Drove Ceil around on her errands on Friday night. Dark, traffic, crowded places. Ate a late sup at Ponko Chicken in downtown Alpharetta. First time in several years. Not Ceil’s fave. Good, but the potato salad wasn’t. Missed out on a Sunday School gathering.
Saturday AM: golf. Then I stopped by the popup farmers market in Sandy Springs.
Sunday: lunch at CAVA with the Rice’s and Hongs. Our second trip to CAVA was better than the first. I paid more attention to the ingredients. Grilled chicken bowl with rice and plenty of fixins. Was 3 pm before we got home. Watched some Falcons@Saints and Colts@Chiefs.
Monday: played golf. Teed off at 645 am. Had an audience – a guy had stopped to watch the sunrise. I vowed not to hit as many balls since I had to go to work. That lasted for about three holes.
1. Pulled my tee shot left. Two flubs. Worm burned, then a great 7 iron. Decent chip.
2. Pulled my tee shot left. Cruddy chip way right. One decent chip, one bad one. Good lag putt.
3. Pulled my tee shot left. Mulligan went way right. Two decent chips. Good lag putts.
4. Decent tee shot. Didn’t go as far left. Two okay chips. Good lag putts.
5. Three straight worm burners off the tee. At least they weren’t left. Chips weren’t pretty, but they went in the right direction. Good lag putt.
6. Hit 2 good drives out of three. Flubbed two fairway shots. Flubbed two approach shots, but my third and fourth try were great. Took my six attempts to sink a three foot putt. Goodness.
7. Hit two good drives. Both faded right. Only one of my four fairway shots were good. Bad chip, but a decent mulligan. Hit three good lag putts.
8. Okay drive. Hit two approach shots short. Made great contact with my third try, but it bounced off the back of the green. Two decent chips. Three nice lag putts.
9. A good straight hybrid off the tee. Two poor approach chips, but the third was a worm burner that rolled off the back of the green. Putted out of the trap (because I could). Finished at 8:11 am. Arrived at work at 9 am.
Got home around 6 pm. C had just returned from a late appointment. She wanted me to return some items to Trader Joes. Not a fun task but the clerks made it easy. Gassed up her car. Chili and tossed salad for supper.
Skipped the gym this morning, then slept way late (7 am). Thanks to super light traffic I made it to work just a few minutes after 8 am. Hit very few red lights. Even stopped at RaceTrac for gas and a drink. Tomorrow I am working from home.
Elizabeth Goldsmith Musser and husband Paul are retiring from the ministry. You can find their final newsletter here. Bob Marsh’s daughter in law Karen will be making an Atlanta appearance next week. I doubt Ceil will be going.
Overdramatic article: Clothes that Boomers still wear that younger generations find outdated: cargo shorts, graphic t-shirts, pleated pants. Not sure if I will ever stop wearing Colombia PFG shirts. Need to get rid of them so I won’t be tempted.
Denison: Warren Buffett recently wrote his farewell letter to shareholders. In it he advised: “Decide what you would like your obituary to say and live the life to deserve it.”
CHARLIE COMISKEY [SABR Bio] built a “monument to the fans”, a ballpark that bore his name. There have been a few serious changes, but the name Comiskey Park remains. He was known for profanely berating umpires during games. Records of ejections were not as carefully recorded in his day. He is said to have revolutionized the first base position by ranging far from the bag during play. He is credited with other innovations still in use today: boxes for base coaches, for example.
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