"Big hitter the Lama"

I went golfing today with my parents. I got a score of 82. Not bad for my fourth outing in golf, until you find out that was only 9 holes. Maybe I am not quite on par with the Dalai Lama yet but I am getting there. Other than a couple of holes where everything fell apart -- or I hit every tree between me and the hole -- I had a pretty solid outing. I was able to hit pretty consistently with my dad's 3 wood. I did better hitting it out of the rough which is good for me since I slice just about every tee shot in between fairways. Occasionally I get lucky and land it on the fairway, just the fairway to the right of the hole I am aiming at. All-in-all, I had a net loss of two balls, did not hit anyone and did not damage any property.

(This is me golfing... notice the facial hair and the stylish hat)

After golfing, we went to Red Robin. You should wish me Happy Birthday because they all did. We used my brother's birthday card to get a free burger and sundae. Now before you feel like my brother was cheated, you have to realize that in April he got my burger, so in reality all we did was trade birthdays. The waitress forgot to bring out my sundae at first and then asked if I wanted to be embarrassed. I left the decision up to her. She told me that was cold, but after all, it is my birthday. She decided to bring everyone out and sing to me. I even got two balloons.

"So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."

Cars, Birthdays, and Wii Fitness

So the name of this blog is To win a bet. The name comes from a competition between myself and Brittany. It is a way to encourage us to stay in contact during our time apart. She is working as an actuary and I am living at home until I go to Honduras to train to become a SCUBA instructor. I spent two weeks helping pack her up and move her from her house to her sister's house and now we will not see each other that often. To keep up with what is happening we each have a blog to maintain. Whoever has the better blog wins the bet. If she wins, we take swing dance lessons together. I still need to create my wager. The rules are: two posts per week are scored. If it is a really good post it can earn a bonus point making four points possible per week. Now that everyone is on the same page lets start the blogging.

On my way back to Memphis with Brittany's parent's, I had the opportunity to snuggle with her two pugs while her dad drove. I did wake up long enough to witness the rear tires of an 18 wheeler rolling down the opposite lane of traffic. The interesting part of this story is that it was no longer connected to the trailer like you would expect. Fortunately, no other cars where around so no one was at risk.

The next day I got in my car and drove home. I got home on my mom's birthday and was at home on her birthday for the first time in over 10 years. Normally I spend all summer at camp as a counselor. We went to Hacienda and had cake a little after her birthday after my sister got in from visiting a friend in California.

By far the highlight of being home so far is the Wii that my dad won in a raffle at work. My parent's love the Wii Fitness game and they have some pretty funny games designed to help people work out. I preferred playing Wii sports. I played Tennis, Golf, and Baseball. But then my shoulder got tired from swinging the Wiimote. That is the excitement of my first days. Please come back, visit Brittany's Blog, and provide feedback. Thank you for reading.