Hardest thing ever!

Thursday I started getting a cold at work and felt pretty run down at bowling after work. I wasn't able to partake in any frosty cold ones and my bowling was mediocre at best. I stayed home from work Friday and rested.

Saturday was a little better but not wanting to make things worse I had to abstain from drinking at bowling again on Saturday. That took some tremendous will power on my part, if I do say so myself. I wasn't feeling bad and watching the others having some cold beer while I nursed a diet Mt Dew was excruciating. Then we went out for dinner and again I had to hold back and have water... painful, I tell ya, just painful. I did manage a 629 bowling, could have been a lot better if I'd carried anything at all. 10 pin after 10 pin the whole night. Grinder shot a 257 game his first game but couldn't follow it up and I ended up beating him... again.

Last night I felt good enough to play hockey and all the rest made a difference as I had way more energy than I'd been having and was able to rush the puck a few times and generated a couple good scoring chances. We won 6-2, which was a little disappointing in that we gave up 2 goals in the last 2 minutes to blow a shut out. In our last 3 games we've outscored our opponents 22-9 and improved to 9-3, still 2 games behind the first place team because we're the only ones who have beaten them. We're off next week for the Super Bowl and our next game is against a team that has not won a game all season, which is rare in our league. Hope we don't have a let down.

After the game I stopped to talk to a friend on another team and when I walked into the locker room, Bill was holding 2 bottles of beer in his hand, one of which was a Red Hook ESB, one of my favorites. He asked if I was drinking and I instantly replied "oh hell ya" and everyone laughed. He must have told them I was sick and didn't drink on Saturday. I ended up having 3, they went down nicely. :)

Our weather is taking a turn for the worse. It's now down in single digits overnight and in the teens for highs, but by Friday we're supposed to have lows below zero with -20 to -30 windchills. Brrrr... Guess I won't be golfing again any time soon.

Speaking of golf, we're planning another trip to Whistling Straits for Memorial Day weekend. They're running another 8 play for 5 special. This will be my 4th trip since last April. It's so much fun.

Well, back to figuring out what I'm supposed to be doing here at work.
Later