Disc Golf: Round Eight

Okey Chokey Doing the Hokey Pokey getting dizzy falling down shaking it all about...you know how it goes...right? Disc golf in good weather; you have to shoot yourself for not going to the park.

Luckily, i get to continue living sans self-induced bullet injuries, for i, yes i, went and played today. Game of games, aside from yoga, throwing a disc into a tree is my favorite thing to do. i enjoy the fresh air, i appreciate nature, and although no dogs ran across my path this round, a couple of guys nice enough to invite me to join their game did. Now this has happened before (read earlier posts), and as always, they were waaaaay better than i. This seems to be the case with everyone i play with, so i'm used to it now, merrily able to continue smacking the flora as if i had no audience.

i actually practiced putting for a few minutes before beginning, seeing as how badly i've been doing lately with the close shots...it didn't help much. i joined Adam and Brett at Hole 3, so pretty much the whole game was spent with company. Adam recognized me from a short stint a while back when i attempted to play with the UNCC PingPong Club, an extracurricular he apparently dropped not long after i. Both guys are still students, and as much as i'd love to get nostalgic about school, i just can't...i'm glad i graduated, even if grad school is looming just beyond the horizon. Adam left at the 11th Hole, having some class to run to, and likely wanting to make a quick break after witnessing the demise of my score (Hole 11 was this round's ugh! Hole...i think i was 3 over par on it).

Here i'd like to point out what a difference a few months make...obviously i don't post every time i play, though i'm trying to get back in the habit...if you notice the early posts, 3 over par isn't bad, just usual. Now i'm horrified by such a score. Self competition can be motivating i suppose, and perhaps one day i'll be good enough to compete with guys who really can play (Brett finished like +4 for the entire course, and i won't mention the other under-par-for-the-course person i know). One day boys...one day...

I even had the pleasure on Hole 4 of almost, almost, losing a disc to the water gods. And for the first time in a while, i had to spend time hunting for Mike in the woods on several holes. Frisky shark wanted to play hide and seek...bastard.

Oh, and at the convenient store on the way back i was buying apple juice and ran into Jake Brown, cherry on the sundae. New friends, old friends, and a little blue sky....next time i'm bringing my picnic basket.

Total Over Par: +19

Be the disc.