Last night was my second night in our work bowling league.  The league played last week, but I missed it due to our vacation.  Anyway, the night started off really bad for me.  During warm-ups, I noticed that the floor wasn’t very slick and my front foot wasn’t sliding like normal.  I threw gutter ball after gutter ball.  And then to make it worse, on one throw I tried to slide my lead foot but it stopped suddenly.  To catch my balance my other foot swung forward and landed past the foul line.  Though the front of the floor isn’t waxed, the lanes are very slick, so my second foot immediately slipped on the lane, which sent my body falling out on to the lane.  It was pretty embarrassing, but I tried to get up and off the lane as quick as possible.

Fortunately, the rest of the night went really well for me.  My first week average was 100, making my handicap 120 (not 130 like I had guessed earlier).  My first game last night I shattered my previous average with a scratch score of 151, including a turkey!  With my handicap that score became 271, and I think might have been the high for the night.  Another guy bowled a 172 in the last game, but I don’t think his handicap is as high as mine.  Anyway, the second game was mostly back to normal with a score of 115.  Just like my first week, the second game was my worst, which is opposite of what I thought was normal.  My third game last night ended at 140, taking my three game total to 406, which I’m pretty sure was the highest of the night for the entire league.  I hope this progress continues into future weeks.