I am sitting at home reading my mail and contemplating life with a cup of hot Hawaiian coffee at the ready and it dawns on me that I can update my blog now. I have a 10:30 flight to the land of the sun (Phoenix) and will be staying in Scottsdale for three days at a meeting hosted by Scttsdale Insurance Company. I'll be in meetings this afternoon and tomorrow morning. I will then play in the golf tournament at McCormick Ranch golf course. Wednesday, I'll spend the morning meeting with my underwriters at Colony Insurance and then be on a plane by three p.m. and be back in Sacramento in time for dinner.

We moved our offices from Howe Avenue out to Rancho Cordova on Friday and Saturday. I took Friday off as the tech guys were pulling computers at nine-thirty. I played golf with Gail, Anthony and Mel. We had a good time out at the old Mather Air Force Base golf course. I shot an 84 on the heavily sanded and aerated greens. It could have and should have been a much better round, but I four-putted one of the greens as the ball rolled and hopped all over the greens trying to find traction in the sand and through the waffle-like surface of the aerated greens. I played Mel straight up (he's an 11, I'm a 12). He shot 45-40 as he struggled to find a rythm putting as well. Gail surprised me with her game, which was honed on the links of Marin Country Club in the Bay Area. She shot an 88, which is 14 over on the women's par 74 (two of the par fours are par fives for women). She had two birdies on the par fives and has a straight, smooth swing. It was a good day on the links. Anthony struggled and shot 104 and only because we established a triple bogey maximum for him. Mel's wife Cora invited us all over for dinner at her house. Darla was not thrilled to have to drive across town after a long day at work and reminded me of that fact several times en route to the dinner. She enjoyed herself once she got there. Cora fixed a fondue of tri tip steak with four different sauces and we had a ball cooking up our own dinner. Darla made a nice strawberry salad and Gail brought wine and dessert.

Saturday, Darla and I ventured into the new office and I unpacked my desk and file cabinets. We have all new furniture in the new office and I was able to find spots for all of my various and sundry odds and ends. We have new double-sized four drawer file cabinets and storage space is not an issue as of yet. It was funny in that I had tossed a number of items while I was packing and tossed nearly as many as I was unpacking. A move does allow us the luxury of downsizing. I have to run for my flight, so I'll finish this when I get back from Phoenix.