an update--and there's actually some bowling in here!
I've actually received several emails recently, asking me how the bowling was going. And as I reread the last few entries in my blog, I find that I haven't really commented on it so far this season. Funny, I thought this was a blog that was centered around bowling!
So far, so good this year. My Wednesday team is still under .500, although we've taken the last 8 points in a row (overcoming some really big handicaps in the process, too). It's been sort of up and down on that team in the early weeks—we've had some real clunkers thrown into the mix with some great series—but it looks as though we could finally be putting things together. A nice personal 335 series on tough 9 & 10 last night gives me hope for the future.
My Thursday team is a perennial favorite to win a round, and we've started out fairly hot. We're upstairs at Agawam this year, having dissolved the downstairs league and merged to form a large, 10 team circuit. I bowl with 4 very good bowlers who provide me with tons of support and help, and it shows in my numbers. Unfortunately, we couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a basketball last week, so we knocked ourselves out of first place. But we're still in the thick of it for round 1, so I'm hoping we'll get back on track this week. Nevertheless, I'm sure we'll be in it at the end of the year.
My wife also gets the chance to get into it all, now that her master's degree is done. She enjoys going up to watch me bowl, usually once a week. I enjoy the chatter from the back of the center and the other bowlers enjoy the view my wife gives them (she's been classified as “very hot” by many of them). She's a great gal—hopefully I can improve the show on the lanes so she stays interested!
The CG offices are still planning on a move next month, if your intrepid webmaster can get a closing date on the new home. We won't have any service disruptions, but we just really want to move! Stay tuned. If you 'd like to see pictures of the home, join us on facebook today.
We're testing a new piece of software for the website that will make viewing pictures easier. It takes all the pictures in a folder and makes a flash slideshow for the user, which will run automatically when one clicks on the center's name. If it comes to fruition, we believe it'll make the website easier to use and more professional. In that vein, we'd like to know if any of you have widescreen monitors; we're considering a new layout for the site that will take advantage of that space on the new screens. Let us know via the contact us link on the website!
