MUCH!)...
AFTER DROPPING THE GIRLS AT THE BUS STOP IN THE CAR I SPENT MOST OF THE DAY UPDATING MY ADDRESS CHANGES WITH EVERYONE I COULD THINK OF...(CREDIT CARDS, CLUBS, MAGAZINES, ETC.--WHAT A LIST!) AND TRYING TO PLAN MY NEXT MOVE AFTER I LEAVE VIRGINIA. NASHVILLE IS TOO FAR TO DO IN ONE DAY, SO I'LL DRIVE TO KNOXVILLE, STAY OVERNIGHT AND DRIVE INTO NASHVILLE THE NEXT MORNING...I HAVE ADDED TWO VISITS TO TWO COUSINS WHILE I'M ON THE ROAD SO I HAVE TO TWEAK THE TRIP... ANGELA LIVES IN DALLAS CITY, ILLINOIS AND ANNA LIVES IN PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KANSAS AND I HAVEN'T SEEN EITHER IN A LONG TIME SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT...I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM...
SHERYL GOT BACK THIS MORNING FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND SHE AND CRAIG HAVE BEEN GOING NON-STOP GETTING READY TO HOST THE PARTY OF THE CENTURY TOMORROW FOR THE GIRLS...(IT'S GONNA BE A HOOT!) CRAIG IS DOING ALL THE COOKING, SHERYL DECORATED AND I LENT A HAND NOW AND THEN... THE GIRLS ARE VERY EXCITED...
I HOPE TO GET A ROUND OF GOLF IN BEFORE I MOVE ON, PROBABLY ON MONDAY...IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN THE ROLE THAT GOLF HAS PLAYED IN MY LIFE...MY DAD INTRODUCED ME TO THE GAME WHEN I WAS 12 AND I USED TO PULL HIS CLUBS AROUND THE COURSE AND HE LET ME HIT SOME SHOTS. I CAUGHT THE BUG AND IT WAS THE WAY WE HUNG OUT TOGETHER. I BECAME OBSESSED WITH THE GAME AND PRACTICED ALL THE TIME. MY DAD AND I PLAYED IN OUTINGS AND I PLAYED ON THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM... THROUGH EVERYTHING I HAVE GONE THROUGH, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, GOLF HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE...IT CALMS ME, EVEN THOUGH THE GAME CAN BE VERY FRUSTRATING; IT ALLOWS ME TO ESCAPE THE STRESS AND TROUBLES OF LIFE, IF ONLY FOR A SHORT WHILE; IT PRESERVED MY SANITY AND HELPED ME ME HOLD ON WHEN THE WORLD CRASHED DOWN ON ME WITH MY STRUGGLE WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; I PLAY THE GAME WITH A PASSION BOTH TO EXCEL AT IT AND IN AWE OF IT...THE BEAUTY OF THE GOLF COURSES, THE FRIENDS AND CAMARADERIE ENJOYED DURING THE ROUNDS, THE PURE JOY OF EXECUTING A GREAT SHOT AND THE PURE MADNESS OF NOT EXECUTING THE GREAT SHOT...I AM AND ALWAYS WILL BE...A GOLFER.
WOW! WHAT A RAMBLE! SO THERE'S A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO THE "INNER" ME. THAT'S WHY I TRULY WISH TO MAKE GOLF MY NEXT CAREER...TO PASS ON MY PASSION AND LOVE OF THE GAME TO SOMEONE ELSE THE WAY MY DAD PASSED IT ON TO ME...TO HELP SOMEONE BECOME BETTER AND GET EVEN MORE ENJOYMENT OUT OF PLAYING...TO GIVE BACK.
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