Good bye February 2018

Yes, good-bye to February!!!

Of course I should not complain about this month.  For me I am feeling better as my leg is on the mend to some degree and I am still up and about.  BUT for sure February has been difficult for many reasons.

• Terry is still hobbled by that darn foot.  She had an MRI yesterday and we are hoping it gives us some answers.
• The paper this morning had the headlines, "This February in Florida is the warmest on record".
• I have mentioned before but to sum it up 5 family/friends died this month.  That is difficult.
• The traffic in Naples is, in my opinion, is about 140% of what it has been at it's worst in the past.  I would say if one is going some place that should take 25 minutes it will be at least 40+ and that makes going out no fun.
• What the heck I purchased new hearing aids and then lost one in the first 3 weeks.  The good part is there is one replacement free so my warrenty is up!

Terry and I had a fun time last night.  Our neighbor John took us out to a dinner/theater kind of thing. Terry had a terrific time and it was fun for me too.  The theater was two guys acting and singing along the lines of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.  Those kind of social times bring out things in me that are kind of pathetic.  I am not sure anyone else notices but for me I feel like a farmer in a city situation!  I know I never was a real farmer but I grew up on one and perhaps still have some of the rural life in me where social skills and knowledge of things are lacking at times!!  Not sure that makes sense but it is what it is.  There was dancing and I am not a dancer BUT I would have last night except for my leg.  Terry danced with John and had fun.  I could tell that some of the evening John had his mind on his life when he and Diane would go out and dance.  The food was very good.  As I glanced around I know John, who treated, put out a bit more $$ than a McDonald's outing!!!  Actually he expected company this week and had purchased the tickets but his company became sick and did not come.  Their loss and our gain.  The music was mostly OLD time songs that I had heard but did not know the words.  Terry pretty much knows most of those songs.  In her childhood she was into music and I was into baseball and sports.  I would say Terry and I probably do not do enough of that kind of things so it was refreshing for sure.  By the end of the evening my leg begged to go home and my body said I may have overdid the day a bit as I awoke about 5 or so.  Anyway today is a new day and I did not get out of bed until 6:30 so that is good.

We have a home tennis match today.  Weather shows it should be 83 by the time we play.  Ouch!!!  We are on the down swing for the season but I am already looking and planning for next year.  Partly because I plan to be able to play and partly because we have used this season to settle into the 3.0 league.  {we were 2.5 last year and there is a world of difference in the level of play}  I would say I have maybe 6 players at 3.0 and the rest are a bit below.  It would be nice to add a couple more players next year that could compete on court #1 but we will see.  I have to be careful to balance the competition and the fun part.  I admit that sometimes they get a bit unbalanced and one could guess to what side!

I don't remember if I mentioned that our villa party last Thursday was a success with 29 people showing up and having a good time with super food.  After some of the villa meeting drama last year we did not know what to expect.  One more in March and that may be it for the season.  Terry and I have to decide if we want to do our burger/brat thing.  People have enjoyed it in the past but not sure about getting the grill over to the pool.  

I continue to do PT twice a week and then have sore legs for the other 5 days.  I guess that is par for the course.  

French toast is gone, french press is gone and this is a Norwegian saying it is time to get to work.