Demon duck, hot and cold softball, and boat payments

Demon Duck

I was walking back from the barn the other morning, and there was Regina, sitting on the lawn, head down, neck stretched out, looking like a Klingon warbird. I'm walking by ... and she is tracking my every move ... watching ... staring. OK, I can't blame her, a couple hours earlier I had shoo'd her aside to take eggs out from under her. Still, it was creepy.

Hot and Cold Softball

Our summer co-ed recreational softball team has a sponsor this year, and we take the field looking all dapper in our Red Rock Pub T-shirts. It hasn't helped our play though. We seem to be hot or cold. We've won 3 - one by the mercy rule, one coming from behind after spotting them 8 runs in the first, and one was unmemorable. We've also lost 3, two by the mercy rule. Seems that when we aren't playing well, none of us are playing well. I'd like to say though, that our women rock. We're probably the only team in the league with 2 women on the left side of the infield. Unfortunately, shortstop Kelly goes home to Toledo after finishing her freshman year at OSU. Do the math, I had graduated from college and worked at Bell Labs for 3 years before this girl was born! God, I feel old sometimes. I'm more or less holding my own with the young whipper-snappers out there, but I sure would like some eye-hand coordination for Fathers Day.

Boat Payments

Lilly's been lame since March, and off-and-on since last August. Hoping to finally get to the bottom of what's been going on, we elected to make a boat payment for an equine lameness specialist today. Bottom line, nothing's wrong except her foot hurts. Give her 2 aspirin (AKA bute) 3 days a week and she'll probably be fine. Don't get me wrong, I'm relieved it's nothing serious, and we got some cool digital X-Rays. FYI, the screws are holding together a wooden box her foot is on