More days in Texas

Monday was a day for me to have some fee time.  Armand, Roger and I played golf early and did poorly as usual.  It was a hot humid but not breezy day.  This meant that there were plenty of mosquitoes around the course.  We covered ourselves with repellent and were fine until hole 7 when it a light rain began.  Things became muddy and the rain washed the repellent off.  We had 2 inches of mud on the wheels of our pull carts and plenty of mosquito action.  In short it was an unappealing experience.  We had a beer when we got home, and I took a shower.  We called Rosalie to sing happy birthday to her and watched TV. 

Tuesday Armand and I planned to play golf again at 1.  Roger came by and had to go earlier because he had to be back by 2.  Armand and I went to the course and began play at 12:30.  It was hot, humid and very breezy.  This meant that the mosquitoes were kept away from us.  I don’t know where they go but blew away to somewhere.  We played worse than yesterday despite the lack of mud.  As we were leaving Roger came asking for a ride home because he had accidently locked his keys in his car.  We brought him home, and I showered.  I also noted that there was a happy hour dance featuring Diego at the park next door.  We quickly dressed and went to enjoy his music.  We were home by 6, ate leftovers for supper and went to the CVS for some cosmetics for Evelyn.  It is amazing how expensive that stuff is.  We did have some coupons making the price more amenable.  We went to bed early.  I have noticed how much older I feel since our return from Israel.  I hope I recover soon.

Wednesday we went to the square dance at 10.  We are not much better than when we arrived in the Valley this fall because we have not been regular in our attendance.  The silver sneaker exercises cut into the time to dance.  The strange thing is that some of the people who have danced for years have some real problems similar to ours.  There is a woman who lives in the park where we dance that has been unable to dance this year.  She has something similar to fibromyalgia, so we went to visit her after the dance.  She and her husband are very devout Christians, and it was a blessing to us as much as to her.  We went to the post office for some post card stamps we want to use to mail some cards we bought in Israel.  We waited until we got home because our experience is that we usually beat the cards back to the states anyway.  We came home for lunch, went to the Lenten service at the WELS church at 3 and returned to a farewell party for Schwinghammers.  They are moving to another park.  We tried to make good friends of them for 3 years but his unreliability and avoiding keeping his word made me give up trying.  We tried to be Christian in our behavior and wished them well on their new venture.  We came home and Evelyn went to a Bible study with some of the ladies she has been studying with for more than 5 years.  I watched the final Purdue home basketball game of the season.  They will play more but not at home.  I spent some time writing this and watching some TV.  We have a very busy day planned for tomorrow and the rest of the week, but it felt good to have a couple of days to relax.