Well, back at it on a Sunday night. It was a nice and relaxing weekend. It had rained most of the week and the storm would stay around until Saturday night, or so we thought. I had a Best Ball tournament with Paul on Saturday and we teed off at noon. My back had been acting up all week in concert with the weather and I had been hobbled and crooked throughout the week. I was actually somewhat relieved that we would miss golf on the weekend. And then I woke up Saturday morning to sunshine. The game was on. I didn't want to let down Paul. As I turns out he had a really stressful week at work and showed up for my benefit. We played horribly as you might expect. Paul shot 85 and I put up a truly awful 94 and we shot a 73 best ball, this coming three weeks after we shot 61 at Diamond. I actually picked up on four holes as I was in the high rough and either couldn't find my ball or couldn't advance it. The course was a little rough and really wet as they hadn't been able to get out and mow it. The rough was both long and wet. I did see a group of male turkeys courting some females along the way and snapped that picture.
The relaxing part of the weekend is that we slept in both weekend days until 9 o'clock, unheard of for us. Samson slept in as well which helped. The problem was we missed church today. Darla felt guilt and bought me breakfast and we then we went to Home Depot to buy some replacement sprinkler heads for a couple that had developed leaks. I got home, put in the sprinklers and then mowed the lawn and went around the house with a big jug of Roundup and sprayed the weeds in the driveway cracks, the sidewalks and in the flowerbeds in both the front and backyards. I took a break to watch some of the golf and then went back out and blew off all of the sidewalks and the driveway. Then I used the leaf vacuum to pick up leaves that had accumulate with the rain throughout the property and cleared out several of the eave points at the roof gutters of leaves and debris that accumulated in the storm.
You can see some pictures of Darla and I from last night when we got together for dinner with Phil and Carmen. They are the couple that Darla set up several years ago and they are still together. They are both originally from Mexico and were born about 100 miles apart in small villages outside of Guadalajara, Mexico which is in the state of Jalisco. They are both now citizens of the United States, although Carmen speaks more fluent Spanish and sometimes struggles with English. Their story is a funny one in that Darla thought that Carmen would be perfect for Phil. She brought up the prospect to Phil when we were having dinner together after the junior golf tournament that I worked on and Phil volunteered for. He said, "Oh, I'm really not looking for a relationship and just play the field." When we mentioned that Carmen looked a little like Sofia Vergara, his tone changed. When Darla showed him a picture, he thought it was a joke. Nope. They are still together and struggle with trust issues as they were both in difficult marriages the first time around. They are getting through it and make a cute couple.
The second set of pictures are from dinner out on my birthday with Pete and Vicki and Michael, our corporate VP of employee development. We went to Benihana's and had a ball. Michael was in Monday to Wednesday and will be back in May.
The next set of pictures are of Samson. The first has him on his new bed in our room. That bed has helped us break him from the habit of jumping up on t our bed. The next two were pictures Darla sent me at work of Samson getting in to the mud and the result of his mud bath.
The final set are of Sara's Dad's condo in PV that Jennifer and the girls stayed in for the bachelorette party. Sara is Jennifer maid of honor. The house is in Puerto Vallarta above the Bay of Banderas. It is a 4000 square foot 3 bedroom, 4 bath condo with all three bedrooms with an on suite bathroom. The villa includes 2000 square feet of balconies and the infinity pool and courtyard. They had a great time and after seeing the pictures and the private beach, I can see why. The condo is called Villa Azule Celeste and rents for $600 a night.
We went to dinner at Rubinos in Rocklin and were talking after dinner and decided to go over to a wine bar close by. There was a band playing and a small dance floor and we had a bottle of Zinfandel and talked until after ten. It was a fun night, although nothing that we did would have been a clue that it was St Paddy's Day. I don't like acting like a leprechaun on Saint Paddy's day or a caballero on Cinco de Mayo.
I'm sure you all saw that Jennifer had a bad reaction to something on Saturday morning and ended up being rushed to Emergency. They applied steroids and Benadryl and the swelling went down. She swelled up on her lips, mouth and fingers. She thinks that she had a bad reaction to salicylate. The only thing she had in the morning were 5 Advil and some orange juice. Both are very high in salicylate. Salicylate sensitivity symptoms are swelling of the face, lips, hands and feet; itchy skin, hives and rash: and headaches; all of which she experienced. The steroids and Benadryl quickly stopped the symptoms dead in their tracks. She has an Epi-pen now in case she ever experiences those symptoms again. I guess it was pretty scary. She is off ibuprofen now.
That will do it for this week. I have golf on Saturday up at Plumas Lakes golf course near Marysville and then seats to the Sacramento River Cats and San Francisco Giants exhibition baseball game at Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats are the AAA team for the San Francisco Giants. I am a season ticketholder for the River Cats at work and we got the tickets as part of our season ticket package. We will go with Pete and Vicki. I will be back at the keyboard next Sunday rain or shine and it is supposed to rain. Ciao.
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