We went to the annual RGC Christmas party on Saturday night and there were only 35 people in attendance this year. The economy had something to do with it and our VP this year is a bit quieter of a guy and didn't really push this with the members. It didn't help that a group of the members were on a cruise and that the party was a week later this year and was competing with other corporate and personal parties. It was pretty low key and Darla and I were home by 10:30.
Neil and Lilly had to miss as she just had surgery on Thursday and just got out of the hospital today. It was a planned surgery to relieve some pain that she has been having due to diverticulitis. Darla made a lasagna and some salad and delivered it to Neil on Saturday morning. I saw Neil at the course as I was finishing up and he came over to tell me about the surgery and to thank us for the dinner. He said, "Darla is such a great lady, Ken, you must wake up every morning and just pinch yourself!" Funny guy.
You can see in the pictures above that my hair is darker, but it is mostly brown now. I still see a touch of rust color in the hair, but no one seems to notice it. Jennifer didn't notice it until I pointed it out. I think it helps that I didn't darken my moustache and beard much. Some of the ladies at work have noticed, but the guys can't see any difference. I did tell the story in our staff meeting of the original red color and one of my female underwriters now calls me "red". She is a redhead. No one at the RGC part noticed until Darla pointed it out to one couple. I had one guy come over and say, "Ken, you need to dye your facial hair, your wife is so young and you are looking older." Open your eyes, pal.
It was a great weekend weatherwise, with cold and wet fog in the morning that burns off to a sunny day and temperatures in the upper 60's. I came out of poker on Saturday night to a cloudless sky with twinkling stars that lead to fog come Saturday morning. It burned off by the third hole and we were in shirt sleeves the rest of the round. I shot 42+42=84 and the ground was really wet from the rain during the week. I ended up winning a total of $119 in the tournament last week, although someone beat me out for closest to the pin. They were at 3 feet and i was at 3' 7" and took second place. the course is having their Holiday Sale on Wednesday and I have $190 on the books, so will go by and see if there are some gloves, balls and perhaps another pair of shoes that I want.
Friday night was poker and I took another $60 from my friends. I play with a couple of cousins, both in their late fifties and they got into it during the game and almost came to blows. They are both BIG men and it was pretty intense when they went nose to nose. It was like a couple of bulls with neither one willing to back down. There is some history there and they had each consumed about a bottle of wine. The guy who was hosting is a little guy and he just sat staring at them afraid that his house was going to get thrashed. It will be awhile before they make up as there were some pretty nasty things said to each other.
Darla is off on a Silpada gig tonight and also let me know that she is hosting her December meeting here tomorrow night. I will make myself scarce and go watch the Monday night NFL game somewhere.
I got an e-mail from Dad and they are going through some issues at home right now, with their car having a power window go bad. it's happened to me and the window just drops and you can't raise it. He also had an undercounter light in the kitchen that somehow got too hot and melted the housing on the fixture. He was afraid that bad luck always follows in groups of three and sure enough when he went into the crawl space to put back some Christmas boxes, the crawl space was flooded with about three inches of water. There is an underground spring that runs under their house and Dad thinks that the construction on the home behind their house has caused a drainage problem. It has been raining non-stop in Surrey for at least a week that I have been keeping track of.
Jennifer starts her new job tomorrow and will be in training for a week or so. She and Michael went to what the recruiter called and orientation last week and when they got there with seven other people that will be on their team, they had a pop quiz. The questions all related to internal forms and practices of the company they will be working for. Jennifer said it was a joke, no one knew anything about the company's internal working and she was embarrassed. Luckily everyone else was in the same boat. She was furious and Mike and her let the recruiter have it, but they are still starting work. I'm glad and feel for them as they have been out so long and itching to get back to being productive and off unemployment. I guess they will be Republicans once they are back to work (Just kidding, Jen!).
Well, that's it for this week. I will have my office celebration next Friday and will be out for a few agent lunches this week. I will also get to the gym a few days to make up for the extra calories. Darla and I will be going to a Christmas performance by the Slavic Chorale on Sunday at our church. One of the ladies in my office is Ukrainian and sings in the Oasis chamber choir. She is a great young lady, a Christian and Darla and I will support her along with Anthony and Erin. We'll go out to lunch first and then to the performance. It should be at least different and they will be singing Christmas songs. I hope you are all well. Ciao.
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