Dear Friends,

Our Wednesday didn't go as planned. I had forgotten that Wednesday night is Linda's Knitting gathering at Panera Bread. She called our friends and left a message saying that we were going to take a rain check at going to the movies with them. They did have their Spa Day, but after the Spa Day, their plans fell apart. Our friends never did get the message which Linda left on her cell phone. They called us and said that they were on the way to the Japanese Restaurant right across from the Beacon Cinema. Linda asked if they received either of our two messages: one on her cell phone, and one on their home phone. Our friend said that they went directly from the Lenox Spa straight to Pittsfield. If she had listened to either message, they would have found out that the movie "Lincoln Lawyer" was not playing at 7 PM. There were two matinees, and in the evening some special event was taking place at the Beacon Cinema, and this event replaced the "Lincoln Lawyer" movie. The Curley's prefer matinees because it frees up our evenings for other adventures. After Linda left for knitting, our friends called me and asked me to look in the local newspaper to see if the movie was playing at our local Mall! Not! They spent the evening home alone which is what they didn't want to do.
When they both retire, they will find out that Matinees are the best time to attend movies.

I also messed up my sports watching. The Bruins are playing tonight and they did not play last evening, but the Red Sox played a 4 PM game on Wednesday. The Red Sox won this afternoon game so I got my dose of sports.

Observation -- The husband of the above mentioned couple is still working even though we are same age. He has daughters still in College so retirement is not an option. He has this week off since it is our Spring School vacation here in Massachusetts. This school vacation week in April got me thinking. We very seldom get (have gotten) nice weather during this Spring break. It is usually too cold and wet to putter in the yard. Our golf course has been open since March, but there haven't been many days where either of us could be on the golf course. Today we will have temperatures near 50 degrees with howling winds strong enough to do some wind damage. Tomorrow will turn out to be the best day of the week so we will be able to play golf with our senior group, but temperatures might not get higher than 55 degrees.
My whole point was that when Linda and I were teaching, we always wanted to get out of town. If we didn't have funds to take a trip to warmer climates, we at least went to Cape Cod when our children were small. To have two boys in the house saying that they were bored for a week straight could push anyone over the edge.
So my male friend has pretty much been trapped in the house all week. This is another bad thing because wives can always find projects for their husband to do when they are together 24/7.
The last two days of school vacation doesn't look any better for us in the Berkshires because rain is forecasted for Saturday and Sunday.
Spring Breaks in the Berkshires might not be good enough to recharge your batteries!

Social Calendar -- We will both be at the Fundraiser Pasta Dinner this evening at the ITAM. Linda will be attending the Fundraiser with a couple of friends, but I will be part of the crew from UNICO preparing the Pasta Dinner which we are serving at 5:30 PM. The evening will not end when Linda is done eating and socializing, or when my kitchen responsibilities are over because we are off to Patrick's Pub with a bunch of Irish Sister City Friends around the 8:00 PM hour. The Irish Band "Rakish Paddy" will be playing. I am trying to figure out when I am going to weave in a nap because I have to be at the ITAM a little after 2 PM. I will never be able to make it through what appears to be a long day without a nap.

I was listening to a sports' talk program which will make the national news if it hasn't happened already. In Houston, a 13 year old "student of the month" type of boy won tickets to the final four NCAA Basketball tournaments (took place in Houston). The assistant principal doesn’t tell the father that there were two tickets. The assistant principal, who was a Butler College fan, acted as a chaperon, and took the 13 year old to the game bypassing the boy's father. Well, when the father found out that his son had won two tickets, and not just one, stuff hit the fan. The assistant principal got a letter of reprimand in his file, and that was it for his punishment. The boy's father believes that the assistant principal should have been fired.

Well, I am up early because I heard Retro Fitness Gym calling me. I will be there with the 4:30 AM crowd.
I will have to take it slowly since I haven't been there for a while.

Have a great Thursday.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad