The Road to Mordor

Even though today was an incredible day, it did not start off that way. It did not start off bad but it was nothing to write home about...

I started off the morning like many I have had recently...I really think I should run but I end up just sitting around. Today I didn't totally sit around though. I worked on my spanish using the Fluenz program that I purchased during the summer. I learned things like "Yo quiero este plato y una cerveza." Don't know what I just said? Look it up, it'll be good for you! While I was working on my linguistic abilities, I also did my first load of laundry in the new apartments which turned out to be an adventure itself.

After a morning of a little spanish learning and a lot of wasting time, I got my books together and headed out. I stopped at the bank first to deposit my first HyVee paycheck and then I drove off to school. Finance class was nothing special. In fact, I was quite bored. A lot of it was stuff that I covered the first time I took Finance before dropping it after about a month. I plan on studying a lot harder now that I'm out of class but I just couldn't bring myself to do it while in class today.

After class, I met Cody at Tut Hill for a round of disc golf. I got to the course a little early so I decided to work on my Turbo Putting. Turbo Putting is a style of putting the closely resembles shooting a free throw in basketball. The motion is almost exactly the same. The thirty minutes of practice definitely helped my round. I had a decent game and shot +1 over eighteen holes. Cody shot a +3 and wanted an instant rematch. It was pretty early still so I decided to give it a go. He changed into shorts (he still had jeans on from work), I grabbed a new score card, and we headed back out onto the course.

The second round started like we had never stopped. The Lincoln High School Band even started practicing for their homecoming game so we had pep band music playing in the distance to make the round that much more intense. I was -3 after five holes and rolling. Cody as +2 over and I was feeling good. But then it all started to go down hill...literally. The sixth hole is down a large hill that drops a couple hundred feet and he got an eagle on the hole...I shot a bogey. He was coming back fast. Over the next couple holes, he consistently shot one throw less then me and before I knew it, I was 3 shots back. I stayed even with him over fifteen through seventeen and even picked up a stroke on the last hole but it wasn't enough. He beat me by two strokes.

The day is finishing up as it started...I'm not doing a whole lot. I will probably try to do a little Calculus homework before I go to bed but after a few mixed drinks, I don't know how much I'm actually going to want to do.