A good day

Today began with 9 holes of golf with my Dad. It was a little chilly with light rain at 10:15 this morning. We were supposed to start at 10 AM, but I was little late...again. We were behind a group of 8 women. The first group was moving pretty good, but the group ahead of us was SLOW. That said, they did show good golf etiquette and let us play through.

I was striking the white ball pretty well today. I shot a 45! Again, that is GOOD for me. Pop shot a 46. I think he was irritated by the group in front of us. Plus, I think he was trying to hit the ball as far as I was. He doesn't have the distance, but he WAY more accurate than I am. I won today playing at the best of my limited ability. He was just off a little. He doesn't have much to worry about from me - yet. We'll see how the summer progresses. :-)

Scores aside, it was just nice to be out there on the course with my Dad. The weather was good and the course was in pretty good shape. When I was a kid, I rarely had this kind of time with my Dad. Now, it is time I look forward to. This week, I am going to take Friday off and he and I are going to play 18 at a local golf course. Good stuff.

Around 2, Susan and I met the 'gang' for lunch at Buca. This consists of a group of people that have melded together over the years. Scott and Cindy ( I met Scott in college), Kim (Scott's sister), Lori (we each owned a condo in the same complex), Lori's friend Brenda (visiting from out-of-town), Jessica (my sister-in-law -- my brother was recuperating from a long drive up from Florida), and my Mom and Dad. We had a couple of MIA's, but that's basically the group. It is fun when we get together. We don't do it as often as we used to; we all have busy lives and schedules.

We had fun visiting and laughing, and we ordered WAY too much food. It is like an extended family. Susan says that family is the people you choose to spend time with (or something to that effect).

After that, we went to see Shrek the Third. We had planned to meet the MOH and Rissa (the MOH's daughter) and Mom and Dad went too. The Shrek movies are fun.

Finally, Susan and I ended up back at home. I cleaned my clubs, Susan fixed the garbage disposal. ;-)

I am tired - the good kind. It was a fun day with family, friends, and friends who are like family.