Ow?

Thanks to my brother Patrick, I've been starting to play golf a lot recently. During my last week of freedom before I start to work I've been to the driving range, been to a separate pitching/putting range, and played 27 holes of golf. Once you start figuring out how to play it becomes a lot of fun and Patrick has been very helpful at giving me pointers. Yesterday we went out and played a round of 18 holes, and with no one in front or behind us we could take our time and really enjoy ourselves. Unfortunately for me that translated into a minor foot injury.

On the 7th hole, Patrick was driving our golf cart as we went out to pick up a stray ball that I had hit. He zoomed past the ball and I failed to grasp it as we were passing. I assumed that since we passed the ball, Patrick would stop the cart so I could jump out and pick up the ball quickly. Meanwhile Patrick thought he would quickly turn the cart around for another pass at picking up the ball. The result of the situation was me jumping out of the golf cart at the exact moment Patrick sped up and turned sharply! And so I rolled along the grass, spraining my left ankle. With no one behind us I was able to rest for a few minutes before I stood up and "walked it off". I then proceeded to finish the hole and then play 11 more holes afterwards!

It really hurt at first when I teed off on the next hole, it being my outer foot and thus having to bear most of my weight after each drive. But once I got accustomed to it, I ended up playing some of my best golf ever. Maybe I should teach that as a class: "Spraining your ankle to improve golf scores - 3 simple steps!" Of course once I took my golf shoes off it started to swell up and so I've been trying not to be on it too much. Hopefully it will be bearable tomorrow when I start work.... I don't know what to tell them, whether I should just make up some phony excuse or let them know that their new employee likes to jump from moving vehicles. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.........