Fun Times this week with Birthdays, a Sam Run, Spring coming to roost and Pi Day. What is Pi Day? I still have no idea, but the youngsters in the office wanted to celebrate Pi Day on Friday 3/14 (3.14159...). The twenty somethings approached me about two weeks ago and asked if they could celebrate Pi day. They wanted to do food, costumes and games and wanted the winner of the games to be able to hit me in the face with a pie. Why? I have no idea, but I'm a good sport and went along with the group. The folks dressed up like PIrates, PIlates instructors, nerds, etc. They brought shepherds pie, pizza, pies of all kinds and cookies shaped like the Pi symbol. One of the girls brought a PIstachio pudding. The games consisted of being blindfolded and then trying to pin a sticker on one of the "twos" in the pi number. They narrowed it to four players and then they had to find (in order) the numbers 3, the decimal point, and then the numbers 1, 4,1 5 and 9. The numbers were hidden all over the office and it was quite a competition to see who got to throw a pie in my face. Matt, my Assistant Managing Director, won the honor and then decided to go ahead and do it. Tomorrow we get bonus checks and I've already lost Matt's and I haven't even received it yet. The checks come in teams and I will pull his out and hand him the stack for his team and let him come to me for his check. I'll remind him of his excitement Friday about splatting a pie in my face. I had been given a pair of Burns and Wilcox sunglasses at the Manager's meeting last year and hadn't found a use for them until Friday.
Samantha had a fund raiser at school and we were asked to donate $1 a lap for her run. The maximum was 36 laps and Sam had the run on Thursday and she ran 45 laps. We only have to pay the $36, but now Diane is all excited and thinks that Sam will be a marathoner like her. Hopefully, she has a more balanced lifestyle and has some protein in her diet. I don't want Sam to miss out on the wonderful experience of cake and ice cream and instead eat rice cakes and tofu. In fact, I hope Sam gets to experience all of life's pleasures as she grows up.
Darla and I went out last night and bought some new African daisies for the backyard along with a new sego palm, a tomato plant and a bougainvillea. I also reseeded some sections of the lawn in front and put down some bark in the planter above the pool. We had a rough winter with several of the plants still showing frost damage. Most of them will come back, but Darla and I were ready for some instant color and got it today. I also bought chemicals for the pool. The weather really turned Spring like toward the end of last week and we hit 80 degrees both Saturday and Sunday. The weather is supposed to turn more seasonal this week with temperatures in the low seventies. Nice weather.
The hot tub is out of commission right now and it has a flow issue whereby the flow of water to the heater is restricted probably by a gate that automatically shuts when the bubbler is turned on. That gate is stuck or the control panel is corrupted. Either way, I need to have service out to look at it and I need to schedule that soon. The heater shuts off when the flow is restricted so it won't burn out.We do enjoy our spa time.
This afternoon we were invited out to dinner with Freida and Charlie from the golf club. They also invited Rick and Jan, and Neil and Lilly. It was a surprise dinner for Frieda and Charlie also invited their close friends, John and Darlene from San Jose. John and Darlene lost their daughter to a brain aneurysm last year and are now raising their granddaughter, Caitlyn, who is three years old and adorable. She was the hit of the dinner as she sang Happy Birthday to Frieda and I. Charlie kept stealing her French fries and she finally told him that he could have one, but he had to ask and say "Please". She was saying goodbye to us and hugging Darla and playing with her jewelry (sounds like Samantha) and I got a picture. It was a fun night.
I did take my birthday off work and went with Neil, Rick and Boyd to Darkhorse Golf Club in Auburn. It was a perfect day with highs in the mid seventies and no wind. It was breezy in the valley, but nice up in the foothills. I struggled on the hilly course and shot 90. It was a great time. The course got hit hard with the recent rains and several of their sand traps were under renovation. I also played Saturday with Boyd, Andy and Paul at Woodcreek and shot a more respectable 84, although it was 44+40. I had to finish par-birdie-par to shoot the 84, but enjoyed the day with the guys.
It looks like we may sign the lease addendum this week and start construction in the next three weeks. The new build out will include three more offices and a larger conference room. our current conference room is 300 square feet and the employees are huddled on cabinets and in chairs along the walls. The new conference room will be 550 square feet and include a refrigerator, sink and coffee maker. I will also get a conference table that will hold 25 chairs. I have 26 employees now and I plan to max out at about 32over the next three years.
Well, it is late because of our dinner plans this afternoon, so I will sign off and enjoy the rest of my evening with my bride. I hope you are all doing well and living life to the fullest. Keep God at the forefront and you will have a blessed life. Ciao.
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