Disclaimer**** If you see me in target clutching a Starbucks Coffee ,I'm not trying to abduct you ..,I'm just find my tribe ..
Random musings of an experienced, nutty, golf industry wife , married to a golf course superintendent. My experience, my life, and our story......
Monday, May 30, 2016
O new bff where the hell are you ?
Disclaimer**** If you see me in target clutching a Starbucks Coffee ,I'm not trying to abduct you ..,I'm just find my tribe ..
Friday, May 27, 2016
So, i'm not medicated yet..
Sunday, May 15, 2016
WOT'S need love too..
Friday, May 13, 2016
Always something ....
ME-HELLO?
MOT-hi.. I just sent you a pic
ME-OK
MOT-SO I just ran into a member of XYZ golf club ,who is playing in the USGA tournament this weekend
ME-OK
MOT -Member of XYG golf club said my greens are as good as XYG golf club. I'm speechless
ME-That's great babe . (Also secretly laughing because my MOT is NEVER speechless)
MOT-OK gotta go..I just spotted pythium.....
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Being a princess is highly overrated..
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
MOT Manic Monday....
Friday, May 6, 2016
I can't stop these mole crickets
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Special grass??
▪Educator
▪Mentor
▪Chemist
▪Keeper of peace
▪Disease control artist
▪Meteorologist
▪Environmental advocate
▪Scientist
▪Manager
▪Mind reader
▪Mechanic
▪Irrigation expert
▪Babysitter
▪Fertility guru
▪Grass whisper
▪Traffic controller
▪Maintenance Mafia Godfather
I'm sure I've left some out , but this is just a "taste". So I hope the next time you're out playing or driving by a course , this post comes to mind . Mostly importantly here, NO..!!!!! My MOT doesn't know Tiger Woods.. or I don't "think" he does :)
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
I'm not a fan
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
You can't always get what you want...
Friday, April 29, 2016
A Christmas miracle!!!!
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
I've got nothing....
Monday, April 25, 2016
My brain thinks way to much ...
Death.. death is such a crazy thing!!! I often wonder who has it really worse the person who actually died or the people that they leave behind ..? Deep thoughts I know, but it got me really thinking about this today. Being a ripe age of 39 I have never really contemplated the actual sting of losing someone so close to your heart. I have been very fortunate in my life to have only lost that one person , my world (my grandfather) at a very young age , so I wouldn't actually have to deal with the adult aspect of losing someone who was my heart and soul. It got me thinking about losing my husband ( yes very morbid , I know) but honestly what would i do ? Yes I claim to be a turf widow already (which basically I am just married to a warm body and a paycheck) but atleast he comes home every night and we exchange some sort of pleasantries etc , But honestly ..WHAT WOULD I DO? I feel like being married to a, MOT, I have given up myself. I have given up my dreams and hopes. My chance to have something outside of being a WOT.. (dont get me wrong , I have his undying support in whatever I chose to do) but I always look at the bigger pics and feel if I chased that raindow , our child would suffer . Call it momny guilt ..call it whatever you want, but the struggle is so real !!!I do understand that a lot of other WOTS have careers, have their own things,etc outside of this insane life that we have chosen for ourselves, but honestly for me, it just wasn't in the cards . More like it's impossible !!! I am very fortunate to be able to stay at home and be a,mom and wife , (and I love every minute of it !!!!)but what if when I'm 80 and my MOT is gone and I look back on my life will I be truly satisfied with the choices that I made ? Can I forgive all of the missed dinners, parties, birthdays , school functions etc because I chose to support my husband's passion for a game of golf and a, blade of grass ?? To let my own dreams and goals be swept under the rug , because we have this amazing child who needs me? When I actually sit and look at the bigger picture , my above statements just sound stupid and petty . But I'm just being real . I am sure there are 5000 other wots who struggle with is identity crisis as well. It's not fun living in yr husband's shadow or having to give up your normal for a seed and a grain of fertilizer , or better yet for someone to go and play a game . My wish truly for anyone who plays golf is,to actually be educated and realize those greens you putt on ..that fairway you drive or that tee you take divots out of ..has the blood sweat and tears of a husband who is missed at home or has a crazy wife who is struggling..
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Manganese, a lot of people don't even know what that is...
Friday, April 22, 2016
Desperate for darkness
HIM-What date is it?
Yes ladies and gentlemen this is a real life text exchange between myself and my MOT. A form of communication that has replaced any type of actual verbal correspondence between the two of us during GGH. (Grass growing hours). If the sun is up the grass is growing . The grass doesn't care if it's Mother's Day, your birthday , Christmas , your dog just died , you are in labor etc . It doesn't care about any of it! Grass to a mot is the equivalent of a "fix" to a drug addict. Her luscious color, the smell of her freshly cut blades , the sight of her perfectly striped lines , all of this will put a mot's endorphins into overdrive . Just when they think they can sit back , relax (perhaps enjoy some down time with their family ), that naughty little minx throws in a curve ball and decides not so fast ..you can't leave me ...look..I now have Pythium !!! What are you going to do about it ???..Nevermind it's your only daughter's first birthday or it's Mother's Day .What does the mot do ????. He grabs his cart and drives to his chemical room to check what he has on hand to spray . His second move ??.He doesn't have anything on hand , so he grabs his phone and calls one of his 50,000 sales reps (that get to spend more time with your mot than you do) . His third move and or phone call ??? Well I'm not going to lead you on here .. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOU , THE WOT.! Infact , you'll be his last phone call . The call that he makes on his way home , 3 to 4 hrs later than original said arrival . I'm sure there have been many times that phone call has been delayed. Reason being ? They fear for their lives . They know they are the most hated individual on the planet . I think we as wots just get to a point where we just don't care anymore . What's the use of getting upset , it's just wasted energy. No matter how mad we get for their actions , the end result will always,be the same ..."SHE" will always,get the last word . 16 years I have been with my MOT, I have felt every emotion known to man . Loneliness, abandonment, unimportant,disappointed,just to name a few . Getting mad these days is just pointless. It doesn't solve anything . It just is what it is . You learn to deal and accept that you and your kid(s) will always take the back burner ..no exceptions..it's just the way it is..
