THE DAILY DIVERSION

There's nothing like taking a long weekend. Really! Usually our weekends end up being two days of driving and one day of running around trying to do everything and see everyone. Well, this weekend we actually got a little time to relax and do things we like to do.

I actually went golfing on Saturday with Adrianne's stepdad and his youngest son. After traveling to the middle of nowhere, we ended at Falls of Rough, Kentucky. If you know where it is, then I'm sorry. If you don't, then don't worry about looking it up or anything, it's not really worth your while. The golf course is pretty nice there though. The only problem is the price. I'm pretty sure that $48 for almost any course in Kentucky is a little pricy. We found out that every other day of the week the price is only $25, which is about right. It's a good thing we had a good time, otherwise I probably would've been pissed! As usual, I shot really, really poorly on the front 9, but my game started to come around on the back nine. My co-golfers did the exact opposite. They both shot pretty well on the front nice, but faded on the back nine. When you only place once or twice a year, it takes a little while to get used to what you are doing again. At least I got a nice blister on my heel for my troubles!

I spent most of Sunday with a splitting headache. Everyone kept telling me it was a hangover, but I knew it wasn't. I didn't even think it could've been from being dehydrated, because I was chugging water all day (both Saturday and Sunday). We finally decided that it was a touch of heat exhaustion, so I slept quite a bit that day. Adrianne went to a wedding shower and did some shopping with her Mom.

Speaking of the love of my life... Today is the big day! She "officially" started her career today. The kids don't report until next Monday, but she starts getting paid for being a teacher starting today, even though she'll just be in meetings and seeing new faces all day. Tomorrow she's got registration and "meet and greets" with the parents. Finally all of the stress and excitement has come to fruition.

As for me? I'm back at work, and trying to get back into the swing of things. I've got plenty of things to do, yet it's very hard to really start looking at anything. Truthfully, I could've probably taken another day or two off, just to keep the good times rollin'.

I've updated my "Rules of Thumb" this morning. I even added a second one today, since I was off yesterday and didn't put anything down. I wrote down one on Friday, which was the first post of the day, and another one has been rattling in my head since Sunday night, so that's the second one for the day. I've already got another "Rule" in my head, but I'm going to try to wait until tomorrow. I don't want to waste all of my good ideas. It's something that just bothers the shit out of me, and Adrianne thinks I'm an idiot for. Wait! That could be tons of things. I'd better start writing them down!