Golf?!?!

Well, I'm back from my vacation to Minnesota. I'm tired but rested. Sometimes it helps to be out of the lab or away from the everyday mess for a while.

On my vacation I got a chance to:
1) go tubing on a innertube on a lake for the first time (which those of you that know I grew up 10 miles from Kentucky Lake will probably find hilarious)
2) Watch a meteor shower
3) Drink alcohol every night except for the night before we headed home
4) Get constant updates from the place that I boarded Cassie to tell me that she was so CUTE! (and thus being spoiled rotten)
5) Learned how to play golf

On my golfing experience, I learned from a golf pro how to hit the ball on the first day with a 7 iron and went to the driving range to shoot half a basket of balls. Day two I learned how to chip and to putt. After the lesson, Gene and I went through the par 3 golf course at the place we were taking lessons at and I didn't do too bad. I hit 2 trees, which I found hilarious. Came within 2 shots of par on most of the holes, and made par on one hole (Gene made par also). And I got sunburned. I've been out in the sun all day ON THE LAKE without sunscreen and no appearance of a sunburn but the minute I step on a golf course I get a sunburn. WTF? Figures. At least I got some color. I still look like a ghost.

So back to work before I know it and maybe I'll work in some time at the driving range. Might as well. The lessons were pretty basic but made sense.

Overall the trip was fun and relaxing. Sure beats my old trips to Virginia that tended to be more stressful than relaxing. It was NOT the company I kept while I was out there but more of the situation of trying to cram in EVERYTHING in such a short amount of time, which tends to happen when you take chunks of time off to visit someone you care about. At this point, I know it was a learning experience and that I'm honestly happy now.