My hubby and I decided we would start bowling ABT again after getting back from the Military Bowling Tournament down in Vegas cuz we knew that would cost us a lot of money while down there so we made a deal that whoever bowled better thispast friday night would start it off and we'd switch off bowling every week... if I can afford it of course. 

So Friday night we were bowling on lanes 3&4 and I guess the shot was really swirly because even people who were bowling in the middle of the house were complaining as well.  EVERY game I had to play catch up in the last two frames because I opened two out of the first three frames... EVERYTIME... ugh.  In the first two games I had to strike out the 9th and 10th to make my average and I think I bowled like  204 and 201 or something like that... then I started off bad again in the third and opened again in the 7th or so and wound up bowling like a 170 something and wound up with the high series on our pair with a 579 so off I was to bowl the next day in ABT.

I'm always reluctant to bowl in these things cuz they just seem to drain my bank account... so I eventually go ready and we head outta the house around 1245 or so I think.  We prob got there around 1:15 because i was down in Salt Lake and the ladies were like "OMG she's here." and I was like "yeah the hubby made me."  Well considerring the next squad was starting at 130 and by the time I was ready to chec in was five minutes til, I decided to bowl in the next squad at 3 pm because I hate having to rush and get my stuff ready.  So we went and had a couple drinks at the bar to relax my muscles and prepare for my shift.

Going into my shift I wasn't expecting much because all these people were complaining about the shot talking about carry down and all... so that was prob another factor in why I chose to bowl the last shift.

Soo... I started off really well... i think i got he first front five... can't remember... but I ended up with a 245 and +70 the first game... missed high game by one pin... damn 7-10 on my second shot in the 10th.  Second game two pairs down, shot a 219 and not expectingly, last game I was clean going into it and in the 5th or 6th left a damn 5-7 split.. the fve slid all the way over to between the 6 an 9 spot... damn dirty backends... don't know why they can't clean it... so i messed up my clean set :-(... that was worth $575... ugh!!!!!  But I ended that game with a 242 and shot my second 700 this season with a 706 and wound up with 786 with my 25 pin a game handicap and +181... so I was top qualifier for the day by 11 pins.

Semis were the next day and that's usually when all the high average dudes come to bowl... probably so they don't have to go down there two days in a row.  But Saturdays are 1 in 4 qualifying and sunday i either 1 in 5 or 1 in 6 so there were 31 semi-finalist. 

I started my first game not so hot wth a 207 when I compare it to th previous day... then followe with a 201 and ended with a 196.  I ended up  +79 in the semis and pretty muh thought that wouldn't be good enough because the previous cuts that day were around the 90s and my hubby said he was going to hit me if the cut was in the 90s because I missed not one, not two... but THREE four pins... i have no idea why but whatever.  I was rushing my hubby says so I was all that relaxed.

Waited around a lil and I made the cut... two other people in the 60s and maybe even 50s made the cut so I wasn't the lowest... I picked lane 41 and this dude I knew from bowlig down in SLC last year picked 42 and he's a 224 or better average bowler so I knew I'd have to bowl better... but nope... had an 8-10 split in the 3rd frame and he had the front six so unless he messed up majorly it wasn't happening.  He did have a split in the 7th frame or so and I had a pocket 7 pin shot working two strikes in the 8th and I coulda used that but instead I spared the 9th, struck out the tenth and lost 243 to 201 + 25... so 226 with handicap.  Oh well...  it was my first time in a long time so maybe next time will be better.

My hubby gets to bowl next week with the money I won.  I won $125 for the sweepers I won, and another 125 for making the semis... so I basially won $100.  Sweet!

That's it for now... just thought I'd blog about this before I blog about tonight.

Peace out!