Cate's Diary

I do recall a lot of the drama that lead to you two leaving. Good riddance I say. I' glad you're feeling and playing well! Good luck with your feet.
 
-Cory- said:
I almost never wear heels and it's because I will never forget the first time I saw an elderly woman's feet who had worn heels almost every day of her adult life. Trashed is a polite adjective to describe them.
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Ouuw! I didn't wear heels often, even in my teens & early 20's as I have had size 11 feet since about 14. The range of shoes available to me was very limited.
Quercus said:
I do recall a lot of the drama that lead to you two leaving. Good riddance I say. I' glad you're feeling and playing well! Good luck with your feet.
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The drama continues, but we will not go back on the committee, regardless. My feet are not stinging today & weren't too bad last night.

G's team won the grand final last night & beat the top side again. We play out of one of the local pubs & it was their number 1 team that we beat. That capped off my golf day. I hadn't said, but my handicap has come in & I am in 1st division & I won that by 6 shots, I was closest to the pin on one of our par 3's & also was beaten on a countback for the least putts & my feet didn't hurt anywhere near as much. :)
We're heading out now to play 9 holes in the Chook run, with an 83-year old. He's our club patron, still drives a school bus & is a lovely, fit & funny guy. We have become firm friends. His son plays in the 8-ball team with G. They are such a lovely family.
 
LaMaria said:
Good job all around! Glad your feet don´t hurt as much and I hope that´ll continue to be the case.
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Thanks, LaMa. I'm wearing my really soft golf shoes & trying to walk lightly as the podiatrist suggested. Also, I have been having apple cider vinegar morning & night for the last week. My older brother rang & was so excited about ACV fixing his gout, that I thought I would give it another go.
Jenniquest said:
Sounds like the golfing is going wonderfully! :)
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Thanks, Jen. My golf depends on how relaxed I am usually & the company.
-Cory- said:
Congrats on the win! And I'm glad your feet aren't hurting as bad.
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Thanks, Cory. I don't feel quite as stressed about my feet now that they have stopped throbbing. I think having them operated on will most probably be the only option, but I'm trying not to worry about that.

G & I had entered to play in the club mixed Foursome Championships all weekend, but the "Committee" cancelled it during the week, due to "lack of sufficient numbers". It is such a shemozzle out there. We are both really disappointed as there are no other options for us to get our names up there together on the honours board. They only advertised it the week before, so most people had work or other plans.
Instead, we are going to do some gardening.
We went for a drive yesterday & bought 2x 5kg boxes of frozen salmon "off cuts" & had a delicious Indian lunch. The restaurant only opened last month & is very good. On the way, I picked up a $50 note off the footpath, with no-one in sight. The couple who own the restaurant are really lovely & we had a really nice experience. Tasmania is such a small place, population-wise. I hope they do well. We'll be back. I'll do a Trip Adviser review & a Facebook review later today.
 
Food always tastes better in good company. Planning badly/reluctantly, then blaming people for not being excited is shitty management even if you´re an unpaid volunteer.
 
It continues to get crazier & crazier out there but feels good not to be so tangled up in it. As you know, LaMa, B has caused me lots of grief out at the club but has sent me a copy of her resignation letter. I always pass things on to her as she is the club secretary & sent her an email when someone rang G with a booking request. I always try to do the right thing & not upset people/ tread on toes. She replied with a copy of her resignation email & said she'd talk to me soon. I am staying right out of anything.
G & I had a lovely day at home, gardening. He decided he wasn't going to play very often on Saturdays. We'll just wait & see what happens out there.
I'm glad we managed to get our names on the honour board together a couple of years ago when we won the C-Grade mixed Foursome Championships. It looks like there may be a 2-year gap, where people will say "What happened then?"
 
Looks like B is also fed up! People are going to start jumping ship soon. Just be careful that the troublemakers don't end up following you to another club!
 
O I remember the B stories. Please don´t let her convince you that having a common adversary means you´re friends now.
 
B is always fed up. Don't worry LaMa. She doesn't have me fooled any more. I know that she's not my friend & I don't want her to be.
G & I are off to an art exhibition this morning & then an Italian street festival. :D
 
To our surprise, we loved the art exhibition, but were disappointed with the Italian street festival. It was the opposite to what we both expected. Life is funny like that.
 
cate said:
Half of the food wasn't even Italian :)
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I've been to a few like that. You expect to taste food from a certain country and you find they sell anything that they think will make money. Crafts and stuff are interesting but the food always seems to be a crap shoot.
 
Meh, I don't like that. I suppose it can be hard to find enough theme-appropriate vendors but that's something you could look into before organizing a big event.
 
Oh, well. At least they tried. Hobart does Italian festivals better & we'll go down there next time.
We're going down to see The Black Sorrows play at the pub, near R, on the 25th at 2.30pm (Nana time :D). We had booked in to play golf at another club, but then I saw they were playing, so cancelled. Some of R's friends are coming along too. It will be fun!
Hi ho, hi ho. I'm off to the golf club soon for the vets day. G looks a bit nervous, but I feel fairly brave. I'm not going to be bullied.
 
@LaMaria :D :D :D
I have had nothing but support today. The guy I appointed admin of the page I set up & ran has confirmed that I made the right decision. He's a smart cookie & I hoped he would do it with integrity. I'm confident now that I was right. He is being very supportive. It feels good to step back. If the club implodes it will not be because of anything I have done or not done & I am relieved to not represent it anymore. I don't feel upset or angry.
I feel freed up somewhat, which is good. I can concentrate on things that matter more to me. It feels good to let go of stuff that I don't need in my life.
 
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