Bowling

So, it's been over a year since my last blog....it's been a rough year.  I hate focusing on the negatives so I'll only talk about the good!!

If you knew me when I was younger and new my parents, then you know I GREW UP at the bowling alley! Back in the day, Forum Bowl had a nursery and I LIVED there!  My parents bowled on several leagues several nights a week.  I remember how much they loved it!  Right before Momma died we had talked about going bowling because she hadn't done it in about 10 years.  Fate would have it that I wouldn't ever get the chance to bowl with her. Sad, I know.  However, I picked up the sport anyway.  When I first started I was an absolute mess!!  It was funny!!!  That was back in September 2010...when we joined our first league (The ProShop Lackies-- a kinda beginners league)!  My average was about an 89....pitiful! My dad would come out and watch, but he too, had been out of the habit of bowling for about 10-15 years.  He came back to bowling too!

I am completely in love with the sport!  I'm halfway decent, but more importantly I'm having fun again.  I've never really had something that I was good at and I feel like this could be it.  But, it's more than just bowling.  It's my mom!  I think of her every time I'm on the approach.  I'm told all the time, that I look like my mom when I'm bowling.  We had the same form and everything!  Oh, how I wish I had the chance to do it with her. 

I've met some really nice people and formed some real friendships.  Friendships I wouldn't give up for anything.  I'm starting to feel like I have a life outside my home and work (which I so desperately needed).  My average has gone up a great deal.  Last night at Sweeper, I shot 189, 161, and 182....2 years ago that would've been 89, 61, and 82...LOL. We've moved up to another league (The Weekenders) and haven't looked back since.  If I could bowl 7 days a week  I definitely would...but goodness that would get expensive!!!

I joined the Dallas Women's TCBA this past February/March and I love it!  I bowl 1 league right now and I love bowling sweeper on Saturday nights!!! I'm even beginning to travel to tournaments in different cities.

This is Tina...she works Sweeper on Saturday nights!  I heart her!

So for me, it's more than just bowling....