Bowling at Chacko's

One of the great things about working at a veterans’ hospital is that you get Veteran’s Day off. It was nice to have Jeff home all day on Tuesday. I was able to go on a run a little later in the morning, which was great considering the weather at 6:40am was only 26 degrees plus wind chill.

We decided to take the boys bowling in the afternoon. Jeff found a great little place about 10 minutes away. I just love the small town feel here, the bowling alley had a typical ‘old fashioned feel’ with a little arcade, burger & fry eatery, and was full of families, teenagers, and old vets enjoying the afternoon. Everyone there was sweet as could be. As another huge bonus, other than the bbq & burgers, it’s a smoke-free facility.

The boys had a blast picking out their bowling balls, and helping Jeff order a pizza & fries; and as expected, their favorite part was the bowling. They did very well, and Jacob even managed a spare almost all by himself. Caleb showed his typical personality saying, “I wanna do it myself!” every time. Jeff and I liked to give Caleb little assistance just so his ball would actually make it down the lane in under 5 minutes. It was pretty funny to watch the boys- and all the dropped balls, kicked balls, almost-thrown-down-the-wrong-lane balls. Caleb accidentally stepped over the line at one point and had a pretty impressive, but otherwise painless, slip onto his backside. Matthew wanted to get at the bowling balls too, but we managed to keep him away. He entertained himself by running around by the candy machines, and playing with the line ropes at the snack bar.

Jacob and Caleb had pretty good games with scores of 73 and 62. Jeff and I didn’t bowl too stellar, but we were both over 100, and Jeff was well ahead of me. I think I’ve become a bit wimpy over the years. I used to regularly bowl with a 12-14 pound ball. Tuesday I was bowling with the 8-pounder. I guess I can chalk it up to my long runs, and lack of weight-lifting. Lots of running+ no strength training= wimpy mama! At least I wasn’t sore the next day. It was a fun afternoon and a great way to celebrate the holiday. And thanks to all the Veterans for your service to our country!