Days 32 & 33 - Thursday & Friday, January 4 & 5 - Just enjoying life

Thursday - the only "exciting" thing that happened is that we went to the Las Vegas Cafe for lunch. It's 3 miles and 10 minutes from the campground. We have driven by it several times and the parking lot always has lots of cars in it. We arrived a little after 1PM and there were at least 10 people ahead of us, in line waiting for a table. It only took about 15 minutes to get seated but probably another 40 minutes before we got our food. Mexican food is their specialty. Our meals were good, but not spectacular. When we left it was nearly 3PM, there were 6 people in line waiting to be seated.

Friday - It rained some during the night, officially 0.13". Weather was great during the day. High temperature was a mostly sunny 72 degrees, with mild winds. Kathy went to the clubhouse and worked on a puzzle in the morning. I went to the clubhouse fitness center for about 45 minutes. The campground fitness center doesn't have a lot of equipment but its okay for an old guy who goal is to slow down age related physical deterioration. I have an Anytime Fitness membership, I go to the one in Jefferson City when we are home, but I would have to drive 25 miles to get to the nearest one here.

This morning I did some online research on dentists, locally and across the border in Nuevo Progreso. After we returned to MO last spring I had problems with a molar. By the time I got in to see a dentist the pain was much less than the previous week. X-ray's showed that there was still infection around the root, but it was going away. The dentist wanted to pull the tooth. He told me that the problem was going to come back. I decided to wait until I had problems again. It is starting to bother me again and this time I  will probably have it pulled. I'm not a good candidate for a bridge so I've toyed with the thought of getting an implant in Mexico, because dental work there is so much cheaper. Every time I read about the implant process it seems to get more and more complex and take multiple visits over 4-6 months. 

In the afternoon we spent time enjoying the great day.

I traded texts with our Drew, our younger son who lives in Oakland, CA. Last August he retired, after 25 years as a computer guy with the federal government. During that time he has taken a lot of construction trades classes. He wants to try his hand in one of the trades. He passed the entrance tests and has been waiting to get into the Sheet Metal Workers union, as an apprentice. This morning he took, and passed, the test to get into International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. With all we hear about the shortage of tradesmen I'm surprised that it apparently isn't all that easy to get into one of the union trades. 

Thank you Lord for a good day.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours as He has blessed me.