Back at the blog again. It was a HOT and muggy week as we are getting some of the smoke from all of the fires burning in Central and Northern California. We had 100's all week up until today when it topped out at 94 degrees. We expect a week of mostly temperatures in the 90's. We nay dip down to the 80's Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Summer is finally slowing down a bit and it is Labor Day today, the unofficial end of Summer in Minnesota and Michigan (something like that). We will be comfortably warm.
We finished the month at work up about 2.5% which is negligible. In fact our CEO says that if we aren't growing at least 5% that we are losing ground. As flat as premiums are, I would respectfully disagree. We will finish this month with a pure profit of about $150,000 for the month and I get a piece of that. I'll take it.
I see Jennifer and McKenny got a new SUV, a Kia Sorrento. It is a good economical car with an awesome warranty. I haven't talked to them, but I assume they traded in her old car on the new one. McKenny has a KIA Soul and they like the quality of that car and bought another. They are going to get a tow package installed on the Sorrento and they will take the jet ski next year. It just sits here all year and we take it out only for Almanor.
Darla's Mom had her second knee replacement on Jennifer's birthday on Monday and has actually been doing quite well with her pain this time. Her first surgery was pretty painful and it took her a long time to get comfortable. The problem with this surgery is that she had an allergic reaction to the pain killer Norco and it really caused some issues with her health. Darla and Alicia were going to go up and see her over the long weekend, but Earl called and said she is mostly sleeping and often incoherent. We pray that she comes through this quickly and the doctors regulate her meds and get her on a smooth road to recovery. We had hoped to have dinner with them last Sunday and meet them in Yuba City which is half way, but she wanted to put that off as she had a lot to do to prepare for surgery. She got out of the hospital on Thursday and is back home and Earl is her caregiver at the moment.
Daniel and Becky were up this weekend and we spent Friday night visiting with them. They stayed over Friday and Saturday night and Saturday they met his cousin and wife and went up to the river above Auburn hoping to get a bit cooler. It was over 100 degrees up there as well. Daniel has been interviewing for engineering positions with several cities and actually was offered the job in Suisun City, which is near Vallejo. He turned it down as it is a really small city and the engineering department consists of the manager and one other employee. He would have learned a lot, but is holding out for a larger city job. He has had three interviews with Mountain View, CA and hopes to get that job. They are part of the Silicon Valley and quite a wealthy city, so I'm sure he would be involved in a lot of retrofit jobs and new city construction. They are both doing well and just got back from a 10 day vacation in Tahiti and Japan.
David left yesterday with Miya for a Spain vacation. They will visit Barcelona, Nice, Marseilles and make their way back to Barcelona before flying home. This is a pretty big step in their relationship and we hope that they are moving toward making things permanent. We like Miya and she is really good for David.
Darla and I went to Charlie and Frieda's for dinner on Saturday. We made sure that Dan and Becky had plans before accepting the invite. They wanted us to bring Samson and he was a hit there. Charlie blew up a twin sized air mattress and he floated in the pool a good part of the afternoon. We played dominoes and the picture of Charlie sitting with the train game dominoes on the table I call Nude Dominoes. Put a shirt on Charlie. We had a great time and enjoyed the visit.
I played in the Labor Day event on Saturday and the only word for my game (besides potential) would be schizophrenic. I shot a 49+41=90 and out of the money. I have the Rose Cup qualifier in two weeks and we'll see where I am. I get 19 strokes now from the blues and if I ever actually play up to my abilities, I could clean up. That event is the qualifier for the Rose Cup that brings together the four local clubs for a Ryder Cup style two day tournament. I actually qualified for it last year and we won, but it was played while I was in Michigan for the Mangers meeting for work. This year I can actually play and we will be the defending champs so looking forward to competing to get on the team. I will also play in the last Day on the Oaks event, which is a weekday series of tournaments that the club puts on I will sign up myself and Ron Floyd for the event.
Darla and I were up fairly early this morning as she was headed up to see her Mom, but her Dad called and said she had a bad night and to stay home. Darla and I took that opportunity to go out to breakfast together and the last picture of me is from breakfast today. We ran a few errands and were back by about 11. Luke and Alicia came over so Luke could meet Samson. I watched the golf as they all swam in the pool. I was able to get out and do some yard work this afternoon and trimmed back one of the large crepe myrtle trees on the side yard that is (was) hanging over the sidewalk. I have a fantasy football draft at 6:30 tonight, so wanted to get this completed before that.
I hope you are all well and enjoyed the holiday. Ciao.
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