I admit that I miss my wife when she is away on conference. My biggest problem and why I wouldn't make a good bachelor is that I get busy and forget to eat, forget to go to bed. I'm oblivious to things around me. I noticed the cat's water was out today. I wonder how long they've been slowly dying of thirst. They aren't my cats, but Darla would probably be upset if she came home and both cats were lying on the floor with distended stomachs slowly dying of dehydration. Just a guess. In fact, it is ten to ten on Saturday night and I haven't eaten dinner yet. I played golf today and stopped on the way home at 2:30 and had a late lunch. Actually, it was a second lunch because I had brought a sandwich with me. maybe that's why I'm not hungry. I'll probably have a cheese quesadilla in a few minutes and call it a day.
I talked to Darla a minute ago and she is heading to bed and will be up to catch the airport shuttle at 6:40 tomorrow morning. I'll be asleep. Tonight was the awards ceremony and she walked the stage twice tonight and received awards. One was for lifetime recruiting and the other ( I believe) was for number of recruits that she brought on last year. I complain about her being gone, but I do enjoy the trips that we have taken, including the Bahamas 9my favorite so far), Hawaii twice and Mexico, Punta Cana is this next year. They announced the next destination for 2016 tonight, but I haven't heard where it is. I forgot to ask. I'm proud of Darla. She is so much healthier since she quit work and much more balanced since she got her medications under control and her diabetes seems to be in check.
We had our quarterly golf meeting on Thursday night and Rick and his wife came out to see everyone. He stood up and gave an update on how he is doing. He is finished with stage one of the chemo and on to round two. He went in and had another cat scan to get a baseline on how his cancer is responding and, amazingly, he has no new lesions and the lesions that are there have all shrunk. I say amazing because round 1 is also known as "chemo lite" because the body has to slowly adapt to the poison that is being injected into it. Normally, the best case is that it is status quo. To see the cancer shrink and the chemo working is very rare. Hopefully, Rick continues to respond well to his treatments and can beat this bastard disease.
I played golf yesterday with Paul Gonzalez, one of my bachelor friends. We got on the course at 3:30 and finished in 4 hours. I shot 87 in practice for the 3 club tournament. I used a driver, 7 iron and putter. Paul used three wood, 7 iron and 60 degree wedge. He putted with his wedge and did quite well, shooting an 81 in his practice session. Paul is a 10 handicap, so was at 71 net. I was home by 7:30 and was able to relax at home and watch some TV before bed.
Today was the 3 club and I shot a 41 on the front side, but followed that up with a 45 on the back. The 7 iron is great from the fairway, but useless in the thick, wet rough we have at Diamond and a real problem in a greenside bunker. Paul shot 40 on the front and 47 on the back for 87 and was out of the money. My net 72 was good for second low net and $45. I also had a nice birdie on number 15, the 176 yard par three. I hit a drive to 20 feet and drained the putt. I won $21 in skin money. I stayed to the end and helped Neil post the scores on the board and pay out the skins. I was home by three and had a nice nap on the pool.
I've since timed the plants in the back yard, cleaned the pool and added new chemicals, sprayed down the rear yard, which is now a fine able offense in Roseville because of the drought, and washed Darla's truck. I'm not too concerned about spraying down the deck, for two reasons: 1.) it is in my back yard and not the purvey of the city of Roseville, and 2.) I'm a Republican and believe in freedom of choice.
I did buy a bumper protector for Darla's truck and installed that yesterday. The new Explorer has a metal top on the rear bumper and she tends to nick it up when she pulls her jewelry cases from the cargo area. I was able to cover that area with a rubberized mat made by Ford for this very purpose. I washed her car and will show it to her when I pick her up from the airport.
Randy is lined up for his trip in for the wedding and we look forward to seeing them. They fly in Friday night of Labor Day weekend and fly back on Tuesday. We will hang out with them after the wedding on Monday. I haven't heard from Darryl. but may give him a call tomorrow.
Work continues to go well. I have one team that is struggling and the underwriter principally works from her house. I will have a meeting with her this week and tell her that she is moving back in to the office once the build out is completed. Her team has been complaining that she disappears too often and goes off the grid. They can't find her and they get frustrated. It will get fixed.
Well, that's it for this week. Darla is back tomorrow and I wanted to give her all of my attention, so I got this taken care of today. I hope you are all well and enjoying the Summer. I will be back at the keyboard next week. Be well. Ciao.
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