Thursday is Kathryn's golfing day here, so she was out bright and early... though it was actually anything but bright this morning: as the sun came up (around 07:20 here at this time of the year) we were greeted by dense fog - so much so that we even wondered whether or not the course would be open. It was. So she was able to get off on time and I had the morning to myself.
I had a long list of minor errands to carry out: returning s faulty wireless doorbell, buying a photo frame and booking myself in for a club-fitting session... the joys of retirement!
After lunch, I met Kathryn at the Clubhouse for our bi-weekly dose of couples bridge. As we get to know better some of the people playing this has become quite a fun event. Because we are only occasional players, we always get put East/West, which means that we have to do the walking between the tables - but no complaints as this means that we get to play against some friendly pairs.
We started off reasonably disastrously, and also seemed to have none of the cards. Nevertheless, things picked up as we got our brains into gear and I was quietly confidently that we had scored OK (as it turned put, we had only managed a 60% game but this was enough to put us in first place - winning us the princely sum of $8 for our efforts!).
On previous occasions, we had either not been available or not keen to stay on for a meal after the cards was finished. This time though we decided to give it a go - partly because we need to start making a dent on our annual levy spend at the Club here ($900 is our target....). We ended up having a very pleasant meal in the restaurant - Kathryn was delighted with her salmon dish and I enjoyed my chipotle pasta - even though I wasn't quote sure what I had ordered... I had to look it up when I got home and now know that a
chipotle is a smoke-dried jalapeño pepper...
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