Tennis for the 3rd day in a row, we will see how the body does!

I put this photo on today just as a symbol of life and death.  This is the church bell and cemetery of Bergen Church where I went until it closed in the 60s.  Why?  Well I was on Facebook this morning and learned of the deaths of two school mates.  Kent was in my class of 1965 and Ray was in the class of 1964.  A few months ago Jim, who was in our class of 1965 died also.  Oh my I think that makes 7 or maybe 8 of our class.  I do not want to sound morbid or anything but it does cause one to take a break and think about life.

Well I survived tennis yesterday for the entire 90 minutes but was tired in the end.  Today it is tennis at 9:00 so it may be a bit warmer.  Rich H, who is moving to Houston, played for the last time yesterday.  It is amazing but as his memory fades and his mental health deteriorates his tennis skills remain very good.  Yesterday was a fun match as I played with him and we came out on top in the two matches.  Coming out on top was really not that important (I do like to win!) but to end the couple of years with Rich on a positive note was fun.  At one point we got a good laugh.  A ball came onto our court and the guy from the court 3 asked Rich to please get the ball. He retrieved it and then went on to ask who wanted it.  I am in no way making light of Rich or his condition but it was a "light" moment and Bob, who was serving, had to stop and collect himself before he could serve.

Terry and I sat in on a 2+ hour session about business.  The meeting started out not so good but in the end I think both Terry and I felt it was a very interesting, productive and informative meeting.  We will be meeting again with them in a week and a half.  Maybe the highlight of the meeting is one of the people bought my book but no money yet!!!

I will put in place the things that need to be put together for our new grill and then may start it up for the initial burn.  We will see how it goes.  At this point I have no plans to grill/smoke any food on it today.  That may come tomorrow.  John L says to have fun and be patience as using pellets in a grill is a bit different than gas.

Enough as the FP is down to the last sip, the breakfast dishes are in the dishwasher and it is time to change into the tennis clothes and get out for a while.