01/24/09

I gained .4 this week. We had some friends over last night for drinks and snacks before going out to eat. This meant the house had to be put in order so I didn't have time to even turn the computer on yesterday.

Over time we meet a lot of people. What makes some special? Sometimes you meet a couple that you just seem to hit it off with. Other times one of the couple seems like someone you would like to hang out with, but you can't seem to jive with the spouse. When a couple breaks up, do you have to decide which one to stay friends with? Or do you break contact with both of them? Kind of like taking sides. Then there are those that have lost spouses. Sometimes hanging out with people they spent time with makes them sad.

The one thing we have in common with the friends we had over last night --- GOLF.
We all have different levels of skill playing this silly game, but we all like the time spent on what is commonly called the 19th hole. There was a group of people in Wayne we called the "Saturday group". Everyone gathered about 1 pm and we would decide teams by tossing balls. Everyone marked a ball and the balls were tossed into the air. The balls closest together were the teams. A little money game was decided on depending on how many players were on each team. The stakes were usually very high, 25 cents a point. The winner had to buy the first round of drinks at the 19th hole. Therefore the winner was actually the loser because the winnings didn't cover the cost of drinks for maybe up to 12 people. This group had been together so long and the same jokes told so many times that we got to the point that all we had to say was the punch line and everyone laughed.

I really miss those fun times.