I played bridge yesterday and we did pretty well. I have played a few times with D. a new player because his wife has gotten certified as a director and either does not play, or plays with a person without a partner. They are both doing extremely well with their game and are both exceptional people and I enjoy playing with him. They are an asset to the bridge community.

I am gearing up for my trip to Atlanta to see my bff. I have made arrangements to have my porch repainted while I am gone. I hope it gets done, because it would be a pia with the dog here. I need to get my car to the car-wash but it rains every day! Maybe I will get it done today.

Sheets are in the washer and odds and ends planned today.

Well I actually cancelled a bridge date on the day before I leave for Atlanta so you know I am committed to this trip! With a good partner, too.

My bff is excited that I am coming, I can tell. She has called 3 or 4 times already, lol. She also sent me a check to pay for Honeys resort stay. Very generous of her. She loves Honey, but feels unsure of her mobility. It is too hot to travel far with a dog by myself right now anyway since I would have to leave her in the car at a rest area, and that is not a good idea.

I am still working at my part-time job, well putting my time in. They never give me much of anything to do. I will try to stay as long as I can. I am not sure whether I am getting ahead, but at least I am not getting more behind.

My BFF offered to pay for doggie resort for Honey when I come. I just might let her do that since she can not come here because she is no longer traveling. She has a much larger income than I do, so we will see. How generous of her to offer, even though I was going anyway.

This friend is the reason I live in Florida. She lost her husband 3 years ago (1 year almost to the day before I lost Roy) Her husband asked me to move here and go to work for him which is why we sold our house in Tucson and moved to Destin, before we moved here. Financially it turned out well. We have been friends for over 30 years. I am looking forward to seeing her.

Looks like it will happen the week of July 4th. Got approval from all and the Doggie Daycare has room for Honey, so Sunday July 1st I will leave to go visit my BFF. She is pretty much house bound she tells me because she is unstable on her feet, but can still go out to eat, but not much else. She quit volunteering at the hospital she tells me because she got too tired. She still is her upbeat great self and I wish she could do more, but I need to go see her and have some good laughs.

Today I have to fix the information on my attendance sheets I send in every 2 weeks to get paid. I just find out they are not correct after 3.5 months. LOL, and they just figured that out?? Oh well. So far I have decided not to quit working just yet. I want to try to save more money and I am thankful to have the opportunity to do that at this time of my life.

I will miss Honey when I am gone, but she will be more comfortable staying here, I am pretty sure and they take excellent care of their charges.

I made it through what would have been our 40th anniversary date.

Today I am meeting some friends for a birthday lunch after I get off work. I was considering quitting, but I still need the money, and where else can I get the hours I pick and really have no stress, so I will keep going until I can't do it any more. I am going to work on getting a week or so off so I can go see my friend in Atlanta. She even offered to pay for Honey to go to doggie daycare. Generous of her, she does not feel up to having the dog there. I really don't get it, since Honey is no problem for her, but it would be easier for me to leave her here, and easier at rest areas since I won't/can't leave her in the car.

Alberto gave us a lot of rain. Most is over now, and the grass is green again. It does not flood where I live, and I am thankful for that.

Today I am a standby at bridge. All because of that PIA that was bugging me a few months back and I finally got through to so he leaves me alone finally. He has managed now to piss off both bridge clubs so the one where I play most of the time has asked for volunteers to stand by if anyone needs a partner so they don't have to play with Stanley. Today is my turn.

I am thinking of quitting my part time job, but then I think I would be nuts to do so since I get paid for doing nothing. I am getting too bored right now. I really need the money, little as it is, so I will see. I will miss my water aerobics this summer if I continue working. I just don't know, life is short.

Since it is the Memorial Day Weekend I have thought a lot about the boyfriend I had when I ran into Roy again in San Diego. We were kind of on the way out when I ran into Roy again. I remember he had another girl friend and he went to her house to play bridge when I asked where he was going he said "to play bridge" You don't know how to play do you? I felt kind of belittled (my issue, not his). I am willing to bet he is not a life master bridge player now, I should thank him for putting the idea in my head. At that time I was a pretty good dart player though and won a lot of money at tournaments.

I also think my first husband would not have been a CHP if not for me. I talked him into taking the test. Funny how we influence other's lives.

June 3rd would have been Roy and my 40th anniversary. We had a good run. Who else would have gone full-time RVing with me. No regrets, we had lots of good memories.

I liked the movie "The Book Club" Ran into some other friends at the theater, too. Lots of "old ladies" like us. The two books they referred to in the Movie "Wild" By Cheryl Strayed and "50 Shades of Gray", I have actually read. The movie was just good fun and funny, but probably most fun for old ladies like me. I got tired of 50 Shades, too much of a good thing, but that is just me. "Wild" was interesting.

My friend, Eva, and I are going to the movies today to see "The Book Club". Now in anyone's book, that is not a big deal, but I am sure it has been well over 20 years since I was at a theater. Usually I just wait for it to be on Netflix or Prime.

My intuition about the guy who wouldn't leave me alone is proving to be correct. He is getting on other peoples nerves at the bridge clubs and caused him to be evicted from one game and people do not want to partner with him. I am so glad I nipped that in the bud when I did. It has taken me a long time to establish good partnerships and I don't want anyone to associate me with him. He is rude at the table. I actually told him that when I refused to play with him. His daughter told me he didn't mean it, but she has not seen him at the bridge table, I guess.

The loud boss is supposed to be gone again Thursday so it will be like a 5 day weekend for me!

Picked my friends up from the airport yesterday. I got home about midnight. Late night for me. Bridge today in FWB. I am not going to play tomorrow, I need the day off.

The boss has been gone for one day and will not be back until Tuesday. It is so nice and quiet. The other girl and I feel like we are on vacation without our blow-hard boss talking for the whole day, just to hear herself.