a blah week
whew! that last post really took it out of me, sorry i've been away for a while, but someone commented that they were going to quit reading my site if i didn't update, and i'm a comment/visitor/webpage hit whore, so here it is.
not much excited has happened of late. last weekend, jules, TheMech and i went golfing at the JW marriott. jules took up golfing in doha, and when i found out, i said we had to play, and i put $100 on the line that i could beat her. we played their 9-hole course which you need an escort to take you too, because the first hole is across a couple roads and through a housing community. after golf, we grabbed a late lunch poolside near the awesome water park the hotel has. btw, i lost.
this weekend (thursday/friday is the weekend in egypt) was a holiday. thursday was the mohamed, the muslim prophet's, birthday, and friday was mother's day. thursday, the three of us were able to get a 1:40pm tee time on the 18-hole course. it was a pretty nice day, sunny, no TOO warm, i was feeling inspired, so i upped the ante... double-or-nuthin'. the 18-hole course is really nice, and we're more hackers than golfers, so we had to let some of the better golfers play through on occasion. i had some nice shots, i had some awful shots, particularly since the front 9 has water EVERYWHERE. jules wanted to just buy one box of balls (Qty. 15), i suggested 2 boxes. after the front 9 we stopped at the pro shop to get a THIRD box. it was a bad front 9. eh, the back 9 was a bit better, but i have to admit, i lost again. i'm down $200 to jules, but she WAS shooting from the ladies' tee. after golf, we dined at the italian restaurant in the hotel. the restaurant had a dumb-waiter to bring food from the kitchen upstairs where we were seated. just before our dinner came, there was a large crash, and we looked over the railing to see that somehow the dumb-waiter had fallen to the ground floor with a full load of meals.
friday, we lounged at TheMech's rooftop pool, playing cribbage and tawla (an egyptian version of backgammon). i decided i needed something to motivate me to do better at games, so we are keeping track of our records while in egypt. until yesterday, she was up 7-1, with a 5-game win streak, but i broke it yesterday with an impressive comeback win.
that's about all for now. sorry it's not up to my usual witty par. i'll be inspired later.
not much excited has happened of late. last weekend, jules, TheMech and i went golfing at the JW marriott. jules took up golfing in doha, and when i found out, i said we had to play, and i put $100 on the line that i could beat her. we played their 9-hole course which you need an escort to take you too, because the first hole is across a couple roads and through a housing community. after golf, we grabbed a late lunch poolside near the awesome water park the hotel has. btw, i lost.
this weekend (thursday/friday is the weekend in egypt) was a holiday. thursday was the mohamed, the muslim prophet's, birthday, and friday was mother's day. thursday, the three of us were able to get a 1:40pm tee time on the 18-hole course. it was a pretty nice day, sunny, no TOO warm, i was feeling inspired, so i upped the ante... double-or-nuthin'. the 18-hole course is really nice, and we're more hackers than golfers, so we had to let some of the better golfers play through on occasion. i had some nice shots, i had some awful shots, particularly since the front 9 has water EVERYWHERE. jules wanted to just buy one box of balls (Qty. 15), i suggested 2 boxes. after the front 9 we stopped at the pro shop to get a THIRD box. it was a bad front 9. eh, the back 9 was a bit better, but i have to admit, i lost again. i'm down $200 to jules, but she WAS shooting from the ladies' tee. after golf, we dined at the italian restaurant in the hotel. the restaurant had a dumb-waiter to bring food from the kitchen upstairs where we were seated. just before our dinner came, there was a large crash, and we looked over the railing to see that somehow the dumb-waiter had fallen to the ground floor with a full load of meals.
friday, we lounged at TheMech's rooftop pool, playing cribbage and tawla (an egyptian version of backgammon). i decided i needed something to motivate me to do better at games, so we are keeping track of our records while in egypt. until yesterday, she was up 7-1, with a 5-game win streak, but i broke it yesterday with an impressive comeback win.
that's about all for now. sorry it's not up to my usual witty par. i'll be inspired later.
posted by slyght at 3/22/2008 03:43:00 AM
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