Definitely one of my GAL activities is to get back to playing my golf game. Of course I think I have to wait for spring to do this. It is too cold right now!
I love pitching and putting. But put me in the taller grass just outside the green fringe and I could be mistaken as a zombie with a club. Have you ever done those chip shots where you contact the ball twice because the first poor contact hardly got the ball moving? I know that the basic mechanics of chipping is essentially putting with a wedge, but I just need to relax and not let it stess me out. Golf is a stupid game.
If I am on the short green fringe grass, it is putter every time for me.
At the 1985 U.S. Open, he scored the first albatross/double-eagle in U.S. Open history and tied the record low scores for the championship at that time after 36 holes (134) and 54 holes (203), but he fell away in the final round and finished tied for second, one shot behind Andy North. His fourth round included a quadruple bogey eight that featured a chip shot that he hit twice in one swing. This became the most well-remembered moment in his golf career, and he is sometimes referred to as "Two Chip" Chen.
sure... but I'm not sure I would be all that good at it!
spoke to wife earlier tonight. she's coming down with the boys. She said she got me a present. I'm pretty sure my heart rate didn't change at all... I put no stock in it, stayed polite and friendly about it... ya'll woulda been proud.
we've got a great weekend planned. gonna get wii sports and the attatchments so we can play that with the boys, do some crock potting (we have never done that before), and play Pictionary Man, which I bought as a joke but actually looks pretty fun.
I'm going to repeat, a la Jack Nicholson in the Shining...
All Work and no R talk Makes Jack a Dull boy All work and no R talk Makes Jack a Dull boy
starting to learn that this is a lot like emotional chess, in that I need to start planning ahead for things that she will say, things that can trigger me the wrong way, so I can take a deep breath and deflect, not allow the conversations to turn the way I don't want them to.. not allow things that are said to effect me. I've always been a reacter.. working on not being that way.
starting to learn that this is a lot like emotional chess, in that I need to start planning ahead for things that she will say, things that can trigger me the wrong way, so I can take a deep breath and deflect, not allow the conversations to turn the way I don't want them to.. not allow things that are said to effect me. I've always been a reacter.. working on not being that way.
Bradley,
You really can't plan ahead with a MLCer, at least not about anything specific. What you CAN do, though, is cultivate some habits that will help you no matter what they say or do. I've found these helpful:
~ I breathe, deeply but quietly, as my H is speaking, or I am learning something upsetting.
~ If I'm not sure how to react, I don't. I validate briefly if I can, and/or say that I'd like to think about it. An immediate response is rarely necessary.
~ I try to use a soft voice and a calm tone, and speak a bit more slowly than I'm used to. This helps keep me calm, allows me time to think, and encourages my H to listen.
Not surprisingly, these are things I learned to do as a parent, and that were especially helpful during my Ds' teen years. Interesting, the similarities... :-)!
M 65 H 64 T 39 & M 36 @ S 12/08 Two Ds
Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy. ~ The Weather Man
