Monday Chick Bits: Special Bowling Report

Monday yet again. Somehow the world seems to skip over Saturday and Sunday. That's how it feels.

It was a big weekend on the bowling scene thanks to my brother Robbie.

Ever since he bowled his first 300 (a perfect game which is EXTREMELY difficult to do) he's wanted a sacntioned 300. Unfortunately the league in which he got his first 300 was not sanctioned.
This season he's come close with having the first 10 and 11 strikes in a row but not all 12.

He's bowled three 800 series which is phenomenal bowling in itself.

Last Friday while I decided to forego watching him and instead went to church, Robbie bowled a sanctioned 300 followed by another 300 followed by a 289 -which is 11 pins shy of a 300.
It was an 889 series and not only is it the highest series to ever come from Sun Ray lanes and to ever come from the twin cities, but he may be the 3rd highest ranking bowler in Minnesota state history!

That's my little brother!!!!!!!
It's something that comes along only once in a lifetime.....and he's only 28!

So I'm extremely proud of Robbie. :)

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Sunday, Robbie and I bowled against our dad and one of Robbie's bowling teammates from Fridays. It was a big rivalry and lots of trash talk on both sides.
Both of our teams had the exact same handicap.
Robbie and I won the first game by 5 pins.
We lost the second game by 5 pins.
Result: we tied for total. Another extremely rare occurence. 1 pin either way and the points sway, but we each took excatly 2 1/2 out of 5 points. Weird.

Then Rob and I went on to win the other 5 points against another semi-rival team. They were good but we had handicap on our side. We now are 5th place of 24 teams. We're also defending champs from last year so we have a little work to do but we're getting there.

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Saturday, I attended an all family lunch/dinner since my relatives from Michigan are in town.
It's sometimes weird to get together with my family because even though I've known them my whole life, we so rarely see each other it's like getting together with strangers we're supposed to know.
My cousin Tracy's daughter Audra finally has hair and is sooo cute. I also found out Tracy's having another one.
I'm happy for her and Ryan, though still fighting back a bit of jealousy.

One day, one day....
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I hear it's supposed to warm up to the 40s. Is it just me or does this seem like an exceptionally LONG winter????
I'm so tired of being COLDDDDDDDDD!
But spring cleaning has already begun. It may be a little bit of nesting as well, still getting used to living at Robbie's house, but also living with 2 guys who haven't really cleaned in 2 years- well it needs to be done.

You know I'm in power cleaning mode when I spend lots of money on cleaning supplies AND get extremely giddy about cleaning.

So far I've only managed to mostly clean my room, organize my dresser and get rid of a bunch of old clothes (something that's VERY hard for me to do for some odd reason). Every piece of clothing has a memory associated with it......like a picture. Must be a weird girl thing.
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One week from today is St. Patrick's Day!
Still don't know if I'm going to go out and celebrate Saturday like many people probably will. I'll probably be spending all weekend cleaning and working on my special project for my co-workers.
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Only one more week and a half 'til I can eat meat again!
It's been weird giving up meat for lent.
No I'm not Cathollic but it's something I've always wanted to do and this year I felt especially called to do it.....can't really say why- just a feeling.

The crazy thing is, as much as I absolutely love meat and think PETA stands for People Eating Tasty Animals, I almost feel called to give up meat even longer. Like for an unspecified amount of time.
Feels like once you learn to live without something, it feels weird to go back to it.

I've found this also true with guys. In the past, guys have been my vice. Growing up in an ultra shelterd environment, then being turned loose on the world led to some pretty disastrous consequences. Fortunately none as bad as they could've been but it's left me scarred and prone to give into temptation.

Not since I had my first kiss could I go even a week without being kissed by a man. It's now been several months since I've felt that way and every guy who's made a move on me this year has been shut down.
I hope I'm not turning bitchy because that's a fear of mine. I have been a little more introverted and depressed but that's to be expected -along with my impending 30th birthday looming over my head.

I've had some desire but not lustful desire. I've had genuine desire- hard to describe the difference.
Playing games holds no interest for me. I see people differently. I'm proud to have pretty much conquered my greatest vice. However, being introverted was the one thing I most wanted to conquer in life and for a time I had it conquered. Now it's back. So I'm afraid if I'm not on guard I'll fall into the trap of guys again one day.

Geez this could be a blog in itself.

All in all, life is good. It's been a tamer, but good year so far. There are some big transistions going on this year but I'm confident all will be well as long as I'm sticking with God - and I am :)

Hope all you find this Monday great!