Life Lessons...

After being very worried about my throat closing up and my TEP valve not working for a couple of days, and not being able to get in to see the new ENT doctors in Boise for a couple of weeks, it all seems to have settled down and I can now speak again - hurray!! I now remember now much I hate the ELs - The hand held neck 'buzzers'... I think most of the internal neck trauma was caused by the scope job by the local ENTs and having too short TEPs. I still go see the new ENTs on June 21st and that will be good.

Then, last night I played in the weekly 8-ball handicap tournament. I was playing well and ended up placing in 3rd place - which earned me a little money and again upped my handicap, ouch. But, the real lesson of the night was that I had to play the two top players in the area in the end - Steve, who is my team mate in 9-ball and Cary. I had put Steve out of the tournament a couple of weeks ago and that had gotten around and they were both ready for me. I now know much more about the difference between really good players and me. I have a long way to go to play consistently in their league. With Steve, I had three breaks an one other shot (losers break in this tournament) and with Cary, I had three breaks and two other shots. I am inspired, and frustrated, yet again to excel...

The weather has been crazy here again. The other night, we had a storm come through with really crazy winds. It first blew to the North West about 50 mph and then after a calm period, blew to the South East about as hard. It took some shingles off of the roof and blew chairs and various outside stuff all over the place.

And, this weekend they are having the annual "Jazz in the Canyon" festival in the Snake River Canyon and the road going down into the canyon to it had a rock slide and is closed. All of the festival folks are all running around in small circles screaming and the road folks are trying to get the road cleared in time. There is always something exciting happening here in DaHo...