One of my favorite childhood books about the greatest presidential election of all time...Duck for President. I hope everybody is staying safe and is healthy.
This is about a tactic I like to use when it seems like my life is getting hectic and out of control. Especially at TCU, there is such an emphasis on being involved and if you have down time, you're probably doing something wrong. Which is really unfortunate as having down time every once in a while is crucial to making sure your mental health is in a good spot. When I get really stressed over anything and it feels like life is going at 1,000mph I think back to this fishing trip vacation my grandpa and cousins took to Canada. We took a pair of hopper plans to get to this lodge way out in the middle of nowhere, Canada. Cell phone service was so bad they only worked when you were inside. At night, if all the lights were out in the house, it was so naturally dark that you couldn't see your hand an inch away from your face. I've never breathed oxygen that pure before. It's as if you were constantly breathing through an oxygen tank 24/7. We'd go fish in the mornings, a...
A recent fit of laughter came from a frisbee game I was playing with a few other friends. There are two people on a team, and they stand by a pole in the ground with a beer bottle on top. The object of the game is to knock the other team's bottle off of the pole. The defending team must catch the Frisbee and if the bottle falls off, can catch the bottle as well to save points. This is more difficult than it seems. One, I am a poor frisbee player and controlling where it goes can be a challenge. Two, you are only playing with one hand as the other holds a delicious cold beverage of your choosing. And finally, we were playing in February when the sun had gone down so the nice day turned chilly real quick. This made catching the frisbee hurt if you didn't have soft hands. Our friend Gino was playing on the other team, and does not have the best hands out of the friend group. I tossed the frisbee over, missing the pole and hitting Gino right in the hands. He dropped it and let ou...
One fun outdoor activity that is still manageable in this time is golf. There have been lots of modifications and restrictions put in place to limit the effect of the virus. There are no carts available, you have to walk the course. Only one person is allowed in the shop to check in at a time, no scorecards or pencils are handed out, and all objects on the course are removed that you would normally touch like pins, bunker rakes, etc… So I feel safe playing and it is nice to get outside and have a feeling of normalcy for 4 hours. Just the other day, I went out golfing with three other friends and one of them was very limited on the amount of golf he has played. Let's just say that I made sure I stayed behind him on every swing because there was no way of knowing where that ball was going. We had made it to the 17th hole at Hawk's Creek, a short little 130-yard par 3 with a creek running in front of the tee box. We all made our shots and it was Chase's turn on to hit. Stand...
Oh gosh, DJ, your selfie just made me laugh. Thanks for that, and thanks for the great selfie.
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