Others writing the Sunday Somethings: Kerry
Something that made me happy this week: Playing bridge with Lance. He is a wonderful partner, he is pleasant to the opponents, he makes thoughtful bids and plays. Everything he does is for a reason. (Though i don’t always figure it out!) I enjoyed playing with ya, sweet thang.
Something i struggled with this week: The partnership desk really makes me mad sometimes. People are so unbelievable. Another example from Friday: a guy shows up and says he needs a partner; a few minutes later, another player arrives. Seems perfect to me. I introduced them. After a brief discussion, the first guy now says “Can i talk to Audrey alone for just a minute?” and tells me he would rather not play with this less experienced player. And he leaves me the awkward job of telling the less experienced player he isn’t wanted. Sigh.
Something tasty i ate this week: My dad took us out to Shabu Shabu while he was here during the week. The Tuna Tataki was awesome, and the Wolfpack Roll was awesome-er.
Something i learned this week: To get rid of an ant infestation in your car, get some ant bait, spread black pepper around the floor of the car, and clean thoroughly.
Something from the bridge table: Some friends encountered an unintuitive safety play in the knockouts.
Some things i am doing towards my goals: I “won” the next level of the speaking competition i’m competing in with Toastmasters. Again, it was by default; this time i had no one to compete against. They must have heard i was coming. (Yeah, right.)
Something i am reading: Meltdown by Thomas E Woods.
Something happening around the house: We are exhausted after a weekend of bridge. Neither of us has the energy to do anything, though there are lots of things we should be doing, such as laundry, grocery shopping, cooking meals for the week, not drinking, finishing my photography assignment.
Something i am thinking: Jim and Pam’s wedding on The Office rocked. It must be cool to be the couple whose wedding inspired an episode of a hit TV show. (If you don’t know what this means, you probably aren’t watching The Office, and if that’s the case, i think you’re missing out.)
Something i am looking forward to next week: Visiting mom & dad in Asheville. It’s not for a happy reason – i’m helping out my mom while she recovers from a shoulder surgery. However it will be good to see her.
Something i am hoping: To get back on track with running. I didn’t run at all this week – i kept saying “after work” or “in the morning” or “tomorrow.”
Something random: This joke made me laugh.
Something captured: This is a bidding box we use for bridge, such as the tournament we played in this weekend. This allows for silent bidding, which removes ethical problems that can arise with audible bidding (confidant versus resigned, for example). Isn’t is pretty and colorful?
October 14th, 2009 5:32 pm
just watched Jim and Pam’s wedding. totally awesome and I’m not even a big
Office watcher