Monday, October 28, 2019

Last Monday of October 2019



Terry and I took time yesterday to have lunch at the Turtle Club.  I have NO idea why it is named that as it is just a casual eating place on the beach.  I intended that we would sit in the sand (on chairs!) for lunch but there is a bit of Red Tide here and it makes a person cough so we sat inside.  I had heard people mention that they ate at the Turtle Club so it was fun to see what it was like.  Actually we went there as they serve Stone Crabs and they are a HUGE thing here during the winter.  I had never eaten them and wanted to try them.  We ordered a half pound and the order came with 3 claws on a bed of ice.  I would guess that there was at least an ounce and a half of meat in the claws!  All that for $24!!!  I really enjoyed them and liked the taste but then the bill came and I was not so crazy about them.  Of course we knew the cost and that is why we only ordered half a pound but really.....  As a retired teacher I would give it a B+.  From there we went to Costco to pick up some things.  We will be having company for dinner on Friday and I want to do ribs on the grill and for the price you can't beat Costco.  We also picked up some wild caught salmon and will grill that this week as well.

I would like to get in better tennis shape so I started that journey this morning by going to the fitness center which is by the tennis courts.  I got there at 6:30 and there was not a sole there.  I only stayed 30 minutes as I do have a couple hours of tennis late this morning.  I requested 9:00 but got 10:30 which means it will be HOT.  As I was walking on the treadmill in the fitness center the weather was on TV and they said it looked like SW Florida will end up having the hottest October on record.  It should be about 90 at noon today where the normal is 85.  The high humidity does not help at all.

We have our first home tennis match this Wednesday.  I have one more of my better players here now but he has not played tennis all summer so will put him on court #3.  I have NO expectations for wins/losses this fall as I am mixing up players and putting them on different courts.  Fall tennis to me is just a time to have fun, get in tennis shape and experiment with different lineups.  Don't get me wrong, I am still not totally over losing in a match tie breaker last week.  Well I am but it just kind of lingers in the background.

We (mostly Terry)  have another meeting for business purposes this Thursday.  We will bring a LOT of papers with us and see what advice we get.  

I am thinking that all those grandchildren already have their costumes ready for Thursday and "for sure" a big bag for candy!  Hope they are all safe and have fun.

I am expecting the pool heater to be fixed today but not sure about that.  I understood they need to replace the fan motor and they could get that in Fort Myers but what one thinks and what happens is often not the same!

Enough for this morning.  When I returned from the fitness center I reheated the last of the FP and now that is down to one sip so will sign off.


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