Shadow Creek and Others...
Posted: November 7th, 2023, 2:04 am
Gentlemen...
I believe I owe you all a sincere apology. I made some commitments a while back to do Shadow Creek, and to release a "Champ" version of Coeur d'Alene. I also intended eventually to release the updated version of The National GC of Kansas City with new StrackaLine green contours. I have especially let down my friends Adelade and pmgolf. They both put so much hard work into updating and rebuilding parts of CDL and setting the pins for me on CDL and TNGC of KC.
It's hard to explain how disappointed I am at myself for allowing this to happen. Turns out I'm not near as strong as I thought I was. All I have to offer is excuses, and nobody wants to hear an old man talk about his health all the time. But it has gone much deeper than just my health issues, now things are different. MUCH different. I just want everyone to please consider my position, and forgive me for being lax on getting the courses released. I'll try to explain.
In June of this year, my wife of 46 years, was taken away in an ambulance to the local hospital. For the past 3 years her rheumatoid has gotten so bad that she could no longer walk. She needs both knees and both hips replaced. For the past 3 years she has been bedridden, and I've had to wait on her for all of her needs. The best she could do was to get on and off the bed to use a porta-potty. In my health condition, following cancer and chemo, I am still in a weak state, poor immune system, high blood pressure, have COPD and on oxygen, and I'm using an electric wheelchair to get around in the house.
I have not seen my wife since she was taken away in June, other than on cell phone facetime chats. She is so weak she can't even sit up without help. She will spend the rest of her life in a nursing home. My heart aches for her. She wants to come back home to me and her 2 "babies", our cats, Misty and Bandit, and she never will. I sometimes put them on facetime so she can see them and talk to them. Breaks my heart. :(
I've been living alone since June, with the cats (thank God for their company) and have been in a state of depression. I can't concentrate or focus. I have tried to carry on with the APCD work, but if it's doing tasks that require planning and thinking, my mind starts wandering and I lose interest and shut down the APCD. Then I would dread going back to that task, so I would try to do other things that didn't require much deep thinking.
Adelade and Pete did a lot of planning and work in helping to complete the Champ version of CDL, and a few months ago we all passed it around and looked it over to see if we were all ready to release it. It eventually made its way back to me and that's where it got stuck. I kept wanting to do up the paperwork that was needed to release it, and every time I thought about it, my brain would just shut it down and try to find something to do that I didn't have to think about. Same thing with TNGC of KC. Pete was kind enough to set the pins on the updated greens and he sent it back, and it's in the same pile with CDL Champ. Both are ready to go, if I can only turn my attention to them and do what needs to be done to release them.
I have kept working on Shadow Creek, but it's been taking forever because I can only seem to devote a couple of hours a day to the computer. The rest of the time I just want to watch TV or nap. At this time Shadow Creek is complete up to the point where it's almost time to start planting. Which is another thing I am dreading to do. My mind is just not where it needs to be, and I don't know for sure if it ever will be. I want to finish it. I have never been a quitter, and I certainly don't want to start now.
If you're interested in why I'm so depressed and what has been weighing so heavily on my mind and affecting my concentration, you will have to download the attached document. I don't want anyone to feel like they have to read the rest of this. It's just the ranting and ravings of an old man that has been caught up in some tough times, and I feel like I should at least have a chance to explain what's got me in such a negative mental state. I see you guys as friends, and have nothing to hide. Even though I'm sharing personal information about myself, just think of it as friends talking to each other while playing a round of golf.
Thanks for hopefully understanding, and I really do eventually want to finish all of my tasks while I'm still capable. All I can say is I plan on it, if I can just get back to a normal state of mind.
Best wishes to all,
Dan
READ THIS IF YOU'VE ACTUALLY MADE IT THIS FAR AND ARE STILL INTERESTED.
I believe I owe you all a sincere apology. I made some commitments a while back to do Shadow Creek, and to release a "Champ" version of Coeur d'Alene. I also intended eventually to release the updated version of The National GC of Kansas City with new StrackaLine green contours. I have especially let down my friends Adelade and pmgolf. They both put so much hard work into updating and rebuilding parts of CDL and setting the pins for me on CDL and TNGC of KC.
It's hard to explain how disappointed I am at myself for allowing this to happen. Turns out I'm not near as strong as I thought I was. All I have to offer is excuses, and nobody wants to hear an old man talk about his health all the time. But it has gone much deeper than just my health issues, now things are different. MUCH different. I just want everyone to please consider my position, and forgive me for being lax on getting the courses released. I'll try to explain.
In June of this year, my wife of 46 years, was taken away in an ambulance to the local hospital. For the past 3 years her rheumatoid has gotten so bad that she could no longer walk. She needs both knees and both hips replaced. For the past 3 years she has been bedridden, and I've had to wait on her for all of her needs. The best she could do was to get on and off the bed to use a porta-potty. In my health condition, following cancer and chemo, I am still in a weak state, poor immune system, high blood pressure, have COPD and on oxygen, and I'm using an electric wheelchair to get around in the house.
I have not seen my wife since she was taken away in June, other than on cell phone facetime chats. She is so weak she can't even sit up without help. She will spend the rest of her life in a nursing home. My heart aches for her. She wants to come back home to me and her 2 "babies", our cats, Misty and Bandit, and she never will. I sometimes put them on facetime so she can see them and talk to them. Breaks my heart. :(
I've been living alone since June, with the cats (thank God for their company) and have been in a state of depression. I can't concentrate or focus. I have tried to carry on with the APCD work, but if it's doing tasks that require planning and thinking, my mind starts wandering and I lose interest and shut down the APCD. Then I would dread going back to that task, so I would try to do other things that didn't require much deep thinking.
Adelade and Pete did a lot of planning and work in helping to complete the Champ version of CDL, and a few months ago we all passed it around and looked it over to see if we were all ready to release it. It eventually made its way back to me and that's where it got stuck. I kept wanting to do up the paperwork that was needed to release it, and every time I thought about it, my brain would just shut it down and try to find something to do that I didn't have to think about. Same thing with TNGC of KC. Pete was kind enough to set the pins on the updated greens and he sent it back, and it's in the same pile with CDL Champ. Both are ready to go, if I can only turn my attention to them and do what needs to be done to release them.
I have kept working on Shadow Creek, but it's been taking forever because I can only seem to devote a couple of hours a day to the computer. The rest of the time I just want to watch TV or nap. At this time Shadow Creek is complete up to the point where it's almost time to start planting. Which is another thing I am dreading to do. My mind is just not where it needs to be, and I don't know for sure if it ever will be. I want to finish it. I have never been a quitter, and I certainly don't want to start now.
If you're interested in why I'm so depressed and what has been weighing so heavily on my mind and affecting my concentration, you will have to download the attached document. I don't want anyone to feel like they have to read the rest of this. It's just the ranting and ravings of an old man that has been caught up in some tough times, and I feel like I should at least have a chance to explain what's got me in such a negative mental state. I see you guys as friends, and have nothing to hide. Even though I'm sharing personal information about myself, just think of it as friends talking to each other while playing a round of golf.
Thanks for hopefully understanding, and I really do eventually want to finish all of my tasks while I'm still capable. All I can say is I plan on it, if I can just get back to a normal state of mind.
Best wishes to all,
Dan
READ THIS IF YOU'VE ACTUALLY MADE IT THIS FAR AND ARE STILL INTERESTED.