It's early Tuesday, and I'm sorry it's taken so long to update. Michael's blogging for the tournament at http://www.bowl.com/articleView.aspx?i=11935&f=2 so I'm sharing the computer with Mario for email and Michael for blogging. And while I have been accused of having too much to say way too often, he'll sit here and pick and choose his words.
Anyway, Michael bowled the 8 am squad at University yesterday. And out of the gate shot 138. He had two doubles in there, but the problem wasn't how he threw it when he carried, rather how he threw it when he didn't strike. His first three just proved what I already knew--the morning squad was going to be the hardest for him physically and mentally. He finally started to bowl the way I know he can around 9:30, which was halfway through the squad--and he ripped off a 542 for those three. He's currently in 900 of 990 boys with a 941 series for six, but from all indications (his practice and the scores coming out of each center) he may have hit the hard one first. Jeremy faired a little better with 1010 for his six-game block and he's currently at 728. They're both content with where they're at and with the knowledge it can only go up from here--each squad and each year.
Last night was family night and we went off in search of the Hard Rock pins and the T-shirts (thank goodness for a AAA discount). We found two--one in Hollywood, Florida and one in Miami. I was totally excited about the one in Key West until I realized that was a four-hour drive--most of it on a bridge. OK, I'll forgo that one. We let the kids run around on the beach in Miami at midnight (even then parking was pretty tough), so now they have the Atlantic to compare to the Pacific.
I'm off to forage for breakfast. Everyone else is totally knocked out. I can't thank everyone enough for the love and support you're sending the kids, and for that matter, me. Michael's set to do this for 8 years--and his already talking about making sure Zoe's average is high enough they can both do it his last year. We'll see :)
Posted by Angel Zobel-Rodriguez at July 11, 2006 05:17 AM