new job and a bad back

I have a new job in my life. It is not a new full time job. I am still employed at the other job I do not like full-time. I have to because it pays the bills, and provides me my benefits. However, I am now working for a golf website writing golf reviews and helping lead discussions on forums. Check it out at www.golfgearreview.com. I am very excited to be payed to write about golf. I am going to earn money to something I like. Hopefully after Christmas I will be able to write golf articles for the website. I just spend about 30 to 40 minutes everyday checking and writing something new. My user name is golfpsu. Look for me!!!!!!

On a sadder note...I am slightly disabled. I hurt my back. It has been a gradually process. After I came back from the golf tournament in Florida, my back has not been the same. It has felt a little tight, and I have had some pain. I decided I needed to try to strengthen my back by adding some squats and dead lifts to my workout. It was going okay till Wednesday. That's when the downhill spiral occurred. It was not feeling good. I played golf Thursday afternoon. My game was not bad but the ground was really hard with little give. Did not feel good on my back. Despite some discomfort in my back, I decided that I wanted to go to this crossfit workout on Friday morning. Crossfit is this crazy high intensity, high repetitions, with a lot of weight workouts. It was hard but it was great to feel an intense workout. I knew I was in trouble from there because my back was starting to hurt. You would think if I was smart I would rest for the rest of the afternoon. But I am not a smart women. I taugh an afternoon core class and did not take it easy. Then Friday night I took a cycling class. My poor back was so mad at me. But I continue the torture with a night of high heel wearing to celebrate a friend's birthday. That leads me to Saturday. Not a good day for me. I have had trouble bending over, walking up or downstairs, sitting down, and just plain sitting. Even know I can tell my back hurts. I wanted to clean today but I can not bend over. I am doing laundry but I can not fold my laundry. It is just sitting on the floor till I can bend down to fold and put away. So tonight I am going to relax my back and behave myself.

i want to be a domestic diva

I wish I had the domestic bug. Cleaning...not for me. Laundry...I have enough clothes to last me for months. Cooking...I want to cook but it is such a messy task. My car is a total mess, it is more like a trash can.

Cleaning is just not for me. I try not to make a mess but it is hard sometimes. I wipe my counters all the time and sweep almost everyday but my clothes have a hard time being put away. As soon as I get something out, I need to put on another outfit. Plus, I am not good at putting things away. I may need to use it again.

Laundry, laundry, laundry. I always have a lot of laundry. There is only me but still I have lots and lots of laundry. My washer and dryer are here in my apartment but it is still hard for me to do. Although, it is hard for me to do laundry because I have so much clothes. I do not need to clean the dirty ones because there are plenty of others to get dirty. But yet I still do laundry. Not so much fun.

Cooking is probably what I do the most and wish I was good at cooking. I like food. My biggest problem with cooking is the mess that occurs while cooking. I am always trying to clean up while cooking because I do not want the mess. It would just be easier if I waited till the end and cleaned but I never do.

My car is a big old mess. Waiter bottles, receipts, and lots of golf stuff everywhere. I have never been able to keep my car clean. In addition, I always seem to have a flat or low tire. I am meant to walk everywhere.

cloudy with a chance of meatballs

I love food. There have been some great movies this year about food. First, Julie and Julia and now Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. The movie was very good. It put me in a food coma. The very beginning of the movie starts with a shower of hamburgers, and all I wanted was a hamburger. I should have not been hungry because I had a wonderful dinner of homemade pasta in pesto with two great friends. I could not asked for a better night of food.

Speaking of food, I have to go to the grocery store tomorrow. Even though I love food, I hate going to the grocery store. I never get everything I need and always leave with more than I need. However, I currently have on yogurt, leftover pesto, one slice of bread in my fridge. That is not a good sign. My cupboards are not much better. Tomorrow I have to stop at the grocery store. Plus, I do not want to get scurvy so some fresh fruit is in order.

another tourney is over

I am official done with the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship. I lost in the first round yesterday afternoon 3&2. It was a good match but I hate losing. I especially hate losing to mean bitchy woman. The woman I played was a complete pain. She was a terrible competitor. Despite the fact I lost, I was very excited about how I finished the tournament. For the first competitive tournament in three years and very little practice, I felt like I did very well. It took a little well for me to warm up but once I got started I did pretty well. I did not make any spectator shots but I never did anything to get me into too much trouble. I do not know how much competitive golf I will do in the future. I think I might just stick to USGA qualifiers and if I qualify that is a bonus. I do not play or practice enough during the year to be real competitive but it is still nice to get in the competition. Also, the whole job thing gets in the way a lot. I realized most of the women playing this week did not have a job. All they do is play golf. Well I do not have that luxary. I have to pay the pills. When I get my PGA tour husband then maybe I will be able to put more time into my game. HAHAHAHA. Anyway back to the daily grind and back to work.

i made the cut

I have awesome news. I made the cut at my first USGA event. I will start match play tomorrow. I finished in the top 64 to be able to continue on. I shot 82, 77. I had a slow start but was able to come back strongly to finish in the top 64. Yesterday I hit every tree on the golf course. Today was a little bit stronger. Not so many stray shots. I am very excited and will keep you posted on the match play.

hello from the sunshine state

I love warm weather. I am currently in Ocala, Florida for the United States Women's Mid-Amateur Championship. I completed my first practice round this afternoon. The course is very nice. I was just trying to get a feel for everything today. Ocala is in a severe drought so the golf course is very dry. It is not very green but playing very nicely. I enjoyed the golf course. A couple of holes have a challenging tee shot and the greens have a lot of grain to them. I really need to pay attention if I am going with or against the grain. I played with three very nice ladies today for the practice round. Tomorrow I play in the morning so that will allow me some time to practice and relax in the afternoon. I want to start to feel confident with my golf game. I finally received my tee times today. I tee of at 8:10am on Saturday and 12:40pm on Sunday. The nerves are finally coming. I need to have fun and not put pressure on myself. The Florida sunshine is wonderful, and it is a lot warmer than back at home.