Wait, it's Sunday night already?

Whirlwind...

That would describe the pace of this weekend pretty well.

Friday.

Rushing out of work after checking in a ton of code and breaking almost EVERY SINGLE TEST CASE, I had enough time to grab some beer and ice and get the cooler and grill out for our trip to the Brewers/Reds game. We tailgated for a couple hours in 50 degree weather with 20-30mph winds. A tad chilly.

Ben Sheets pretty much ruined the game for us right off the bat as he was hammered for 4 in the first and another in the 2nd. We did get to see Prince Fielder's club record tying 45th homer (he broke the record Saturday night), but it wasn't enough as they lost. I'm 0-3 this year, no more games for me.

Saturday was the 2-man best ball tourney at Door Creek. Dr. Mike and I played pretty well and tied for 3rd place with a 59 net. 52 won it and 58 took 2nd. Mike had an 87 and I had an 86 but I was ready to slit my wrists afterwards. You see, after posting an 8 under par 27 on the front 9 we were not really doing much on the back. On 13 Mike had a penalty so it was pretty much me. I was looking at a 40 foot birdie putt and made a decent run at it but ran it past about 6 feet. Then I missed the par putt coming back, leaving myself another 3 footer for bogey and then I missed that one too! 4-putt double bogey!

I recovered to par 14 somehow. Then Mike birdied the par 5 15th and we were back in it again. We both bogied 16 and then came 17....

Mike started it off by hitting a wild ass slice clear over onto the executive course (out of bounds). I hit a decent drive but it stayed just right of the fairway. Of course, it ended up under a tree but I could hit a wedge and get it over another tree back to the fairway and did just that. I left myself about 85 yards from the middle of the fairway (Mike's hit another tree and at this point I'm not worried about what he does). I hit a pretty nice sand wedge about 12 feet below the hole.

I'm starting to think that a birdie would be nice here and we could get to 56 with a birdie/birdie finish. I hit a pretty good putt but maybe a tad hard and it didn't break as much as it should have and went by about 3 feet. Ok, not a problem. Oops, rammed the par putt by the lip and 3 feet past the hole again. This time I just walked up to it and oh christ I missed it again. 4 putt double bogey after looking at a super makable birdie. I let out the loudest FUCK! ever heard on a golf course (I'm nothing if not classy). On the 18th tee I swung as hard as I possible could and damn near fell as my right foot slipped out (gotta change those spikes). Luckily it went near the fairway by the 150 post. From there I hit a fat 8 iron that landed in front of the green and somehow rolled up to about 8 feet. I guess the golf gods felt sorry for me because I managed to make that putt for birdie.

So, 56 turns into 59 and I'm incredibly depressed as I see that 58 is leading. Jim lets Phil the pro know to keep sharp objects away from me for awhile as I drown my sorrows in some Capital Island Wheat.

Unfortunately I can't just get shit-faced as I Cdubya and I are taking my mom to American Players Theater (outdoor theater for those who don't know) that evening. I go home, shower and we leave for dinner with mom. The play was good ("Missalliance" by George Bernard Shaw) but good grief, it was freezing. By the time the show ended at 11:15, it was 40 degrees! My legs were completely numb.

But today made it all worth it. Not only did the Packers win (whoo hoo!) and the Brewers win (yeah baby!) but I bought an iPhone today! It's pretty cool, the screen is amazing and the set up was super easy. It found my wi-fi network right away and I set up my bluetooth headset in about 10 seconds. I'll post more on it next week after I've had enough "play time".

Phew, and in just a few more hours I get to go to work and start all over again.