Holiday Weekend

Well, another Memorial Day weekend come and gone. It was a busy one for sure but I did manage to relax for a few hours.

Friday: I decided I needed one more round of golf before Whistling Straits so I went out to Door Creek and played a decent front nine, not hitting driver much and shooting a 41. Then came the back nine… Somehow I managed to start hitting my driver well again only to lose my iron accuracy. Isn’t that how it always goes? I figure there are 4 parts to golf (driving, irons, chipping and putting) and if you can get more than 2 working at any one time you’re lucky. So, driver starts working and of course I can no longer hit my irons worth a crap. I shoot 47 on the back. Not really ready for WS after all.

Saturday: We left home at about 6:45am for Whistling Straits. After a very quick breakfast at the Rolling Meadows Family Restaurant in Fond Du Lac, we were at the course by 9:35. We all paid then hit the range and practice green, anticipating the joy to come at 10:30 (and 10:40 for the 2nd group). What a great day it was, beautiful weather (except for a couple rain drops on the last hole). No one played great but it was still lots of fun. We each put in 5 bucks for a contest, which consisted of most fairways hit, most greens in regulation, most 1-putts and most chip ins. CB took home the lions share of the money with his consistent driving and the only chip in of the day. I, of course, hit good drive after good drive, only to consistently hork my second shot and shot 53, 51 for 104. Could have been a 46 or 47 on the back but I hit 2 in the water and took a 10 on the par 5 18th. We had a few Guinness in the WS pub and hit the road about 5:00 and were home by 7:30.

Sunday: Woke up Sunday morning with a horrible head and neck ache. The stand bag I bought for WS was heavier than I anticipated and put a wrench in my neck. I ended up taking it back in the afternoon. I got up about 6:15 to take some Advil and coffee. Went out around 7:45 and mowed the lawn yet again (still growing about an inch a day). It got super hot and was already 80 by 10:30 in the morning on its way to 91. Very humid too.. yuk. Did some shopping and relaxed the rest of the day.

Monday: I decided I better get back to the basement project after a couple weeks off. Plus I decided it was the place to be to beat the heat. I managed to remove and cap off a couple can lights I decided against then did the ceiling in the soffit area, finally quitting around 2:00. Watched a couple movies and generally relaxed the rest of the day.

Today we’re back to rain again; I’m hoping it clears up by tomorrow so we don’t get rained out of golf league for the 3rd week in a row.