Here it is, the last day of this awful year. Someone pointed out that phonetically the new year is "2020 won!" (2021). A really awful thought. But on to a brand new bright year where we will make the best of it again but let’s hope the vaccine helps get a handle on the situation.
The highlight of my week is usually playing mahjong in my small group of 5. I have been doing really well for not playing since last March and with a new card besides. Each year a new card is made and you have to learn the new hands. Some can memorize it. I have to keep looking at the hand I am playing to be sure I get it right!
We were invited to Sue’s again for a "bring your own pizza" dinner on their patio. With no large gatherings and most entertainment cancelled, these small outside groups spring up a lot. We have been mostly eating at home but tonight we have invited Jay & Stella and neighbors Steve & Patty for a light supper and then a crack at my new horse race game. It will be fun but I bet we are in bed long before midnight.
Well ... Our company enjoyed our light dinner and then proceeded to win all the money in our horse race game. It was about 12:30 am before they left! It has been several years since we stayed up for midnight.
New Year’s Day we went to the only Mass, at noon. If we did anything exciting, neither of us remembers what it was!
We went over to Mexico on Saturday. It was business as usual. We got many of the meds we will need and wanted to get them before the border closes down again. It is hard to know what can happen quickly. Other than wearing masks, everything was in full swing. We walked the street one block over to avoid the crowded sidewalks. No one was walking there.
We did go to church on Saturday when we returned. Four Masses in 10 days was a little much but when the holidays fall near weekends it just turns out that way. We had no trouble parking but church was fuller than it had been but still social distanced.
Ted went shooting and I played mahjong on Sunday. I didn’t win any games! We used our Christmas gift of pure maple syrup and Stonewall pancake mix to have breakfast for dinner. We added goetta that we bought in Cincinnati last summer. It sure was tasty! In the evening we had scorer training for a shooting competition that would take place Monday.
We left for the gun range about 9 am. I was assigned to the swinging targets that had 2 inch buttons decreasing in size in a series of 8. It looked like a tiny swing set with 8 hanging rods with metal buttons on the end. When struck, the target would spin over the top rail and spin. It wasn’t too hard because most shooters were able to get them all. One or two missed were the worst scores. They are so small that you can’t take your eyes off them because you have to call hit or miss. If they miss they have to stay on that rod until they get it before proceeding. Sometimes they lose their spot and you have to be able to tell them what they need to shoot. Ted was shooting in the competition using Nile’s gun. Ted is a shotgun shooter and has not had much experience with these rifles with high powered scopes but he came in third!
Our day continued with an AC repair man telling us our front AC was shot. It runs fine but has lost Freon. They are closed systems and cannot be refilled. So ... we are fortunate he located the only one Dometic had available and it was in Texas and has a black shroud. He bought it on the spot and will install it on Friday morning. We had the same thing happen in our Mobile Suites.
And then ... we went to the large patio outside the clubhouse for the taco truck. It was an attempt to allow people to social distance outside at tables of six. There was a huge pent up demand because people lined up for over two hours time to get food and drinks and join a table. We met a new couple who have a Newmar Dutch Star and a lady from Michigan who lived and worked right in the area we did. There were 9 of us at the end, with a few standing, and we closed down the patio. Dee and I went into the clubhouse to turn out the lights and lock the doors. And we called it a night!
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