Remember the goddess from Wednesday?  The goatherder showed up tonight.  I couldn't have hit the ocean if I dropped my ball off the deck of the Queen Mary, and my teammates bowled horrible too, and admitted it.  Too bad there wasn't any alcohol involved. 

I started with the Smokin' in practice and it went well, but once we started scoring I just totally lost it.  Lost the line, lost carry, lost my spare shooting.  It wasn't pretty.  I did switch out the Smokin' for the Special Agent in game 2 and got some carry back since the ball came off the breakpoint and finished stronger than the Smokin'.  I'm shocked I broke 500 at all

142-164-195/501. 

My next highest teammate shot a whopping 412.  Yes, they promised me they would relax and have a cocktail while we bowl because they bowl better on a little sauce.  I'm the team teetotaler because if I drink my fingers swell and they're like little Ball Park Franks and trying to get out of the ball cleanly is too much of a chore.  If I partake, it's late-late-late in the third game, and RARE, since I want to be one of the sober ones on the road when I leave the lanes.

Till Monday!

I was asked to sub on Wednesday nights.  This is the league that I bowled a couple of years ago and shot my first 700 on ;)  How could I say no to the house that's been good to me, the overly inflated average house shot goddess?  (I can officially lay claim to that title as I survived a PBA Experience league and have the 40 pins under house shot average to prove it).

I get to the lanes and we're on the high end of the house and there's another league ahead of us and we have to wait for them to finish.  When I last bowled this league the start time was 7:00, and now it's 8:00.  Since this is a bit of a drive for me, it's near Midnight by the time I get to bed.  OOF.

Practice went well and league began, and I decided to avoid the outside since there were bowlers on the pair ahead of us.  It was a good idea.  Oh, this house also has new Qubica score monitors and consoles, so I could see my ball speed on shots.  If I kept it around 13.3 mph I was carrying.  If I fell under that number to around 12.5 mph, I left corner pins.  I think this ball speed thing may be a blessing in disguise over the course of the season.  I'm quite pleased with the start and since we have 9 games to establish our average, I want to build up my cushion for two more sessions ;)

235-225-184/644.  Yes, I'll take it.  After all, I am the overly inflated average house shot goddess ;)

I'm subbing again tomorrow (Friday).  Film at 11!