The computers are messed up this morning at work and my IT guy called in sick. Curses. For some reason the upload of pictures is stalling and not cooperating, so I will add pictures of Baby Samantha later. The IT guy (Anthony) called in and said that he was having cramps. I thought that excuse only worked for women? It is a new world, eh?
Jennifer and Samantha are in town until tomorrow to visit with Diane. She decided that she wants them here now before her surgery so she can enjoy their visit. She will be in some pain after her surgery to remove the tumor on her thymus gland. She brought Jennifer and Samantha over on Friday so Samantha could meet my staff (or vice versa I guess) and she has really lost a lot of weight and is skin and bones. The Graves disease causes weight loss and hopefully the surgery and recovery will let her put some weight back on.
I will have lunch with Jennifer and Samantha today in Folsom. Darla has a couple of meetings scheduled and won't be able to join us unfortunately. Jennifer joined us for pizza on Saturday night and her friend Sara and her boyfriend, Evalio, came over along with Alicia and David. Darla and I took turns holding Samantha while the kids played Wii. Evalio really seemed to enjoy himself and wants to get a Wii for their house. Samantha was a little cranky, but she slept for awhile and seemed to calm down while she was in her swing or being held. What I notice as a big change in Samantha from one week to 5 weeks is her awareness. She is looking around and much more active. She also seems to be less scrunched over (if that makes sense). She is stretched out and seems to have a straighter back and neck. I remember that with Jennifer as a baby, she was really more compact right after birth and more in a fetal position, whereas she tended to lie straighter after about a month. The hematoma on her head where they had to suction her out of the womb has healed and she has a flatter head. She also seems to smile more and is active with her hands.
Jennifer and Samantha will be back the end of February when Diane has her surgery and will stay for a couple of weeks. John was really missing Samantha. He sent me some pictures that he took of the Monte Carlo fire in Las Vegas. His office is located just beyond the strip near Interstate 15 and he got quite a show with the fire burning Friday morning.
I played in the Spyglass qualifier this weekend and we had wet, rainy conditions. In fact it was so bad that we shortened the tournament to one day. Steve and I played poorly as a team and ended up with a 71. Steve has always played well with me in his group (until this weekend). He is the one that beat me in the Club Championship final this past year. He shot a 93 with four....count them...four out of bounds.I struggled to an 86 in the windy, wet conditions. We have had constant rain for about ten days now and it broke on Saturday, but the course was sodden with water in the sand traps and several areas where creeks had flowed over their banks. Our course beaver even had trouble keeping up with the rain and his dam got knocked down and the water rushed across the fourth fairway to the confines of the creek bed below. There is an underground culvert that takes the water under the fourth fairway, but when the rains are heavy the water rushes across the fairway and down to the creek. I had won $48 in skins from the week before at Lincoln Hills and Steve and I won $46 on Saturday due to his birdie on the number 12 handicap hole (number 8) that resulted in an eagle due to his 12 handicap. I was forced to play as a 9 handicap as the NCGA allows 90% of the course handicap in its' qualifiers. The winning teams had 59 and 61 (which became a 63 after a two stroke penalty for slow play). The third place teams were tied with 64, so the penalty did not result in them missing the Spyglass event.
We did play yesterday as the rains slackened overnight. The course was even wetter and when the rains came at about noon, the greens were quickly overcome with water and the holes filled up with rain and we finally called the event much to the dismay of many players. The conditions were just not going to allow us to complete the round. I was cold and my pants, coat, glove, grip and shoes were soaked and I was happy to retire back to the clubhouse and the warmth of the restaurant.We will tee it up again next weekend in the Super Bowl event and right now with rain all this week, it looks like about a 30% chance of rain for Saturday.
Darla and I will return to the NBA on Friday night for our fourth game of the eight that we bought a mini season package for. The Kings take on New Orleans on Friday night.
When I got back from Hawaii there was a blue Chrysler Sebring parked in the parking lot in the space next to our reserved BW spaces. I noticed the car because it was frozen over several mornings in a row when I arrived at 7:15 AM. It was still in the parking lot last week and I called the management people to have them check with the police to see if it was stolen. Sure enough, the car had been stolen on January 3rd and was sitting in our lot from then on. The thieves likely used it for their nefarious purposes and dumped it after they ran out of gas.
Well, it is off to another work week. I will add pictures to the blog tonight. Be nice to each other. Ciao.
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