Mid week dream

I was at a restaurant and looked on the ground and saw many jewels.  There were so many that I started picking up as many as I could and filled both my pockets.  There were more at the other end of the long table.  I asked the woman if the jewels on the ground below her were hers - she started filling up her own pockets.

I didn't know what to do with the jewels.  I knew I couldn't sell them, or show them to anyone, but I didn't know who to give them back to or where to store them.

Friday dream

I went to the luxury golf resort at... Rio Grande City, Texas.  After we took a wrong turn into it.  I was with JRR and ML.  We golfed, ate in the restaurant and socialized with the guests, until we were about to get discovered as imposters.  We hastily made it to the car and sped away.

Mono

The Mono Story

by Gregory Turley

It was April senior year in the 80s.  We had gone "Down the Road" to Sweet Briar College for some type of mixer/outdoor band.  As usual we just showed up.  No dates, no tickets, no notice. Hard to remember who actually went but I expect Grant drove.  As he used to say about the 1980 Mustang - "better than you've got".

I recall that I had been left at  Sweet Briar due to my drunkenness earlier that school year and had to beg a ride back to Lexington the next day.  A bad scene and so I didn't want that to happen again.  I was not going to be Left Behind again.

At the event, the only young woman I connected with was someone who had previously gone out with my friend Rob.   Funny that I can't remember her name - I'll call her Mary for reasons you will find.

As these college parties went, we had no better prospects than each other that day which turned into night.  The afternoon party turned into the evening and we started holding hands (cute, eh?) and then went back to her dorm where there was a "Hall Party" going on. 

For those who don't know, the Hall Party was a kind of open door event where you could wander from room to room.  Lots of drinking and smoking, and the beds were right there.   Back in those days there was no dorm security at all.  At those All Woman colleges, they liked having a stream of men coming to their dorms.  There were no proctors, curfews, security cameras, key cards.  

  Generally we men either left in a timely manner or were cordially invited to spend the night.

So it was pretty early that night - 8:30 p.m.? when we closed the door to her room.  After a fair amount of groping around in the dark, I realized 3 things:

1.  I didn't even like Mary

2.  And Mary didn't like me - in fact she was questioning me about Rob... "Why doesn't Rob like me?"  No good answer for that.

3.  The clock was ticking and I didn't want to get left there again... particularly with Mary.  I was somewhat drunk and so was she.

There were of course no cell phones then.  So I had to excuse myself, as Mary was lying there in a state of  undress.  Just like in a movie, she looked at me like, "You're leaving now?  But I had to get out and find Grant and recover my ride back.  I thought I was doing the right thing.

Fortunately I did find him as the Hall Party was going on.  I was determined to stick with him which I did.  And I made it back to Lexington.  I seem to recall Mary coming down the hall later and upon seeing me still there, giving me a dirty look. 

Mary got her revenge on me.  I started feeling bad and went to the college Infirmary (can you believe that is what we called it then?)  It was in the basement of the oldest dorm on campus and looked straight out of the 1950s.  There, the doctor (and he was a doctor) said that I had both mononucleosis AND strep throat.  Being 21 years old, I was out for a day and a half and then back at it. 

I was of course embarrassed at catching these ailments from Mary - plus the fact that I was supposed to be dating someone else who was gone for the weekend - so I couldn't tell her how I caught this Kissing Disease - like she couldn't figure it out herself.

Today, I found out that my cousin  who is 15 years old now has mononucleosis and has to cancel his trip overseas.  Hearing about "Mono" from his mother brought back this college memory. 

I can imagine how he feels physically - I've been there.  That was no fun.    I hope that if he caught it from someone that he at least liked her a bit - or knew her for more than 2 hours beforehand.

                                             

February 7, 2017

Another Dream

Thursday night:  4/13/2017

I met a new friend, Bill, from England.  Bill had written his 2nd book so I was impressed and I was introducing him to people in the USA.  We were primarily meeting lawyers.

We ran into my old friend from law school Andy Nolen, who I had not seen in many years.  He was no longer a lawyer and he was going by the name "Mike" .  I was very happy to see him.

Palm Sunday

It was a nice Palm Sunday today.  We had 6 new choir members so we sounded great today.  Looking forward to Easter as well as Maundy Thursday (my mother's favorite service) and Good Friday where we will be participating as well.

Congrats to Sergio Garcia for winning the 2017 Masters  on the first playoff hole.  17 tournaments and he finally won.  It is a testament to his excellence that he qualified each of those years as a top 15 player in the world.

I had an interesting dream recently.  I was left alone at a restaurant/bar on a Sunday afternoon. I struck up a friendship with another man who promised to give me a ride home.  I ended up picking him up (like a groom carrying a bride across the threshold) to carry him outside.  He was smaller than me so I was able to pick him up easily.

???

Bishop's Golf Tournament

The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas ( which includes South Texas) had a golf tournament to raise money for college ministry in the Rio Grande Valley.  The tournament was at Rancho Viejo outside of Brownsville and both bishops came down from San Antonio.  There was a hole to "Beat the Bishop" - if you hit it closer than Bishop Lillibridge, you got a sleeve of (cheap) golf balls for the $10 entry.  I was pleased to beat the Bishop.

We played on a good team:  Me, JRR, Rennie and Mr. Charles C.  Charles wanted to play so we had a spot for me.  Despite having had a stroke, and a fused left wrist and no feeling in most of his left side, he was a pretty good sport and we enjoyed him on the team.  He was an avid golfer before and still was very interested.  His motto:  Do the best you can with what you've got.

We all played well, JRR and Rennie hit big drives and we took it from there.  With wedges into many holes and 8 mulligans, we shot 58 which was good for 2nd place and our church St. Johns' got extra money for the college ministry.

I was pleased that I hit a lot of good drives and 3 woods as well as making a few putts.  The most fun I've had in a while in a tournament.  Good weather, good course and good teammates.  It was a full Friday and we represented our church well.

Latest dream

I decided to go hunting by myself.  Since I was out alone, I thought I would start back early.  I somehow didn't come back the same way and ended up on the south side of town instead of the north side where my car was.

I found my way to a golf course, when I ran into 2 friends.  I suggested we get an Uber to go back to town.  When the Uber did not show up in a timely manner, my 2 friends left me to continue their golf game and I was waiting on the side of the road.  The Uber finally showed up before the sun went down and I rode back into town.

I woke up from this dream in kind of a sweat - sure seemed real.