Sunday in Surprise...

And the weekend continued... After falling asleep around 5 am on Sunday morning, my alarm rang around 9am rousing me from the "sleep of the dead"... (the kind where you wake up on a drool soaked pillow and aren't really sure where you are or what day it is). It's time to put on my happy hosting face and drive out to Surprise, Arizona for a pre-season baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Surprise is an hour drive one way, hence the early (sleep deprived but up and at 'em) start to my day. I wore my D-backs t-shirt and shorts... (temps were going into the high 70's) and had my hosting gear and tickets and after a stop at Dunkin' Donuts for a gallon of coffee, off I went. Traffic didn't get bad until I reached about a mile from the stadium but I got in and the parking was free (bonus), the sun was shining (what else? it's Arizona) and I was early. I found one of our members and we chatted and put on sun block and as it got close to game time, no one else was showing up... I called the people on my list and they were all stuck in stadium traffic so I waited and then we all went into the game. We had lawn seats...(no actual seats, just pull up a piece of grass and sit down). The grass was warm and green... (took off my shoes and socks). It sure felt good to have real grass between my toes again. One of the ladies brought a tarp and after introducing everyone and chatting for a half inning, I explained my weekend and went down for a much needed nap... After waking in the sixth inning (boy, did that hit the spot!), I watched the D-backs cruise to victory over the Rangers... (luckily no one hit a ball over the fence at us). I said goodbye to all and made my way to the car. I was blocked in so I put the Jeep in 4 wheel drive and climbed the curb, crossed the lawn and beat it out the back way... (love that Jeep!). Got home around 4ish and zombied my way through the rest of the afternoon... (so tired that I couldn't fall asleep).

Around 8 o'clock Steve, my friend from Oregon, arrived at the door and started his visit. He drove all the way from Oregon to get to a job interview on Monday in Mesa, Az. He's staying for a few days for the interview and to play a little golf. I lasted til around 9:30 and collapsed into the bed. What a weekend that was!

A couple of things off the beaten path that I must share with you. Those of you that know me and have kept up with my goings on out here, know that I have an off beat sense of humor and find humor in almost everything. I'm going through the mail and I receive an offer to plan for my ultimate demise with a very nice crematorium. Reading through the brochure I come upon the incentive card for signing up with this particular crematorium. It seems they will give me a $25.00 GAS card if I use their services and I can't help but think--Is that GAS for my vehicle or is it a coupon for the GAS to cook my remains? Then later on in the pile I come across a letter that states that GOD wants me to be rich! That's right folks, God mandates in the Bible that I should and must be rich and if I send $29.95, God's ultimate plan for wordly riches will be revealed to me... (can't tell you how long and hard I laughed at that one). Don't you think that God would have revealed this to me in a more personal way... (and not for $29.95!). It offended my beliefs, it offended my intelligence and it made me laugh out loud. A-plus for originality and eye-catching advertising, F for sensitivity and political correctness...(how this was able to be mailed without outrage from every religious group imaginable is beyond me). But for pure entertainment value it was a gem...