Even when here in Florida, it is very easy to stay in touch with everything via internet etc. I am going to take advantage of a bit of peace and quiet over here to get some of the Burhill admin tasks that I have set myself. Later on this trip, I want to enter all the 2016 completions and matches into the IG diary as wll as to write my Captain's Annual summary. Today though was a bit more straightforward: writing the weekly Friday email and sending it around for comments. This all worked fine and i shall send the email out later tonight (by which time it will be Friday in the UK!).
One of the things that we enjoy very much over here is the bi-weekly opportunity to play some competitive, but friendly, duplicate bridge. This was on the calendar for today (the games are every other Thursday in the afternoon). When a student at
UCLA, I used to play a lot of bridge: and I mean a lot! I'd be at clubs most evenings and occasionally during the afternoons as well: I was truly addicted.
It was though fantastic as that is where I first met Kathry, at the weekly UCLA students' game. She has more sense than I did though and very soon established after we were married that we should give up the competitve game as it can become all-encompassing. Accordingly, we have played very little Duplicate Bridge over the past 30 years but have taken it up here again. I am seriously out of practice however and find myself making the types of elementary mistakes that i would have been very critical of when younger.
Today was no exception... We started off very brightly but on two hands my brain went completely AWOL: on one occasion I left Mrs L in 6H when 7NT was a lay down and on another, I completely forgot what suit she had bid... senior moments? Nevertheless, we performed very creditably and managed to come second E/W so won the princely sum of $5. We're rich!
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