CARMEN LEE--LIFE IS NOT A VACATION, IT IS A JOURNEY

Day 100, "Every picture(s) has a story"

It was the fall of 2011.  Terry's daughter invited us to join them in Cozumel Mexico as they, Kim and Dave, were doing an Ironman race and the entire family was going.  While there I signed up for a scuba lesson in the hotel swimming pool.  It lasted about 45 minutes.  Then the guy asked me if I wanted to dive off shore!  Well one is not really a diver after a tutoring session of 45 minutes but what the heck, it may be a once in a life time experience.  I didn't really think about it may be a life kind of thing!!!  I think we only went to about 15-20 feet.  As we went down and then started swimming I got this feeling that I was inclosed in something and I WANTED to get to the surface.  BUT can a guy really give up like that?  We stayed down for about 45 minutes and saw a lot of colorful fish so I would say it was fun.  However I think it could have been a lot more fun if one was really prepared.

Tennis yesterday was good.  Did we win the match, no.  We won one court and lost the other 2 in match tie breakers.  I would say it was as good as could be if there was not going to be a winning match.  I did not play but will put myself in next week.  My court #1 of Rich and Ron played against a very good team and took them to a tie breaker where they came up short 6-10.  On court #3 Rusty and Bob came on strong in the second set to win 6-4 after losing the first set 1-6.  But the 10-7 tie breaker did not go their way.  So it is on to next week and the week after when I feel we will play two very strong teams.  I realized yesterday, as I did last year, that it really is not much fun to sit and watch.

We have rain this morning so no 7:30 tennis.  I got my racquet strung yesterday and I really wanted to try it today but it will have to wait for another day.

Terry and I had Bang Bang shrimp and a drink at Bonefish Grill yesterday.  They have their special on Bang Bang shrimp on Wednesdays and the crowd told you it was Wednesday.

Today it may be a stay in the house relax day with the rain and no plans to go any place.  A high school friend of Terry's lives in Winter Haven Florida.  Her husband died Sunday.  We had visited them last spring as we headed north.  Terry and I will drive up to Winter Haven Monday to be at his "Celebration of Life".  It is a 3 hour drive so it will be a day trip.

My pot of FP is gone and I thought about making another just to sit the morning away but really do I did 2 charges this morning?  NO!  Maybe I should just get some work done!!!  A novel idea at best.