We are off to Jamaica on Friday. This will be the first of two overnight trips that we make to the East Coast this year.. We are heading to Jamaica and will fly overnight to Charlotte, NC arriving at 6 AM and then take a flight to Jamaica at 7:30 arriving just after 10 AM. We will be in Jamaica 5 days and 4 nights and it is a trip won by Darla through her jewelry business/ They have two dinners at the resort and we each get a VISA card for $75 a day for food and drinks. Breakfast is included every day so the $600 should go far in covering our expenses.
The photos above show the downed trees at my home course, Diamond Oaks from the series of storms that we have had. The top photo shows a tree that fell and landed in the pond that surround the 12th green. It is still laying there. Ron is in the red hat and Paul is in the blue shirt. The second shot shows the 11th green and the huge tree that fell behind it. Amazing to me was the shallow roots on that tree. There were enough roots that it pulled up part of the sprinkler system when it fell.
I also have a picture of Darla and Luke taken at his basketball game on Saturday night. The games consist of 5 minute periods where the 6 year olds double dribble, travel and often just run like a running back with the ball tucked under their arms. One young player was bouncing the ball about 12 feet high as he brought it up the court. Luke got a goal, but Darla and Alicia were busy chatting and missed it. It isn't great basketball by any stretch and I enjoyed watching the parents watching their kids. We went out to dinner with them after the game in Folsom.
The final picture is of a new American flag that I bought and installed at the house. Our old one was on a standard flag pole and the flag wrapped around it in the wind and got pretty thrashed. This one is on a rotating flag pole that turns with the wind and should hold up better. I have flown the colors at my home since 9/11 and will continue to do so, especially now with ISIS and terrorism touching our shores. Things will settle down with Trump. He is instituting ALL of his campaign promises and liberals are about to lose their fricking minds. Nobody can explain to me why a "sanctuary city" (of which Sacramento is one) will not aid the INS in deporting a criminal. How is it that these libs see more value in protecting the rights of an illegal immigrant that breaks the law than for the lives of their citizens who have to live with these scumbags? Someone explain it to me, because liberal logic is no logic at all. Also, I know that there are a lot of innocent victims in Somalia, but why should we take in these immigrants without proper vetting. What you aren't hearing is that there is language in the executive order that allows for 100,000 immigrants to come in from the affected countries once they are properly vetted. Why is it wrong to take time and make sure that terrorists aren't infiltrating our country? They can still come in, they just have to be properly vetted. I see nothing at all wrong with that.
I went to the orthopedist on Wednesday and I will have to undergo surgery on my shoulder. The supraspinatus tendon is not only torn, but it has torn loose from the humerus. They will do surgery on February 17th to reattach the tendon and I will be in a sling for four to six weeks and then will be off golf for 4 - 6 months. I will be on the cruise about three weeks after my surgery, so I'm hoping that I can ditch the sling about halfway through the cruise. I'm really looking forward to this weekend away with Darla and the cruise with the family. Both should be a lot of fun. The Jamaica trip will be more about relaxing and enjoying the beach. We may go into town one day and see the waterfalls and have lunch in town. We'll see. The resort looks nice. It is on the northern coast of Jamaica near Montego Bay and they have 600 acres and 2 miles of beachfront property. It looks really upscale and it should be great.
I talked to Robert in the pro shop at Diamond on Saturday before I teed off and he said that he had the surgery about ten years ago and it didn't work. He said, you'll be off golf for four months and then a year from now you'll have the same pain and problems. Wow, what a ray of freaking sunshine. I asked him how much physical therapy he did after the surgery. He said that he felt fine and didn't really do any and was golfing within two months. And, he blames the doctors? Jeesh. I will do everything the doctors tell me to do and plan on being 100% after this surgery. I know I hurt the rotator cuff back when I played softball on a men's team and have lived with moderate pain for years. It will be nice to see how I do with complete shoulder health. The doctor said that the shoulder looks solid, no bone spurs or arthritis and I should come out of this with a stronger shoulder and I wonder if it might improve my golf game.
Speaking of that I played Saturday and struggled. My shoulder is really sore and I feel it more now than earlier. I think sleeping is the worst thing for me as I'm a side sleeper and I wake up in the night with my whole arm throbbing. I shot 44+44=88, but had a nice birdie to start the day. I got stuck behind a set of trees on the left side of the fairway after my drive. I was able to hit a nice draw around the trees and onto the green that stopped about a foot from the hole. I started the shot out over the right sand trap and drew the ball right back into the middle of the green. That is the big difference in my game as I've matured in the sport. I'm able to move the ball more and play strategically. I'll certainly miss playing golf and probably drive Darla nuts, but I know I need the surgery, so, as my friend Neil says, "It is what it is."
Darla and I almost overslept and missed church today, but rushed to get ready after we both overslept. We got there and had to sit in the back of the church which we don't like, but the message was so good and we always walk out of church feeling blessed. Today I relaxed, watched golf, got some handicapping done and now am working on the blog while watching the Pro Bowl.
I will be back in two weeks with pictures from Jamaica. I hope all are happy and healthy and living a Godly life. Ciao.
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