State Am

It's been a couple of crazy weeks - leaving little time to pursue jottings and such.

I played in the State Am this past week at Hillcrest. I shot 84-82-81--247. I finished in 36th place. Two-thirds of the women who beat me are college-aged or younger. I felt a little old. I hadn't played in the State Am since 1990 - when I was 20 years old. Lack of vacation time and lack of time to play due to kids and life created the gap in my tournament playing. And I don't regret any of that at all. But it was extremely fun to play again. Tim caddied for me the first 2 days and then I had a young Evans scholar as my toter the third round. The greens were fast and "tricky". I wish I had scored a little better. But I'm encouraged about having more competitive golf in my future. Like Eric Liddell's quote in Chariots of Fire, I feel God's pleasure when I golf.

My "fitness" regiment has been going pretty well. I feel better. I have more energy and my clothes fit better. I think that I've lost about 10 pounds or so. I didn't weigh myself back in May when I graduated with my MBA. But I'm guessing I was at my highest lifetime non-pregnant weight.

I can hardly believe that it's already August. Two weeks until Laura gets here for her visit. I can't wait.