Bitter Sweet

Thursday evening was wonderful. I went with Don and Janice to Kayla's softball game. She is a sophomore playing for the Palm Coast/Flagler High school Varsity. The game was played under lights. Kayla plays center field and pitcher and played the whole game. She is getting very tall and is a lovely young woman. After the game Don, Janice and I went to Denny's for Grand Slam meals.Laura had given us coupons.
I awoke Friday morning to the news of a Continental plane going down in Clarence Center last night at 10:30pm. That's the exact time I went to bed. Derek and Liza and my classmate Jane Mihalko live there.50 people were killed. 49 in the plane and 1 in the house that it hit.The plane departed from Newark, NJ. This was the same as my plane when I came home from the Baltic Sea Cruise.I was upset and very sad all day Friday. I got ready and went to a Valentine dinner dance at the Eagles. I met my dancing partner Lester O'Hara there.He lives in Port Orange so we met at the dance.They had it decorated beautifully. It was $10 each and we got a nice dinner, a rose, country music and a chance to win some prizes.I was surprised at how many people smoked at this dance. It wouldn't be allowed in NY.The profits were given to the Heart Assoc. Somehow it seemed strange that they would smoke and support the heart assoc.

The plane crash was the bitter and the dance was the sweet.

Saturday am I looked at the partial list of the victims of the crash. There were a lot of talented people on that plane. One off duty pilot was from Jamestown and one couple were from Westfield. This is too close to home.
I was going to go to Palatka to the Bluegrass Festival today (Saturday) but didn't want to make the long ride home at night.Ron and Laura were going to do the garbage can turkey for dinner there. I stayed here and went to my friend Patti's home where we played hand and foot card game. We took a walk on the beach. We met janice and family at Alfies. Melissa and Remy were there. Remy is getting so big and walking.Chad will be coming and he and Melissa are going to the Daytona 500 on Sunday.
After Alfies we went back to Patti's and sat in her hot tub. It was a quiet night with no dancing. Sunday is the Singles Valentine dance at the Elks club in Ormond Beach. That will end the 4 Valentine dances.








.Back to patti's for 2 more hand of the card game and then we went into her hot tub.Finally I came home.