1.17.10

Still catching up.

I woke up today 3.5 hours after I went to bed last night. Yes, 5:30 in the morning. Golf. This is at the top of a very short list of "Things I'll wake up before 7am for." I got dressed, brushed my teeth and headed to the course. Yes, still sporting my moustache from the night before. I wore it for the few chuckles I'd get from the guys, then tossed it.

Golf was great. I started off alright for a hole, then went up and down on the golf roller coaster for the next ten holes before focusing and finishing strong. At one point, I was certain I was going to lose at least $45 in bets. This was until I looked at my buddy Scott, and did something that he loves for me to do; call exactly what I'm going to do. I usually do this with him on the volleyball court, promising an Ace or something, but this was the first time I did it with him on the golf course. I told him I was going to drain my putt and come back. I did just that and ended up finishing the last six holes at one over par. From being down about $45 in bets to breaking dead even was huge, both financially and mentally. I just wish I could focus like that from the first tee all the way until the 18th green!

After golf, Scott and I headed to lunch for some beer and the Cowboys v. Vikings game. We talked a little bit about what we're going to do with our lives, and hung out. I, for some reason, wasn't interested in talking about the future though, and then realized that I spent the entire last week not even thinking about what I'm going to do. I was in "lazy fun" mode and simply pushed aside all my worries and problems, similar to the way my family handles everything. I needed to be more proactive and start working on my life instead of getting back into the eat, sleep, poop monotony of the life I don't want.

I came home from lunch and took a nap from 1-330 before I got up to head to volleyball. After volleyball I came home and went to dinner with my roommate Jim, and then came home and went to bed. I was exhausted. I had only six hours sleep and had done a whole lot of activity! Day 17 of 365, done! zzzzzzzz