Thursday

The last Thursday of this winter trip to the sunny desert of Az started off with heat and sun.  It was also the last coffee & donuts morning, so we both went and sure enough the old jinx returned and our table was last to be drawn.  All I can say is it's a good thing this is the last as my presence for the donut draw is like a --- well black cloud comes to mind.  At the meeting they asked how many were leaving in the next few days and all but a 4 or 5 raised their hands.  The moderator then said to Wayne, better buy less donuts for next week, LOL.

   Hey I almost forgot to mention that I bought a new hat for golf.  Decided I needed a cooler hat than the ball caps, as they are not ventilated and really seem hot when the temp gets up.  The hat I bought is straw, or something like that and is similar to what all the Mexican field hands wear.  Being very sensitive, my friends at happy hour call it my lettuce picker hat.  What do they know anyway, it was nice and cool out on the golf course yesterday.
  Went out for my last visit to the dentists office and then over for a haircut.  It was seniors day, so there was a line-up of 4 guys in front of me.  Well it was $10 for a cut, you can't blame them.  LOL  Marg went to water aerobics with her posse and did their best to mix the water in the swimming pool.
  I got back just about when she was done, just in time for a sandwich and then off to the 8 ball tournament.  It was Eastgate at our park & we really don't look forward to playing them, well at least some of them.  They are the team with the most talent in our league & they certainly showed it today.  Mike & I drew the top 2 players on their team and got thrashed badly, we not only lost all 3 games, but never got more than 2 or 3 balls down in any game.  We were short of players, so we had to play twice.  Our second match was against 2 players more in keeping with our skill level and we managed to win 2 of our 3 games.  Overall team Carefree got taken to the woodshed, oh well, it's just a game -- right??
  Rose & Len Krupka are just about ready to go home and we got together for a few cocktails with them.  They came to the park and then we took them to the Chinese buffet on Signal Butte.  We owed them a dinner from last year and we had a great visit with them, nice to see old friends again.  And that was then end of another gorgeous day in the valley.