I missed last week due to a bad headache so this week I bowled six games, of which my scores were; 73, 84, 100, 120, 104, 104. The average of these is 97.5, which is not as good as the average of my three from two weeks ago (108), but this could be for a number of reasons. First being this time I bowled more than one game and I was up one time after another and my wrist began to get tired from this, now that I am using a heavier ball than I was using before. However, my overall average since I have begun the activity has now risen one point, to a 95. I should, if I continue getting scores above 100, have a 100 average by the end of the program, which is what I am hoping for. I never expect that I will leave here like a professional but I am still trying to develop skills that will put me significantly above where I was when I began. I am definitely getting more strikes and spares now, and I got three strikes in the game today that was 120, and several spares in some of the other games.
Once I get used to the heavier ball even more and it stops making my wrist hurt after some time, I am sure I will improve a bit. Part of it also has to do with how I was making up for the previous week so I didn't have any time between frames and that probably stressed me out to an extent since there were other people waiting for their turn and I hurried myself a bit, worried they'd get annoyed by it. I now can see that they probably weren't but that was my worrying getting the best of me. But this Friday I plan to go with my friend and bowl a few games, and see if I can find any methods and techniques that are helpful to me. And for whatever it's worth, I got a higher score than the girl in the lane next to me who has been participating in this activity for three years, so I must be doing something right! Even Violet, the coordinator, told me she's noticed improvement in me, and that I am developing a very positive attitude compared to when I first started. I go every week with a positive attitude even if I am so tired I can barely keep my eyes open, although this time I went to bed early enough the night before that I wouldn't wake up in that way.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
I volunteered to sell prom tickets on Fridays.
I volunteered to sell prom tickets on the following Fridays; 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/09, and 4/16. I will be giving up my lunch periods for this but at this point I don't mind. I'd rather be spending my time for something productive and beneficial to the group as a whole, and of course I will have something to eat with me when I do this. Right now I am the only person who put my name on the sheet for these days, and a minimum of three people have been requested for each day, and I hope someone else volunteers because it'd just be nice to have someone else there.
One of the skills that I hope to increase by doing this are;
1. Managing my own schedule and keeping track of what I have to do and when. Sometimes if I have an obligation to something and my presence is required on a day that is not typical of my week to week schedule, I will often forget and later remember, "OH NO I was supposed to ________". This would be a good time for me to make use of my agenda/planner that my mom bought for me before the school year started, and I will write down the days on which I will be selling the tickets, just as a reminder so that I will not forget and then remember either ten minutes before lunch on these Fridays, or after I was supposed to show up and did not. I want to learn how to keep track of events that are not typical of my schedule.
2. Learning how to make organized lists. As people are buying the tickets, I will need to make a list of who bought them or who would like to buy one but does not have the money on them, and it is in that situation I'd get confused. I have OCD so with me, everything has to be either completed, all set and clarified, or I panic and feel like the job was not completed or there is still something up in the air so to speak. I would probably feel this way if someone said they'd buy a ticket and to write their name down but they'd actually buy it later when they had money, as I'd feel like I'd have to seek them out later to ensure that they do this, or it'd just throw me off balance. I'd prefer to have everyone buy a ticket, pay, and that be it, but life is not so cut and dry and I hope to learn to fight my OCD-driven tendencies and learn how to handle situations like this and still remain organized.
I'll probably try and persuade one of the other prom members to sell tickets with me, preferrably someone organized who would not be inclined to distract me the entire time with incessant talking. But whoever ends up helping me, I will be as polite as possible and tolerate their presence, regardless of how I feel about them, and if it's someone I like, even better. As long as we get the job done and sell the tickets, I'll be happy.
One of the skills that I hope to increase by doing this are;
1. Managing my own schedule and keeping track of what I have to do and when. Sometimes if I have an obligation to something and my presence is required on a day that is not typical of my week to week schedule, I will often forget and later remember, "OH NO I was supposed to ________". This would be a good time for me to make use of my agenda/planner that my mom bought for me before the school year started, and I will write down the days on which I will be selling the tickets, just as a reminder so that I will not forget and then remember either ten minutes before lunch on these Fridays, or after I was supposed to show up and did not. I want to learn how to keep track of events that are not typical of my schedule.
2. Learning how to make organized lists. As people are buying the tickets, I will need to make a list of who bought them or who would like to buy one but does not have the money on them, and it is in that situation I'd get confused. I have OCD so with me, everything has to be either completed, all set and clarified, or I panic and feel like the job was not completed or there is still something up in the air so to speak. I would probably feel this way if someone said they'd buy a ticket and to write their name down but they'd actually buy it later when they had money, as I'd feel like I'd have to seek them out later to ensure that they do this, or it'd just throw me off balance. I'd prefer to have everyone buy a ticket, pay, and that be it, but life is not so cut and dry and I hope to learn to fight my OCD-driven tendencies and learn how to handle situations like this and still remain organized.
I'll probably try and persuade one of the other prom members to sell tickets with me, preferrably someone organized who would not be inclined to distract me the entire time with incessant talking. But whoever ends up helping me, I will be as polite as possible and tolerate their presence, regardless of how I feel about them, and if it's someone I like, even better. As long as we get the job done and sell the tickets, I'll be happy.
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