Friday

Well is was a rather warm day but a breeze from the northeast kept it bearable while outside, actually the early morning ride out to the rec was chilly. After the 5'ish wake up crow by Chester I did my quiet time then had a bowl of grapefruit with some blueberries and strawberries only. I read where bananas contribute to belly fat so I'm going to lay off of them for awhile and see if that makes any difference. I pedalled out for some 2 plus hours of pickle ball. Friday is now the day where the less experienced players mingle with the advanced so it was a mixture of play but at least the first hour it was mainly good play. I got in 2 good hours of exercise either way. After the rec I headed home to water the gardens.

Amy and Sam came for lunch and afterwards Sam and I read books and played. Amy went to pickup Ava from school then stayed around for another hour or so before heading out for Sam's nap time, he still has a runny nose and cough but it seems to be getting better. I got interested in the March Madness basketball and stayed glued to the couch the rest of the afternoon except for heading out to move the sprinklers. I spoke with Paw Paw(dad) for awhile and he said "spring has sprung" in northern Virginia with temps up in the 70's. The mountains had temps close to that as well. This was always the time of the year when we planted our seed potato's in the ground. I remember one year when I was in high school it snowed so hard while planting them in the tater patch that you couldn't see the barn a 1/4 mile away. The mules we used for plowing the furrows wanted to head to the barn and get out of this snow storm but seemed lost; that turned out to be one of the best crop of spuds we ever raised. St.Patty's day was the key to tater planting in Mountain Falls(home town) and also was the birthday of my middle sister, Pat who just turned 56 today, Happy Birthday Patricia Annette Triplett(Pittsnogle now).

Well both Florida and Florida State won their respective games in the NCAA tournament and move on to another round of playoffs. There were a few upsets especially the Duke game. I have always liked Duke and they have been a perennial winner but not this year, oh well!!! We headed out with Dan and Carol for supper to Carrabas. That place was packed both inside and out but they are friends with a waitress who got us in with about a 10 minute wait, its nice to know folks on the inside of a restaurant on Friday night; of course that garnered her a nice tip. We had a superb Italian meal.

On a more somber note we learned our good friend and fellow Sequence player Gerald Luffman was admitted to the hospital with severe pain in his lower back last night in Sparta; the initial thinking was a kidney stone but the final results aren't in as I write this post. Keep him and Mechelle(daughter) as well in your thoughts and prayers. We have become almost family with these sweet folks. Well Saturday we are taling Ava with us as we head over to Riverview to spend the afternoon and evening with Annsley and Gabe. Both Bob and Jill are spread thin again with weddings and business meetings for the day so we will help out with watching the kids and have supper with them, Later.