After months of struggling since my return to bowling all I wanted to bowl  was a 600 series.... Well last night in leagues I bowled a 245-212-248=705.. I felt like my  old self on the lanes, throwing the ball alot more aggressively ... I honestly got extremely nervous when I realized I was close to a 700 even though I have 42 of them.. My confidence is slowly coming  back.. I have 4 months to get ready for the Pennsylvania Queens tournament

Well I finally got the doctor's okay to start bowling again after a being out over a year with a fractured ankle... I finally had surgery in September where they had to remove a bone in the back of my ankle and fix up torn cartlidge... I started back bowling 4 weeks ago and let me tell you I have never been more frustrated because my game is gone... My spare shooting is so bad... I have to wear a ankle brace which is a nusence and I just can't throw the ball like I use to... I am averaging 180 which I will not complain but it should be higher if I could just learn to make a spare... People keep telling me that I am too hard on myself because I use to average in the 200's... My mental game is not there either, I use to be able to block out distractions around me but now I just can't... I know it will take time but I am ready to get out of this funk and bowl like I use to.

Well after waiting 8 months the doctors are finally going to operate on my ankle so that means I will be out of bowling to possibly January....  This just sucks especially since I haven't bowled since the end of November of 2007..  I miss bowling so bad I really thought I wouldn't but I was wrong...

UGH I'm getting more frustrated... It has been 2 months since I have fallen and fractured my ankle and I am still not back bowling yet, tommorow I have to see a surgeon whick kind of worries me...This couldn't be at a worse time because it is tournament time and it looks like I won't be able to bowl.... At first I didn't miss bowling but now I am really going crazy not bowling.. Sorry had to vent... Hope to have good news tomorow.

I started out the first half of the season with some of the worst bowling that I have ever done.... dropped my average from 204 down to 189 in the matter of 4 weeks and then just when things can't get any worse I fell 2 weeks ago in front of my house during a snowstorm and fractured my right ankle and now I am out of bowling until February..... I keep telling myself maybe this happened for a reason because now I have to take time off and maybe when I come back to bowling I will be in a better frame of mind but who knows .....