sock golf

another "owed" post.

although we are quite blessed with what we have available to us on the ship (running/clean water, a roof over our heads, internet, good food, etc) we do have a few things that we have given up (apart from families and friends and homes) to come here. things like movie theaters or golf courses or well, you get the idea. and we also have to come up with ways to entertain ourselves here b/c there is only so much you can do in the city and on the ship.

well, thanks to whoever thought of it but justin and lorah for setting it up, we played a full 18 hole course of sock golf on sam's birthday in late june. WHAT is sock golf you ask??? sock golf is a game of golf played with a "tee" (a piece of paper saying tee box here for hole 1) and a "ball" (a rolled up pair of socks) and a "hole" (another piece of paper that you must tag with your "ball"). this doesn't sound very exciting i'm sure but give it a second. hole 1 started on the half stair between decks 5 and 6 and the hole was across the midships lounge on the wall on deck 6. hole 2 required you to go around and then down a set of stairs. one hole you had to hit the soda machine from a deck above. several went up and down and around flights taking us literally all over decks 3-7. some were just long holes down full length corridors.

honestly...i have no talent at sporty stuff and really, this didn't in the least sound fun before we started (i only did it for my dear friend sam). but it was amazingly fun. i didn't have a great score b/c i have zero hand-eye coordination but it was fun.

the pics are: my golfing party miriam, justin, sarah and i. justin action shot tucked up on the ledge. sarah action shot down the stair. and sam the birthday boy and winner.