Another intense day

We seem to often hit the ground running. After exercise we came home for an early lunch and then dressed to go to the hospital. We rode our bicycles because it was such a beautiful day: 70s and no wind. We had to get X-rays for our volunteer obligation. We checked in and had our chest X-rays before starting our shift early. We had a good time working but left at 2:45 so we could be ready when our friends came to get us to head for McAllen. We left right at 3:30 and went to John’s retina eye appointment. We left him and Sue there and drove with the Froments to the radio station to get the hockey game tickets I had won. These 4 matched with the 2 Evelyn had won at the welcome back party in December made enough for all of us. We had decided to eat at the Texas Roadhouse so we went back to get John. He was still in a room where his eyes were adjusting to the dilation. We took Lloyd and Marilyn to reserve a table for us at 5 because the early bird special ended at 6. We went back and waited until 4:45 but John had not yet seen the doctor. They told us to go to dinner and they would walk the ½ mile to the restaurant. When we arrived, Lloyd and Marilyn were still not inside. They had waited an hour and we finally got a table after we reduced our request from a table for 6 to a table for 4. We ordered the “twofer” special of a 6 oz sirloin, salad and sweet potato. John and Sue went to Chic-filet for a sandwich and waited for us in the car. I had been driving John’s car because of his eye dilation. I continued to the Dodge Arena where the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees play hockey. We had good seats and enjoyed the game, but the home team lost as they frequently do. The arena was surprisingly sparsely populated. We were given some “thunder fans” (heavy skinned, long balloons) that made a sound like tin when beaten together. The entire arena had them and we had a lot of fun. The best part of the game was the dollar beer time. When the home team scored a goal on a power play, beer was sold for $1 for 10 minutes. The only goal scored by the Killer Bees was a power play goal. We were home by 11, giving me some time to write this. We hope things will slow down next week. Tomorrow I must work most of the day on the Sunday service.