Recovery

It's always amazing to me how one little thing can trigger a spiral downward. Your brain starts continually going over these negative thoughts that drive you down even farther. It happens to me all the time on the golf course. I usually can't get out of my own head and one bad shot there can lead to 3 horrible holes in a row where I can't do anything right. It's not until I can get myself to stop the bad thoughts that I can turn it around.

With bowling I'm not quite as big a head case but going into Thursday night league I still had horrible memories of Wednesday's debacle. During warmup I wasn't able to get anything going and those bad thoughts were haunting me. Fortunately for me I am better equipped at the lanes to shut down my brain through the strategic use of beer. For most people drinking while bowling helps to relax them so they're not stressed about doing well. For me, it's a way to shut off the constantly firing neurons that drive me batty.

Although I still struggled somewhat (missed 3 easy spares and couldn't really string more than 4 strikes together) I still managed to recover and shoot a 665 (214, 216, 235) once I got my brain to go to sleep. Hopefully Wednesday is just a bad dream that won't be repeated.

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On the Survivor front, Ozzy continued to dominate and despite Pavarti's nude attempts to draw him over to her side, he stuck with his alliance and smartly they eliminated Pavarti, who was much more of a threat psychologically and physically than Adam could even begin to be.

Sunday is the season finale with 3 tribal councils and 3 people in the final voting. Should be interesting.