Well the last month of 2023 is upon and wow did that year ever just slip by so suddenly. It wasn't as chilly with temps in the low 50's to start the day, but it did require an extra shirt on the bike ride to the Rec for 2 plus hours of pickle ball. The temps eventually reached the upper 70's by late afternoon and once more Nancy had the a/c on.
I had started the day with a well before 6 rollout to my routines that start with some quiet times to honor my LORD, give thanks for another day and to lift up several by name for comfort and healing. All are holding as of this post despite some health issues and concerns. Nancy seem to be getting over her cold/flu which is a plus. She stayed home from Ava's basketball game and watched it on some pay channel that Tyler told her about that was being played in Riverview. It took us close to 2 hours to get there because of the heavy traffic in Tampa and the suburbs, unbelievable how that area has grown where Bobby and Jill once lived. It use to be only cow pastures, but now thousands of homes, shopping centers and traffic to match have made itself evident with huge traffic jams and backups. Communities quickly out grew the roads, oh well.
I picked up Amy and Eliza and we headed out a little before 4 on the toll road across Tampa Bay and then it was right at 6 before we got to the campus. Bobby, Katie and the twins came as well and Ava played awesome especially on defense as she shut down a player who averages 25 points a game. Ava guarded her all night long and she only score a couple of buckets. Their whole team only score 20 some points whereas we won by close 50 points. Their team looked good in warm ups and you could tell this black player was a hot dog compared to everyone else on her team, but Ava and her team shut them down and played like a well oiled machine as a team.
After the game we had to make a detour to down town St.Pete which took us out of the way home but I got back around 9'ish after dropping the girls off and then I hit the showers and some ALONE show before lights out at 10. LATER