Desperately seeking dark time
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
The wind of change......
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
I suck.. I know this ..
Ok ..I know..I know ..it's been over a year since I have even visited my blog . Its not because I haven't wanted to ..it's because I haven't felt inspired to write my ramblings . Our lives have been completely turned upside down again ..not in a bad way ..but more so in a never ever get comfortable because shit will change in a,blink of an eye way..Its the "turf life" and I knew what I signed up for when I let him put a,ring on it . I think maybe for the time being I'm going to take a break from our turf story , and focus on letting the world know what it is actually like being married to a MOT.. (man of turf) thoughts ? ..please feel free to give me yr suggestions. .good or bad .. On that note ..thanks to all..and I promise I won't stay away very long ....xoxo
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Giddy up..and enjoy the ride..Space boy style
Once agian we're in the truck, Space boy is commanding his starship enterprise, and me , the way over served copilot. (Thank god I don't have a "special role" in this adventure , or we might end up in tijuana riding bareback on circus donkeys ) O crap..I think to myself .. I don't think we or I .. (WAIT...we're a we now ??..how did that happen ..I'm not even sure I'm an I ) said farewell to Mr. Big tipper man ..what if he notices I left with space boy ? Will he think space boy is going to make a hole in one ??? Omg!!I think to myself ..then in an instant my secert, complete, batcrap ,mental breakdown gets distracted and forgotten as we(why am I referring to the we thing agian !! It's him not me ..I am sitting here in his mobile space device , slowly purchasing a ticket for a one way cruise to, nutty island ) stop for road beverages ... Whew..that was exhausting ..
Back on the road agian, a boy, a girl, a truck and a case of beer...I'm sure I'm in the process of living some back woods country song in real life, except my "country boy" has lighting sticks and travels through space and waves grass clippings instead of pixie dust.. Off we go into the unknown .. a dark , black as midnight , stretch of road that I swear if you looked hard enough you could see zombies circling in anticipation of mauling their next victim. Ok so that was a bit dramtic, but you get my drift. After what seems like a 4 hr road trip down the longest stretch of road ever, there it was ... (insert that annoying awww music..wait for it...cue the music !!!) There it was ... Space boy's central command ... the hub of resistance. ..the electrical brain of his so called time traveling hub... "THE CLUB HOUSE..." clever cover up ..Space boy.. ..clever ..very clever indeed .
Thursday, May 22, 2014
More beer for an adventure please.....
Makes his employees work all hours of the night ??( Oooo I got it space boy , maybe they are refueling your star ship Enterprise. )"sure that's fine" Conversation was easy , at this point I again ,I've had to much to drink to be nervous , and the fact that we are already friends , this should be no big deal . Except for the fact that we're are alone , just him and I ..the astronaut and me .. in his truck driving to the moon (you know not the real moon , just for entertainment purposes only )The it hits me ..I hope this isn't some thrown together quasi secret attempt for a fix up. We've already broken up mentally . Not sure we're ready to date again . I just continue to blab on talking about nothing of any type of importance. We're here ..thank god .. the whole 10 min car ride was starting to make my skin crawl . I needed space, I needed to breathe my own oxygen, and wander ..make new friends.. wait I can't make new friends, I'm here with blue eyes and Mr. Big tipper man . If I just ran off and ditched them that would be rude and I could possibly miss a chance to ride in the star ship enterprise. Look there's Mr big tipper man with 3 shots in front of him and 3 cold beers .."there u guys are I was starting to wonder what was happening " (what do you mean what's happening ? Do you think we are off bumping uglies in the bed of his truck making sand babies ) i had to go home and change .. grabbing the shot , I drank it and it didn't even occur to me to ask what it was until it hit my lips . Trying to stay controlled and calm, and not risk the embarrassment , I swallowed .. OMG I think my mouth is on fire , no make that my throat. . Yuck ..barf.. Did I just shoot whiskey ?????? Willingly? ???? Dear lord sweet baby Jesus .. please pray for me. ..Space boy took it upon himself to hand me my beer and told me "I like you Betty" Wow... he's now quoting "caddy shack" seriously??? I really have no idea how long we stayed at this little neighborhood bar , but it was fun (note to self , must come back here with my girlfriends, cute bartenders ) Astronaut , Mr big tipper man and I where having a blast .
You can take the boy out of golf, but you can't take the golf outta the boy
OK so let's recap here, At this point I'm drunk, like throw all inhibitions to the wind, get up and sign a very crappie rendition of alianis moresette's "you outta know". Space boy, and Mr big tipper man and I are still out at the neighborhood bar. Got it ? OK good ..at this point who cares what's coming out of my mouth , it must of been something amazing I'm sure , because I grabbed blue eye's face and told him to look into my eyes .. ( I'm certain it must have been prolific) he pauses , as if at a loss for words, stares at me for a moment (you know those stares, like he's searching for something lost and it's located in your eyes ) and just simply says "I can't ". Insert record scratching sound, and my inner voice saying "what the hell do you mean , you can't ? Like a you can't because I'm appalling ? Or you can't because the earth moved when we made eye contact ? WHY are men so obtuse 99.9 percent of the time ??? Sometime had pasted since "stare down gate" and suddenly blue eyes looked at his watch and said "I need to go and check on my guys, they probably just finished half the front 9"..WHAT???? We just had a moment ..and all he's worried about is his front 9???








