More fun

Monday was Evelyn’s tea for a woman who is moving away from the Valley so we came back home after exercise.  Since I was not needed after helping prepare for the tea, I went to play golf.  I went alone and rode a cart, allowing me to play the back 9.  I did quite well for me and shot a 49 without any penalty strokes.  I was still early, so I played the front 9.  I had to hit 2 balls in some instances but still shot an accurate but not legitimate 49.  All in all I felt very pleased with my play.  We watched the first session of Dancing with the Stars.  It was a very good group of dancers.  Our neighbor, Judy Kruse, went to McAllen to get a colonoscopy.  More on the following entries.

Tuesday was the final morning Bible study.  The Reddel’s showed their DVD of their trip to Israel.  Evelyn had bought some hummus (this is breakfast food in Israel) and some juice that was partially pomegranate juice.  We did say a few words about our trip but had to leave the room early.  We came home and were picked up by Paul and Donna Zopfi.  They drove us to the Bayou Grille where I had a coupon that we used for some Cajun food.  We agreed that their food was good but the Cajun portions were not very authentic.  Zopfis liked what they had.  They brought us home, agreeing to meet us at the Mustang Lounge at 3:30.  We went to sleep and didn’t make it on time.  When we arrived we learned that they had left.  We danced a few dances and went to their house to apologize.  They graciously accepted the apology.  They then accompanied us around part of their park, Llano Grande, to look at some of the units for sale.  We made an appointment to see one on Friday morning.  We came home for a light meal and then went to check on Judy.  She was in misery.  Evelyn and another neighbor went to Walgreens to get her some medicine.  They learned the doctor called it in to a different pharmacy.  They finally got the medicine but learned later that it was ineffective. 

Wednesday Judy was no better.  A friend came to be with her while we loaded our bikes onto the bike trailer and went to ride around South Padre Island.  On the way I was stopped by a sheriff for speeding.  We were looking for a speed sign when he hit the lights to stop me.  He was very friendly and gave me a warning.  We had a nice ride with the wind south but not so nice back north.  The leader was a man on oxygen who could not make it back and had to wait for the trailer to come to get him.  We had taken a single widower with us and went to lunch at a restaurant for which I had another coupon.  It was Calasea on the island.  We all enjoyed spending the required $50 (it had cost $25).  We went to the SAS factory outlet in Brownsville to look for black sandals for Evelyn.  She didn’t like the style and didn’t buy them.  We came home and checked on Judy.  Another friend took her to have a CT scan and brought her back.  I visited her and saw she was in misery.  I tried to comfort her but had to leave for church.  When we returned, the friend had taken her to the emergency room in McAllen.  We will try to see her a bit tomorrow.  Evelyn and I put together a big pot of gumbo and went to bed.  Glenn Combs agreed to pick me up tomorrow morning to play golf.  I tried to find another player but won’t know until tomorrow whether anyone will go.