This is a very weirdass time to have started my career in the hotel business. There’s no way y’all haven’t heard about the coronavirus and the havoc it’s wreaking with…with just about everything. Baseball’s interrupted spring training and postponed the start of the season. That came as a big shock to me when it happened…and … Continue reading Empty Hotel
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Mrs. Warwick
There’s been some sad news from home: Turner’s mother passed away last night. She was only 58, but she’s been sick since before I moved to California, fighting the cancer that finally got the better of her. I’ve known Mrs. Warwick nearly all my life. Me, Turner and Gardner were on the same little league … Continue reading Mrs. Warwick
Dancing Lessons
So y’all are probably wondering how the dancing lessons are going. In case someone missed it, one of the things I gave Joyce for Valentine’s Day was a gift certificate for 12 ballroom dancing lessons. She loves those Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movies, and she’s taken ballroom lessons before. But not with a regular partner. They … Continue reading Dancing Lessons
Lucas Makes It! (last part)
Lucas made the team and he got that starting spot at 2nd that we’ve been working towards for a year now. A bunch of us are excited for him, including all of Chuy’s family. They invited us to join them for a birthday party for Abel (in case y’all forgot who’s related to who, Abel … Continue reading Lucas Makes It! (last part)
Lucas Makes It! (part 1)
Lucas ate a hot fudge sundae last night. And Alicia and I made sure he ate every last bite. In other words, he made the baseball team and he's going to be the starter at 2nd base this year. He promised me he’d eat something good to celebrate instead of those nonfat yogurt and beet … Continue reading Lucas Makes It! (part 1)
A New Baseball Pupil (last part)
Noah Clarke is a 9th grader whose father wants me to tutor him the way I’ve been working with Lucas and Cody. I had a game of catch with Noah a few days ago and I’m afraid I wasn’t impressed. It’s not that the kid had no skills and was a total klutz (like Shoshanah … Continue reading A New Baseball Pupil (last part)
A New Baseball Pupil (part 1)
It’s not one of Meemaw’s sayings, but it’s still a saying: when it rains, it pours. No sooner did I get hired to work at the L****** than my phone rang. I mean I was literally still waiting for the hotel valet to bring me the shitbox when it rang. I told whoever it was … Continue reading A New Baseball Pupil (part 1)
Ryan’s First Game
So the Parrots have themselves a new pitcher. Ryan’s had one heck of a complicated life, even if he’s only 23. He’s been ‘clean’ from drugs for getting on 4 months now, works in a little Mexican restaurant, and lives in a ‘sober living’ in Eagle Rock. He’s doing a dang good job of getting … Continue reading Ryan’s First Game
The Uncoolest Thing in Baseball
Ok, so there’s one thing you don’t do in sports. You don’t cheat. This means you, Houston Astros. I realize that the pressures to win something as big as a World Series are huge and that sometimes people can be led astray by that, but you have to realize that the thing that suffers the … Continue reading The Uncoolest Thing in Baseball
Valentine’s Day 2020 (last part)
So for Valentine’s Day this year, I had a bunch of calla lilies (her favorite flowers), a heart-shaped box of Whitman’s Sampler, a gift certificate for ballroom dancing lessons for the two of us…and a 6’ giant panda. I made sure to dress in a way Joyce likes to see me: blue stripe shirt, jeans, … Continue reading Valentine’s Day 2020 (last part)
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