From Homesick to HOME, SICK!!!

Last Thursday was an interesting day: left Las Vegas at 10:00 AM, sunny and 80+ degrees, through the beautiful mountains and canyons of Utah, through rainy and SNOWY Rockies, Denver and finally some Ramada Inn in Colorado......temperature change of 50 degrees with all my winter clothing back in NY.......Friday and Saturday were consistently in the 60's as I traveled I-80, one of the longest and most boring roads in this beautiful country. I finally got in the apartment at about 3:00 pm on Sunday........hungry, cold, exhausted, nose running, aches in parts of my body I did not know existed.......yes, I was Home, Sick!

Well, its Wednesday......still a tickle in my throat, still achy, nose still running....going to the doctor tomorrow.....of course doctors do not work on Wednesday.....I believe that its an official AMA holiday! I am sure its nothing but allergies or a cold or virus.....just that this hypochondriac does not want it to turn into bronchitis or pneumonia. Ah....the perils of being a professional senior bowler.

My van has 6000 more miles on it than it did on May 25.......it came through the trip no worse for wear, except an AC that was fixed so well that it crapped out worse than the most unlucky craps player in vegas history!(Not any different than my trip to Vegas 2 years ago in the same van).

I finally attempted to bowl again yesterday.......either Deer Park's house shot is simple or the US OPEN and SENIOR MASTERS patterns were impossible for a Long Island house hack (a name that a jealous "fan" of mine once coined and has stuck in my throat like an apple in a suckling pig)......yes I was able to strike from all angles with any piece of equipment at DPB.

After the doctor, I will try to bowl again tomorrow, maybe even bothering my wife at Wantagh lanes, where she works on thursday nights........I will not give in to the negative.....all I need is a breakthrough tournament to loosen my armswing and return ME to being ME!

I will hopefully see both Liz and Marisa on tuesday evening........