My job in Alice (named after the King Ranch owner's daughter) is about 90 miles round trip. I work for National Oilwell Vargo which does sales, service and parts of oil rig equipment. I've been doing scanning, data input, and filing. So far it seems to be very interesting. Monday I get to learn a new copier already. Their old one was two years old. I'm replacing a lady who had a breast cancer tumor removed with full reconstructive surgery. Larry has not been called for any further assignments. We did complete a job application on-line today for Pet Smart. He thought maybe he could be a stocker.
We got th
e idea because we were in Pet Smart buying new kitty toys for our new cat 
and saw a sign that said they were hiring. The cat is a 2 1/2 year old calico that I named Gypsy. We bought Soft Claws for her nails but may eventually get them removed. So far her and Buster haven't seemed to hit it off. They hiss and growl at each other every time they get within eye sight. Friday we w
ent to the local roller derby - Hurricane Alley Roller Derby. We watched the Broads on Quads and the Black Eyed Bruisers - I think. They h
ave a web sight: www.hurricanalleyrd.com. We sat on the front row. The front row gets giant fly swatters and when a girl gets an infraction, she skates by the front row and everyone gives them a swat. Then they either rejoin the pack or go sit in the penalty box. The fights that broke out were not very genuine. But it was loads of 
fun. My personal favorite was Side Show Sally. She's over 6' tall and quite hefty. When she blocked - you were blocked; when she was the one who
skated thru the pack to make points - you got out of her way. This is a picture of her with her trophy of the year for best blocker skating past the fly swatter row.Here's a short video of the fun that we had. The "arena" is just a small cord taped down to outline the track and the whole thing takes place in an old store located in an old strip mall. The area is about the size of a Goodwill Store.
Last Monday, we took the bikes up to Ocean Drive and rode along the coast. It was a beautiful day but probably didn't get much exercise because we just cruised. Went out on all three piers that are located here and rode around on them. One of the piers holds Joe's Crab Shack an
d Landry's Seafood Restaura
nt. The other has a boat ramp and a place to buy fresh fish. Took this picture of the USS Lexington and a shrimp boat that as coming in. Notice how calm the water is - no wind. We'd never been to the coast when the water was this calm. Totally different than when we were there last weekend.Tonight we watched the Canadian Football Leagues super bowl - the Grey Cup. One of the Canadians here has Canadian satelite. They ran a cable from her camper to the club house and hooked it up to the TV in there. Some of us were rooting for the Montreal Alouettes; some for the Calgary Stampeders. There were 9 of us watching and Larry and I were the only Americans. Half of us were for the Aluettes and the other half for the Stampeders - made for a loud evening. We all brought snacks so we didn't starve. The Stampeders won. Canadian Football rules are different from ours: 3 downs, 110 yard field, 30 ft end zone, 10' wider field and 12 men. There were other odd rules but those were the most obvious - especially that end zone.
We've also been playing Farkle and Queen of Spades every night this week with our French Canadian friends who arrived last Sunday. Tomorrow it's back to work but it's a short week and Larry's going to do laundry. He's also going to apply at Auto Zone to see if they need drivers. Also going to go to another employment agency to see if they can keep him busy. He's done the dishes for me two nights but doesn't like messing with dinner. We ate out twice and I cooked something quick one night. He's going to BBQ tomorrow night.
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