After church we were getting in the car. C mentioned how hungry she was. I asked if she wanted to go eat at Pappasitos. Not her favorite but she wouldn’t have to cook, and we had a balance on a gift card to use up. She finally said yes.
The parking lot was crowded, but they had already showed C to the table when I got in from parking the car. But then we sat there without menus long enough to get worried. Finally menus and chip arrived, then the waiter introduced himself. It was his first day, shadowed by a veteran. Things went well from then on. While we waited I mentioned how this may be the last time we eat at Pappasitos, since we’d finally be using up our gift card.
We almost always split the chicken fajitas, but C was in the mood for something different. Evantually she decided on chicken quesadillas. I ordered a chicken burrito. Before it arrived as usual I said a short blessing. The food was good. The ladies right next to me were talking about church and Bible Study, but I couldn’t hear much of their conversation. Most of the diners were Hispanic, but I’d noticed a white couple next to the ladies, directly in front of Ceil. The blond lady was wearing pink, her husband had short hair and a t-shirt.
As we were finishing up the veteran waitress who was helping the rookie asked how our meal was, and asked if anything was wrong. Something seemed a little odd with her questions. She asked if we knew the lady in pink (we didn’t). The waitress said to not make a big deal out of it, but explained that the lady in pink had paid for our meal.
Ceil immediately hopped up and walked over to thank the couple, as did I. They were originally from Texas and loved to eat at Pappasitos. They had moved to Tennessee and this was the closest one. Not sure if they paid for our meal because they had seen us praying or what. C said that they had prayed before eating as well. Later C said that since we didn’t use the gift card, we’d have to come back.
Got home and watched Scottie Scheffler win in a blowout, as did his young son. Interesting to hear jack Nicklaus descried how and why the various greens had been designed, and predict how each putt would break.
Ceil had bought this little kitchen from IKEA for Millie’s birthday. We didn’t start putting it together until 8 pm last night. Big mistake. Didn’t finished until after 11 pm. Lots of pieces and screws etc etc etc. C was also trying to bake a birthday cake.
Up early to run at the gym this morning. Lots of work trying to catch up, but I have to leave at 5 pm. Grabbed an ice cream from Burger King.
W drove his fam all the way home from NE Virginia on Saturday. Didn’t get home until like midnight. Last week Matthew stayed at their house to take care of Okie. Supposed to have Millie’s birthday party tonight.
CARL FURILLO [SABR Bio] preserved a no-hitter by throwing out a runner at first from the outfield. On 27-Aug-1951, Ralph Branca had held the Pirates hitless at Ebbets Field. In the 3rd inning Mel Queen lined a one-hopper to right. Furillo gunned him out at first by 2 feet. Branca lost the no-no in the 9th, but won a complete-game shutout. In 1953, teammate Roy Campanella was again voted NL MVP; fellow outfielder Duke Snider finished 3rd. Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine tied Furillo at 9th. Furillo won the batting title that year. During his career, Furillo recorded 151 outfield assists with a high of 24 in 1951. He had 9 seasons with 10 or more assists. He was known as the “Reading Rifle” for his hometown & rifle-like throwing arm. [Roger Kahn in “The Boys of Summer” writes that fans came to Ebbets Field early to watch Carl Furillo warm-up: “Others came out, thousands of others, long before the formal competition started, to watch the warm-up throws. You could hear gasps at Ebbets Field and sometimes, an hour before game time, bursts of applause.”]. After his playing career, he helped install the elevators in the north and the south towers of The World Trade Center. Furillo worked for the Otis Elevator Company who had won the contract.
Denison: every year, 700-1000 people attempt to climb Mt Everest; and 60-70% succeed. It takes 2 months to make the climb; the experience costs between st$35,000 and $100,000. Most mountaineers train specifically for Everest for at least a year. More than 340 climbers have died attempting to reach or return from the summit.
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