Round 38 for the year, an 82 at Iroquois GC

I played round 38 for the year today. I shot a 40 - 42 = 82 at Iroquois GC. I didn't play that bad, but I sure left a lot of putts short. Shorter putts I'd leave on the lip, and long putts I'd leave about 6feet short, then leave it on the lip for a 3 putt. Putting well today I could have shot 77-78 easy.
I'm leaving in the morning for Pine Mountain State Park for a 3 day golf trip. We play one round tomorrow afternoon when we get there, then 18 in the morning Saturday, a scramble Saturday afternoon, then one round Sunday morning and head back home. I hope I can continue hitting the ball OK and improve on my putting. I just need to be a little bolder. All my putts were on line, just short. I'll let you know about the trip when I get back.

SALSA NIGHT AT WILLOW PARK, HOT WEATHER, HOT MUSIC !

There have been a couple of posts on Facebook and Mary Lynn has a Salsa Post on her blog, but I thought I'd post this short video I took last night that pretty much shows how crowded the dance floor was. It was this way every song played for 2 hours.

Topsy-Turvy Update

I thought I'd update you on my Home-made Topsy-Turvy tomato plant. I really didn't want to buy one from the store for $15, so I did my own. I didn't have enough potting soil to fill this pot, so I mixed sand with the soil I had. My reasoning was that it would help it to drain well and not get root-rot from to much water. Good intentions, but what it has done is make me water this plant twice a day or it will dry out. I'm not sure if I can blame it on the soil or the heat we've been having. It has a lot of tomato's on it, but they are small. I think that's mainly due to it drying out every so often when I forget to water it. Several times is looked so bad I didn't think it would come back. But, about an hour after watering it it would fill back out. I don't think I'll do this again, but it was kinda neat to watch grow.

Oh Crap! More Bad Golf!

I know the name of this Blog is Bob's Bad Golf, but I wish I could write about some GOOD golf sometime. I played Weissinger Hills GC today and shot a 45 - 50 = 95, my worst round in a little while.I mis-hit a lot of shots in the fairway today. Just one of those rounds when you feel like "What's the use?". We had a threesome, and the course hooked us up with a single, who rode with me. What a Jerk he was. That may have been one of the reasons I played so bad. I can't stand playing with someone who cusses and throws clubs every time he hits a poor shot. I mean, I could tell he wasn't that good, so why not expect to hit some poor shots when you're out there? Believe me, I'm an expert on hitting poor shots. But, while I don't like it, I feel like I'm pretty easy going about it. I know that I play better than the way I played today. But if I were with 3 strangers, they wouldn't know that, and I don't think I'd need to tell them. If I couldn't play better when I'm with them, then as far as they're concerned, that's the way I play, and I'll let them believe that. I might play with them again sometime and maybe they'll give me strokes. I doubt that I've ever played with someone when they've played the worst game they've ever played. I know people play good sometime and bad sometime, and I never expect that the game they're playing today is the same way they play all the time. This was round 37 for the year. I still had fun.

Round 36 for the Year and Not getting any Better!

I played Iroquois GC today in my usual Thursday group. I shot a 43 - 41 = 84. I found out my handicap dropped from a 14 to a 12. He only handicaps us off our last 6 scores, so I guess a big score must have dropped off when my 82 was added from Tuesday. I didn't win any money Tuesday or today. Today I had a lot of good holes, but when I'd hit one bad shot on a hole, I'd hit another one on the same hole. Usually I can screw up a good hole with one bad shot, but today I seemed to group them together on the same holes. Still, I guess I can't complain about an 84. I did ride a cart today. I'm sure if I'd tried to walk today they'd of had the Coroner's Wagon pick me up on about hole #7.

Bob's Adventures in Sleep Land

I couldn't or didn't get a chance to take a picture of me, but I found this picture, which shows how you're hooked up for the sleep study.
What you can't see is the wires that run down the inside of your pants and hook to your legs. Also, there are a large number of connections on and around the top of the head which aren't very noticeable in the picture. Now, try to sleep.
It was an adventure. With my Claustrophobia I was worried I'd have a hard time with all this hooked up to me. I think I slept about normal, dispite the hook-ups. Once they have you wired up and you get into bed, lights out, ready for sleep, they come over the intercom and have you do a few things to make sure the hook-ups are recording properly. Such as keep you eyes open without blinking for 10 seconds, count to five, look up, down, right, left, without moving your head. These things monitor the movement of your eyes. Then in the morning, they have you do the same things before they unhook you. In the morning I was told I have SOME sleep apnia and that I snored LIGHTLY. Mary Lynn said I must have been on my good behavior. I didn't feel like I slept more than 4 hours during the night, waking up very often and lying there awake for awhile before falling back to sleep. I was told to try and sleep on my back as much as possible, which is hard. Because I sleep on my right and left side. And rolling from side to side with all these hook-ups wasn't very easy and tended to get you more wide awake than you would be just rolling over without them. I only had one leg cramp thru the night, which caused me to sit up on the edge of the bed. Right away a voice came over the intercom "Are you OK Mr. Tabler?". So, they monitor your every move while you're sleeping. I would guess their video camero also sees in the dark. I only had to get up and use the bathroom once during the night. They have to come in and unhook you for that.
Anyway, I got through it! They said they'd call in a couple of days and I'll go in and see the Doctor and let him tell me what results they got from the study.

Golf at Shawnee on a Tuesday

I walked 18 at Shawnee GC today. It was a real struggle. I shot a 40 - 42 = 82. It could have been a much better round, but I 3 putted about 5 greens. I hit the ball well, overall, but couldn't seem to leave those long putts close today. And, I bet I lipped out another 4 or 5 putts. I think with the breeze today it shouldn't have been so hot, but the humidity made up for it. It's the worst I've ever felt finishing 18 holes. I've made up my mind that I'm not walking 18 holes any day it's supposed to be over 88 degrees.

This was round 35 for the year.