September 4, 2020

 


I was awakened by the gentle tapping on my door by housekeeping at exactly 9:00 am.  Well so much for sleeping in.  I was actually awake and just lying there so I got up and performed my testing in my room then left to do my COVID test, and then walked slowly to the gym to get my workout out of the way.  The gym wasn’t open until 10:15am after the cleaning that closed it from 9:00 am until then. When I entered, I was the fourth person so the fitness center was at full capacity, or so I thought.

 

I worked out for about fifteen minutes until the door opened and in walked another user.  I recognized the individual.  About a month ago I had befriended him when we watched a rocket launch. I had also turned him on to a satellite tracking app my brother had introduced me to.  He brought our occupant count to five and he continued to ready himself for his workout.  He didn’t seem concerned at all about the occupancy load.  And here is the kicker.  He is an NBA Security officer.  I asked him if having five in here at a time was okay and he said he wasn’t going to enforce the rule because he thought it was stupid.  That was good enough for me as I wasn’t going to leave, but now I wondered how many rules laid down by the NBA were subjective.

 

During my workout I received an email about the possibility of golfing.  Here is the letter in total:

 

Hi, I know there have been inquiries about playing golf on off days; the availability is extremely limited; however, I will continue to try to get tee times!

I wanted to pass along some information regarding driving range access.  Please be sure to read through all the details below.

At least 48hour noticed is required due to coordinating with security and transportation (limited availability; more advanced the better)  6:30pm-8pm  Max 30 people $250 group flat rate plus food and beverages

Payment: no individual payments.  One credit card will be charged $250 and will be kept on file for any food and beverage charges. Attached is the food and beverage menu

If interested, please let me know what day and I will put in the request to check availability.  Will need to know a list of people as well as who is providing the credit card.   

Thank you

It is clear that I will not be going to the driving range for the remainder of this trip.  Two hundred and fifty bucks to whack balls for an hour and a half?  I know that is up to thirty people but there are only a couple of us that want to do this.  I will pass on this option and remain a whiffle and pickle baller.

We had a tremendous storm hit today.  I was out at the pool when large drops started randomly falling.  Others around me started gathering their belongings as one of referees, with wine in hand, shouted that according to his weather app a big storm was on its way.  I hustled to get my stuff together and made a bee line for my room.  By now, the drops were getting bigger and bigger and falling more frequently.  Shortly, the rain was falling in sheets and thunder and lightning filled the sky.  The storms come in quickly here!

When I got settled in my room, I propped my door open and listened to the inclement weather, then put on an episode of Shameless.  The temperature outside had dropped at least twenty degrees but it was still quite muggy.  Still, it was perfect weather to kick back and watch television while the storm continued outside.  This lasted for about two hours and I appreciated the change from the heat and humidity that at time could be relentless.

The rest of my day was spent watching games from my room as the Bucks went down three games against Miami.  No team has come back from a three nothing deficit so I will make a bold prediction that the Heat will be playing for the Eastern Conference championship.  The Lakers, heavy favorites against the exhausted Rockets who just completed their seven games series against OKC, fell in their opening second round game as Harden was on fire and the rest of the Houston team defeated Los Angeles pretty easily.

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