Day 6 - Bowling Season Has Begun

I love to bowl. I was in an Adult/Youth league when I was younger. At first with my mom, dad, and kid sister (as it was a 4 person team and my baby sister was still too young). Two years later, baby sister joins the team and mom sits on the sidelines watching and cheering. Since then I haven't "officially" bowled in a league. I've been the "extra" member on 3 occasions (For those who don't know the "extra" member is the person who is called first when one of the other 4 members won't make it that week. If there is no extra then a sub is called). Of those 3 occasions 2 of them were with my in-laws team a few years ago: My husband, his parents, and two "friends" of his parents (5 person team in that league). The last occasion was last year. I was the 5th member on my dad's team.

My dad's league has teams that are made up of 2 females and 2 males, at all times. If a male can't make it then you get a male sub. If there are no male subs then it's a "blind" bowler. Last year, I was the 3rd female on the team. I bowled a total of 9 games the whole season (3 different days, 3 games a day). At the end of the season we found out that the only couple on the team had decided that they were moving away and weren't going to be able to bowl. So my dad turned to me. Of course I said yes. I'm not a very good bowler, I'll admit, but I have fun while I'm doing it so it's all good. Plus if I didn't bowl what kind of exercise would I have?

So this year, I am not only an official member of my dad's team but my dad, who was appointed Vice-President of the league at the end of last year, appointed me Team Captain. Woo-hoo!! So, technically it's my team :D

Again not a very good bowler, but I have to say I did good tonight. Got a 92, a 104, and a 133. Consistently better each game. And I ended up with a 109 average. If I can do that good again each week, I see no problem hitting that mark, or hitting close to it anyway. My husband bowls on a different team but that's ok. He promised them at the end of last year that he'd bowl with them so he is (their 2nd male left after 2 weeks and hubby was just a sub at the time so they asked him to join).

My wrist hurts, my feet hurt, I'm sweating my ass off, I jambed a couple of fingers and my heart was, until just recently, pounding like I'd never used it before. But all-in-all I had a great night. Lots of laughs, joking around, and all around fun. Can't wait for the rest of the season :D