We had lunch today with a couple from my past. Dick is a former colleague from the days when I was down in the mouth. He and his wife, Linda, were also skiing buddies a decade or so back. Although I have seen Dick and Linda a few times in the intervening years, it wasn't until recently that I really reconnected. Dick is one of a gang of recovering (read=retired) dentists from the dental group (PDA) I worked for some 23 years. Recently, we "alums" started meeting monthly for breakfast to reminisce and keep up with each other in our "golden" years.
Jill had met Dick and Linda several years ago at the annual PDA Prom, but that was when we were first married, and it was all new and rather intimidating for Jill. A group of 125 dentists can be that way, I guess; especially if you are new to the situation. It was with some trepidation that Jill agreed to accompany me to this luncheon, but when it was over, she admitted that Dick and Linda were not at all intimidating, and in fact are quite charming. Beyond that, we didn't even talk about the past that much. We were more interested in comparing notes on retirement, that blessed state in which we all find ourselves. I am so fortunate to have a wife who is willing to take a risk!
Leaving the restaurant, we discovered that the sky had cleared some, and the sun was streaming down on us. After we arrived home, we decided that Pogo needed some exercise, but since we had gone mall walking this morning, we were loath to take our usual 2 mile doggy dash. So, we walked about three blocks to a new housing development, where building has not progressed due to the real estate crash we are currently experiencing. There we found a string of vacant lots. Jill and I separated ourselves by about 50 yards and then Pogo ran at full tilt back and forth, back and forth between us, until her tongue was hanging out. At that point, she actually asked to be put back on the leash and go home.
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I can't wait to get out and play in the sun! But right now we are a soggy mess. We would sink up to our knees! We would love to go down to the farm land but we are afraid that we would get stuck and wouldn't be able to get out. Not something you want to try when you only have one vehicle!! Can you send spring this way please!!
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I think spring got lost on it way!!! We are suppose to get 1-3 inches tonight. Makes me cold just thinking about it! Jim doesn't let me go to the home and garden shows like that...he knows it means trouble! And that he will be a few dollars lighter! Hee Hee!
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Oh and what are you doing posting on my blog at 1:43 am. Aren't you suppose to be sleeping?
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