Two Unexpected Playing Partners and Some Golf Tips

Written on 9-24-13.

    Guess where I am?  I am on a bus again.  This time we are headed to Gallup to play Miyamura.  We played there last year, too.  If we do more than “just show up,” and do what we are capable of doing, all three teams should win in the fewest games possible.  Looking forward to another match. 
    Hard to believe this is the final season for Danielle and Becca.  This trip is one of the reasons I came back to coach volleyball.  I get to see this match, a match I probably would not have traveled for were I not coaching.  Nobody else from our families will be coming for this one.  Amanda, Eric, and Belinda are all staying home tonight.

On to golf...

    I played with Tink and Laura (last name) this past weekend on Sunday morning.  We were visiting at a party at Debra (last name's) house Saturday night and Tink was excited to let me know that he and Laura were playing golf now.  They have family that play more than they do, so they noticed...

Guess Who Was Five Under After Four Holes! This Guy!

Written on 9-12-13.

    I am on the bus again.  This time we are headed to Hope Christian High School for another tournament.  “Hope” we win again.  I am confident and secure with how well this team can do.  We have more hitters, more firepower than last year.  We have a great back row, too.  It’s going to be a fun season!

On to golf...

    I have big news.  I have set a new standard for myself.  The last time I played with Bruce and C.J., something wonderful happened.  I went...

The Start of Volleyball, One Birdie, and a Second Eagle

Written on 8-29-13.

    I am on a bus headed towards Belen.  I am with the varsity team, helping out as an assistant.  Last year, I chose not to go because of my JV team, but with Danielle and Becca as seniors this year, there’s noooo way I am missing out this time. 
    We just shopped at the Cottonwood Mall and had dinner at the Red Robin.  I am so excited for this season and for this group of young ladies.  We have a fantastic team that has learned from all of their experiences last year, including being on the wrong side of many losses.  They did, however, pull off the upset of upsets at Kirtland during the District Tournament near the end of the season, repeating what the team from the previous season had done.
    
    On to golf...

    I have little to report, but what I have is mighty, too.  I have...

Low Scores and Five New Birdies

Written on 8-3-13.   

    I have five birdies to report!  All in just the past few days, too.  Before I do, though, I want to mention the great play of Bruce and Reilly.  C.J. had left a message on my voicemail, and I haven’t gotten to it until now, so here it is.  First, he wanted to know how my back was, because this was soon after my back injury.  Then he told me the scores of Bruce and Reilly in a recent round.  Bruce shot a 69, breaking par...again!  This time, he did it with another eagle on #18.  He pitched it, he explained to me later when just he and I were playing, from the left side from behind the tree.  He did not see it go in, but he knew it must have dropped because C.J. was going crazy, hootin’ and hollerin.’  Bruce likes to make eagles, and he is getting especially adept at doing it on hole #18, a great hole to get eagles.  During that same round, Reilly shot a 39 on the front, definitely his best nine hole score ever, and he finished with an 87, which I am pretty sure is his best eighteen hole score, too.  Way to go, Bruce and Reilly!  I want to break par and shoot a new low score, too.
    Okay, now for my five most recent birdies...