Great Weekend...Rain Today

As it should be. It was WARM this weekend with temperatures approaching seventy degrees and shorts and polo shirts the uniform of choice. If we are going to get rain, there isn't much that can dampen your spirits further on a Monday, so what the hey. It is a light, but incessant rain today that is doing a job on my freshly washed car. The forecast was for drizzle today, but when you are standing in the warmth of a perfect Springlike day, it is hard to imagine what is out there right now. I was actually a bit surprised when I opened the front door at 6:25 this morning to see the wet streets and hear the swoosh of tires on wet pavement. Ah well.

The weekend was all sun and no clouds and really put the thought of Spring and unending sunshine in my head. I played in the Super Bowl tournament on Saturday and unfortunately it is generally our most crowded tournament of the year. We got locked in to a late tee time and it took five hours to finish our round. I struggled with the delays and shot 42+45=87 on the day. I don't do well in slow play situations and the geniuses in the club put two fivesomes in front of us. The board got an earful from me when I came in from my round. We cannot allow fivesomes. The new board has made a lot of mistakes in their first month on the job, including dropping over $500 of OUR money on jackets for the board members. Their excuse is that it allows the board to be more visible on the course and helps speed up play. Could have fooled me this weekend.

David played two basketball games this week and had two very different results. We went to Placer, a foothill team of large white boys and we beat them rather handily 66-54, but struggled back at home against our cross town rivals, Roseville, losing by eight points and never really being in the game. The coach played ten players which is too many. He should have a set lineup by now and bring in two or three players off the bench with spot substitutions. We were behind by four points when he took out four of our starters and the reserves managed to fall behind by 12 points and we were never able to make up the deficit. It was a big game as we were 1/2 game out of first place and losing to a big rival made it all the worse.

I am off to Monterey this weekend to watch the AT&T Pebble Beach classic. My good friend, Jerry Tuel, has tickets all week and saved me a ticket for the final round. I may bring Darla and the boys, but I don't know what the lodging situation is as Tami made the reservations and I'm taking it from them. To further complicate matters, David has a game on Friday night and it won't end until 9:00 and it is a three hour drive to Monterey. I may just drive down myself as most of the motels are small and don't have a 24 hour office. Kids sports are great, but they can definitely get in the way of life as well. Darla will not miss a game and I don't like to, but Friday night basketball games are a bit much. It tends to take the starch out of a weekend away.

We had some friends over yesterday to watch the Super Bowl. The right team won by the way as I can't stand Terell Owens and it was great to see him make a heroic comeback, play well, and end up a Super Bowl LOSER. This is a guy who when he played for the Forty Niners would complain and whine if he caught two passes for 12 yards in a game and they won, but not make a peep if he caught twelve passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns and they lost. He has NEVER been about the team and always about Terell. He is the worst of what is wrong with the NFL and I can't stand the guy and take a great deal of joy in his loss. Although, he was NOT upset as he had a good game. It really doesn't matter to him if they lose as long as he gets the ball.

I received a phone call right at kickoff and I almost didn't answer. I figured it couldn't be Jennifer as it was 2:45 in the morning her time. I picked up the phone and Jennifer said, "So, who are we pulling for?" The Army gave the soldiers today off so that they could watch the Super Bowl. Now that is something to salute. I particularly enjoyed the Anheuser Busch commercial that showed the people in the airport standing up and applauding the soldiers as they walked through the airport. I can only hope that it sparks some real appreciation in airports and other public places for our troops and the sacrifices that they make for all of us.

I had my assistant, Anthony and his girlfriend, Erin, join us at church on Sunday. We had Dave Dravecky, the former San Francisco Giant's pitcher speak to us and he gave a wonderful testimony of how God has worked in his life before and after cancer, during his comeback and ultimately after his arm was amputated. He really fired up the congregation and got us ready to do our Forty Days of Purpose study. We took Anthony and Erin out to breakfast afterward. We even saw David and Daniel with their Father at church. I thought the roof might fall in. We also saw them at breakfast, although the power went out and they didn't get to eat. We had already been served and enjoyed our meals, even in the low light of the restaurant when the power was out. It was a great day all in all yesterday. We also had a deep conversation about God and his influence in our lives with Greg and Carla last night. It was pretty awesome. Hearing from Jennifer was the strawberry on top of my ice cream sundae yesterday.

We are having server problems this morning at work and I have to tend to that. We can not get on our server and therefore our network this morning. I have our Regional VP in this morning and he will interview Pete Morrison and perhaps offer him a job today. I can only hope.

Take Care. Ciao.