Today started out as one of those “everybody pile into the car and hope for the best” kind of days. Peanut was already causing trouble before we even left the driveway. He somehow managed to steal the little scorecard pencil and hide it under the seat. Nobody noticed until we got to the miniature golf course.
The place had waterfalls, little bridges, fake caves, and one of those giant windmills that always seems to knock the ball away at the last second. The Quackers immediately declared themselves “professional athletes” and marched straight to the first hole like they were entering a tournament on TV.
Kiwi spent the entire first hole yelling, “HOLE IN ONE! HOLE IN ONE!” before anybody even hit the ball.
Things stayed mostly normal until hole number four.
That’s when Peanut cheated.
Lucy lined up the perfect shot, but right before the ball rolled into the hole, Peanut casually reached out a paw and tapped his own ball ahead when nobody was looking. He acted like it was completely accidental too. The Quackers started yelling “FOUL! FOUL!” and flapping their wings dramatically while Kiwi laughed so hard he almost fell off the score table.
Then Kiwi decided HE wanted to cheat too.
At hole seven, Kiwi picked up his golf ball in his beak and tried to drop it directly beside the hole while shouting, “Birdie! Birdie for the birdie!” Unfortunately for him, Lucy caught him immediately. Kiwi tried pretending he was “just cleaning the ball,” which nobody believed for one second.
Meanwhile, the Quackers actually played surprisingly fair. They took forever lining up every shot, though. One duck would stare at the hole while the other whispered “strategies” into his ear like they were planning a military operation.
By the final hole, the scores were close.
Peanut insisted he should win because “style points matter.”
Kiwi claimed he deserved bonus points for “aerial maneuverability.”
The Quackers tied for second place after both accidentally knocking their balls into the water hazard at exactly the same time.
And Lucy?
LUCY WON.
The celebration was completely over the top.
Lucy ran around waving the tiny plastic golf club in the air while Kiwi made victory music noises from the scoreboard. Peanut pretended he “let her win,” even though everyone knew that wasn’t true. The Quackers demanded a trophy presentation and tried to build one out of napkins.
After all the chaos, everybody went out for giant Slush Pupppies afterward.
Kiwi drank his too fast and got a brain freeze.
Peanut got blue raspberry all over his whiskers.
One of the Quackers mixed every flavor together and proudly called it “swamp juice.”
Lucy sat there smiling with her championship scorecard sitting proudly on the table beside her giant cherry slush.
Honestly, it was probably one of the funniest afternoons we’ve had in a long time.
And yes…
Peanut is still insisting he won.
* Monday is over, now we are staring straight down at another spring time Tuesday, time for a tidbits
* It has been 22,803 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new, new, new, and improved 1,069-day Calendar. Mom is at 30,452, which would make her 28 according to my new and improved calendar.
* It has been 8,057 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. I love what I do and am thankful to still be working in my field. Has it really been 22 years?
* 6,651 days ago, Michelle and I had our first date together. Life has been much better since then.
* 5,855 days ago, I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. I've been the luckiest guy since that fateful day.
* It was 5,892 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, it was a great day with friends and family.
* I have now lived 3,030 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong, slowing down but still going.
* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 1,684 days ago today.
* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,280 days, I've now outlived him by 1,541 days, making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again!
* Old roommate Gregg proposed to his fiancée 262 days ago, I'm happy for those two. I asked him a couple weeks ago if they set a date yet, he said we would be the first to know.
* I have 2,087 days to go until I retire, give or take a few hundred days here or there, but I love doing what I do. Who knows, though, doing what I do I may never retire.
* 245 more days until Phil steps to center stage once again for Groundhog Day. I'm still mad at the damn rat
* 212 more days to go until my Goodbye 2026 Blog is posted.
* There are 205 more shopping days left until Christmas 2026.
* There are 190 days until I hit the age of 63. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21.
* There are only 73 more days to go until Michelle and I will celebrate our 15th Wedding Anniversary......maybe
* There are 20 days until my second favorite season begins, Summertime!!!!!!
* It has been ∞ (infinity symbol) days since I have hated both Pitt and Penn State.
* I have written 8,374 blogs in what is now 21 1/2 years of Blogging.
* Still working 10's this week and probably next week as well.
* I actually have a Doctors appointment today, I'm switching Dr's to someone Michelle has known for years, she used to come to our softball games years ago with Michelle. I wasn't happy with my doctor at the POC and I was always seeing Residents who wanted to try new things.
* There is going to be a benefit for Nick this Saturday.
* Progress on my Selfie in Space, right here. We are ready for liftoff and holding.
* Looking for Girl Scout Cookies? Ryleigh's Page
* Looking for Girl Scout Cookies still? Arabellas Page
* Hi ho hi ho
So what is on today's agenda? Michelle will be doing a bit of grocery shopping to start off the day, and I'm going to try to cut the grass. It's been a couple of weeks since I last cut it, and we have gotten our fair share of rain this week. I would say the water table is saturated.
WVU is hosting a Regional for the NCAA Baseball Tournament. We hosted once a few years back, so this is I know, at least the second time we have hosted at this level. Whoever advances out of this regional has to play #1-ranked UCLA. Last year, we advanced and played LSU in the Super Regional, and they won the World Series. If we advance again this year, we just might find ourselves playing the eventual champion again.
Other than that no big plans.
Have yourselves a superfantastic day.
