this isn't the really long post that is forthcoming,

sorry. it is the really short post already here that will tell you all something you may congratulate me on.

I'm on Varsity on the golf team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which is almost half as exciting as Anna going on tour!!!!! But seriously, after only scoring one point on my first match and being in #3 JV, #9 overall on the team, I scored nine points at my second match, bumping me up to first JV and #7 overall, and today I scored nine points again, which makes me I think #5 on the team!!!!!!!!!!

*goes crazy* I never thought I'd be on Varsity this quickly. now I just have to stay there.

So Wednesdays are heaven. Wednesdays are amazing. I live for Wednesdays now. and Coach. I think I would do anything to make Coach happy. okay, not really, but golf-wise that is. on Wednesdays, we go to the driving range. Coach analyzes my swing when I ask for help, of course nothing goes wrong when he's watching, and he praises my shots and tells me I have a good swing that's coming along. I discover he likes classical music; most of the girls have never heard of classical music. Am I really the only one on the team who knows who Phil Mickleson is? Coach knows I'm not that great of a golfer, but I know golf, I know how the swing mechanics should be, I know who's hot on tour and who's not, I know etiquette, all I really lack is practice. After blowing my first match it's hard to look him in the face, but will nine points suffice? He says he likes consistency, so I'll give him nine points again. and again, and up the ladder we go. *mutters up up up up up the stairs we go...*

I won the chipping competition on Wednesday. All my chips were horrible - too long, and I kind of won by default, since basically no one else got on the green, or they were just bad shots that weren't (thankfully) closer than mine. I thought about putting a sign on my bag, "will compete for candy" and when Coach bought my my Twix prize he said 'good job.' I corrected him and said I had no idea how I'd won, my chips had been horrible, but he said they were consistent, and he values consistency.

I hope I can be consistently good.



Why did he only see the mishaps today? the first hole when it took me three strokes to get out of the sand, or when I stepped in the other girl's putting line, not realizing it? But he still had high praise later, and I was on mountaintops by the time I got home.




*grins* I'm on Varsity!!!





But I could use your prayer. I banged up my wrist at my first match last week (I think I hit a rock while hitting out from under the trees, but it was just under the dirt) and although it's getting better, it's still rather sore and I have to keep it wrapped up for extra support when I'm golfing. I think I can play even better when it heals, but my parents think I'll have to keep it wrapped up till the end of season. I've been icing it though, and it's feeling better every day.


oh, and I almost got eaten by a spruce tree today. Never try to climb through a spruce tree - just take my word for it, it doesn't work. and swinging your 6-iron is not the brightest idea either if you have bare arms.


:)