The perfect October activity

Ahhh, the perfect October activity--donating blood. Although it's not Halloween yet (and I don't mean to make light of giving blood), it is October and people are beginning to think about ghouls and ghosts and werewolves and vampires. And being October--the month of Halloween--my company decided to do a blood drive (I think they did actually pick Oct. because of Halloween). I donated for the first time. It's a nice feeling knowing that you may be able to help save a life.

Now, back to the actual donation of the blood. Having followed one Dr.'s advice for many years, I have never given blood before, and due to the prompting of a current Dr., I decided to give it a shot. I did very well with the donation and for the rest of the evening--a little light-headed for a while, but no passing out. However, I have discovered that my body doesn't like for me to give away my blood--hence I am at home in the middle of the afternoon the next day resting (still, not passing out though). I'm sure it could have been avoided if, for instance, I had followed the directions given me and drank more water than normal and possibly not gone back to my "bat-out-of-hell" work ethic the very next day (that's a Halloween reference, btw). At least now I can return the Battlestar Gallactica DVD to Netflix that I have been hoarding for a month. Well, back to bed. Why does the floor seem to be getting closer......just kidding.

72 holes of golf, anyone?

72 holes of golf in one day. Who is crazy enough to do that? Can you imagine the green fees? What about the cost of the cart? What a waste of a day. Now, 72 holes of disk golf--pure bliss. It costs nothing to play, the equipment is cheap (under 30 bucks and you're set for anything), and there's no one driving around in a cart yelling "Candy, cigarettes"--or whatever it is drink peddlers say on golf courses.

I'm up for 72 holes of disc golf, how about you? Thanks to Mike L., I played 72 holes of disc golf last Saturday with Mike and Chris C. I can already hear some of you saying: pppfff, since when is "Frisbee golf" a cool thing to do? Well, it is--and dang fun too (that was toned down for younger readers).


You'll notice in this picture, that I am the not-so-geeky one who is not showing off golf discs (although, I admit, I am still a geek).

We played four courses in three different parks in two cities in under 16 hours, including driving and meals. We played in Marshall and Columbia, MO. Talk about a marathon (however, this trip did involve "swimming", so it would be more like a biathalon). We had a blast and came home with no injuries--unless you count pride, because I beat both Mike and Chris on the day.


Again, I am the not-so-geeky one not blinding passers-by while rummaging through a nasty lake looking for "my [Chris] best disk" that wouldn't even be in the lake if it had been thrown around instead of over the lake like I did.

For any of you who don't know how to play disc golf and might like to know more, don't let bright-skinned males rummaging through muck dissuade you (really, they were the only ones doing that), let one of us know (Jim C. plays too). It's a lot of fun. Michelle, Sarah and Jen even play so the ladies have no excuses :) Or, you can go to this link to learn more: http://www.pdga.com/.