New Year = New Goals
I searched all over the site for the notes from my straight pool high run around this time last year. Maybe I didn’t deem it blog-worthy enough to mention here? Maybe I just forgot? Nonetheless, I truly believe that my 47 ball high run from last year inspired not only for [...]
Earlier this year, I received an email from a colleague of whom I’d really only had a working relationship with. We had spoken very little and I did not know much about her. She is always very sweet and professional when we speak but I was a little surprised to receive a very random email [...]
Since last I wrote, I have played approximately 44 hours of pool (slightly skewed by a 16 hour day on Saturday). That is about 4.8 hours a day of solid practice, tournament play, action matches, league play, including about an hour and half of watching/studying/analyzing Beau Runningen win eight straight games of 9-ball without missing a shot. I think many players take for granted the value of just sitting quietly and observing great pool, right in front of your eyes.
After a very productive 32 days at home, I packed up and hit the road again yesterday. 14 hours and 940 miles later, here I am. Man, I’m outta stroke! It was so nice to stay put for so long that I felt like an old woman yesterday after only 200 miles into the drive. Believe it or not, that was my longest stint at home since December of 2007 when I was home from November 27 to December 30 (according to my 2007 travel miles).