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It was another tremendous weekend in Northern California. High, very thin clouds and temperatures in the mid eighties with a hint of a breeze in the air. The guys snuck off on Saturday to Fairfield and Rancho Solano Golf course. It is a beautiful course perched in the foothills of Solano County. There are some very nice homes built throughout the course and there were joggers and people walking dogs and babies through the public streets that intersect the course. Pamas, Boyd, Neil and I met at the Park-n-Ride n Roseville and all piled in my Chrysler 300 for the ride to Fairfield (about 45 minutes west on Interstate 80). Pamas is a member of the Roseville Golf Club as we are all and he took second place in the Club Championship losing 1-down to the winner this year after 18 holes. Pamas is the type of guy that drives me nuts. He took up golf about 7 years ago and became hooked, playing upwards of six times a week and often 36-54 holes a day. He is a 3 handicap, weighs about a buck fifty and hits his drives about 285 yards. He is also a heck of a nice guy. He moved to the states from India about 25 years ago and was a translator for the court system. He speaks six languages, including Hindi, Arabic, several Muslim country tongues as well as English and French. He was discovered as a translator by the FBI in a court case and recruited to join them and he has worked for the FBI for 25 years. He works in intelligence translating interrupted transmissions from the Taliban and others and also works with those sympathetic to the US mission in the Muslim world. Great guy and if we were going to take a road trip, it's always nice have a G man along for the ride. The course was in great shape and Pamas brought his camera along and got the pictures shown above. Neil was very impressed with the layout and is looking into having an away tournament at Rancho Solano next year. I shot one of my better recent rounds and really had my driver working on Saturday. I shot 40+39=79, Pamas shot 78, Neil had 92 and Boyd was aching and not feeling well all day. He shot 85. Boyd had been to the doctor during the week and had a flu shot. He not only had a really sore arm where they gave him the shot, but had flu symptoms as well. Boyd is doing incredibly well for his age, but we all forget sometimes that he is 70 years old.
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It was another tremendous weekend in Northern California. High, very thin clouds and temperatures in the mid eighties with a hint of a breeze in the air. The guys snuck off on Saturday to Fairfield and Rancho Solano Golf course. It is a beautiful course perched in the foothills of Solano County. There are some very nice homes built throughout the course and there were joggers and people walking dogs and babies through the public streets that intersect the course. Pamas, Boyd, Neil and I met at the Park-n-Ride n Roseville and all piled in my Chrysler 300 for the ride to Fairfield (about 45 minutes west on Interstate 80). Pamas is a member of the Roseville Golf Club as we are all and he took second place in the Club Championship losing 1-down to the winner this year after 18 holes. Pamas is the type of guy that drives me nuts. He took up golf about 7 years ago and became hooked, playing upwards of six times a week and often 36-54 holes a day. He is a 3 handicap, weighs about a buck fifty and hits his drives about 285 yards. He is also a heck of a nice guy. He moved to the states from India about 25 years ago and was a translator for the court system. He speaks six languages, including Hindi, Arabic, several Muslim country tongues as well as English and French. He was discovered as a translator by the FBI in a court case and recruited to join them and he has worked for the FBI for 25 years. He works in intelligence translating interrupted transmissions from the Taliban and others and also works with those sympathetic to the US mission in the Muslim world. Great guy and if we were going to take a road trip, it's always nice have a G man along for the ride. The course was in great shape and Pamas brought his camera along and got the pictures shown above. Neil was very impressed with the layout and is looking into having an away tournament at Rancho Solano next year. I shot one of my better recent rounds and really had my driver working on Saturday. I shot 40+39=79, Pamas shot 78, Neil had 92 and Boyd was aching and not feeling well all day. He shot 85. Boyd had been to the doctor during the week and had a flu shot. He not only had a really sore arm where they gave him the shot, but had flu symptoms as well. Boyd is doing incredibly well for his age, but we all forget sometimes that he is 70 years old.
Darla and I went to church again on Saturday night and slept in this morning. We went out to dinner in Lincoln at Buonarroti's restaurant after church and enjoyed Gnocchi and chicken dishes as well as a beer battered zucchini for an appetizer. It was nice to get away and get caught up on each other's lives.
We leave Thursday night for Vegas and our fourth trip to see Samantha this year. We are staying in a two bedroom condo just off the strip and across the street from the Rio and the Palms casinos. Darla and I will babysit Samantha on Saturday night as Jennifer and Michael hit the town to celebrate his birthday. He has a deejay gig and then they are going to a costume party with friends. They have some out of town guests staying with them on Saturday night. Darla talked to Daniel tonight and he will not be arriving in Vegas until about midnight on Thursday as he has a test tat won't be finished until about 5 PM at Cal poly, He then has to drive to Los Angeles and rendezvous with Becky and then drive the four hours to Vegas. Daniel turns 21 on Tuesday.
Dad and Shirley get into Vegas on Saturday night about 9 PM and we are hoping to have Daniel and Becky hook up with them. Daniel wants to spend some time with them and visit a little before they have to leave Sunday. We will definitely do a breakfast on Sunday. I don't know how fast Jennifer and Mike will be moving after a night on the town Saturday, so we may make it late morning. Darla and I plan to bring plenty of videos and things to keep Samantha entertained on Saturday night. We really look forward to the trip and to our time with her Saturday night.
Work continues to go great. We just finished another month where we cleared over $70,000 in profit for the branch. I have promoted Pete in my office to an Underwriting Manager position and he will be helping me out, especially when I'm not in the office. He will also sit in on selected reviews and help with budgeting and forecasting. He will take on the role of liaison with a number of our companies and help monitor sales and new products with those carriers. It's great to see the branch grow and need some additional management. Pete has worked hard, been undyingly loyal to me (he used to work with me at Republic Western and took my position as Field Underwriter in the Sacramento territory when I was promoted to Manager).
I have the Insurance Day on the day that I get back to Sacramento from Las Vegas. I'll have time to get back from the airport, get changed and run down to the Sacramento Convention Center for the luncheon and then will work the booth in the afternoon. Pete and the rest of the staff will have to set up our booth, stock it and work it Tuesday morning. I then have a dinner with a premium Finance Manager from our home office that evening at McCormick and Schmick's steakhouse. At least now I can turn things over to Pete and know that I can hold him fully accountable for getting things done.
Well, that's it for another week. The blog will be late next week as we will be gone, but will return with pictures of Jennifer, Sam, Dad and Shirley, Daniel and Becky, Mike, Darla and I. I'll write more then. Ciao.
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