12-07-09
but first…
12-03-09
Leon, my roomie, and I buried Hogan in the backyard directly under one of my disc golf targets, where Hogan would lay down and watch while I practiced. He truly loved Frisbee. When he heard the chains he would always find his way into the back yard to watch us play. He was born at a course in Hogansville, GA, I won him in a disc golf tournament and his final resting place will be under the primary basket where I putt in my back yard.
I miss him far more than a grown man should miss a cat.
An hour or so later, there was a completely unexpected feeling of relief. In the last month, I had done little else than tend to Hogan’s needs and feeding schedule. While I’m sure that factored into it, the relief felt as if it emanated from the fact that he was no longer suffering. He lived a wonderful life and enhanced my enjoyment of life as much as any pet could.
I took the anger (from so many veterinary oversights and mishaps) and frustration (over the fact that I had done everything I could to no avail) and started focusing the pent up energy toward World Champion Disc Golf Design’s projects. Fortunately, Chad, my partner, has a couple of cats and had a clue what was going on with me during Hogan’s decline. It wasn’t fair to him that I was virtually useless during that time frame, but there was little to do with or about it.
I went to Mt. Dora, FL (about 30 minutes NW of Orlando) to meet with the guy running parks and rec to show him the layout and discuss a couple of contractual issues with the “Have Course-Will Travel” Rent-a-course program.
He signed it and the install looks like a “go” for Wednesday, Dec 9. It will be a shorter recreational track through a nice clean stand of mature oaks across the street from a middle school. He is planning a grand opening and some paid clinics for the kids. We expect that, at the end of the rental period, they will be more than interested in purchasing a course for another larger section of the park.
The next couple of days were spent working on our website and printed materials, buying more hardware for the MD install, and cleaning up a bunch of older baskets for the aforementioned install. We also got a call today from a S. FL company that we had spoken to a couple months back about a project, but they didn’t include a budget for a designer. Apparently our advice, combined with the package we sent, convinced them that a PRO was the way to GO. A very nice little pick-me-up on this difficult day.
Saturday 12-05-09
I had not been able to effectively get the word out that we planned on having a work day at Turkey Lake that effect 3 different holes on T2 and TLOriginal. The weather was pissy anyway, so only 4 people showed up for the handicap. Of those 4, 2 stuck around to work.
While I was making good on my commitment to make the necessary changes to the TL complex, Chad was taking off old stickers and cleaning up the baskets that we will be installing this coming Wednesday.
Sunday 12-06-09
A very good friend’s birthday today. After blabbing incessantly with her for a while, I got to work on our presentation etc. When the body could no longer stand to be idle, I ripped over to Barnett just before dusk to get in a quick speed-golf round.
I started on hole 9 with a bogey and finished the back at –6 with some BIG putts. I hit my final putt on #8 at –10 in 16:40 (or so)
Monday 12-07-09
Chad and I converged on Turkey Lake’s maintenance area in the AM and we continued to clean up and paint the baskets for our 2nd Rent-a-course project. It took all day. Long enough that the two guys who drove down from Jax, and asked if anyone could give them disc golf lessons…had left before I could find them and help them out. Figgers.
Tomorrow:
More work on the Seminole County presentation and then we’ll give it.