I got back from Florida today where we finalized the details of the Fat and Sassy III purchase. I took a charts and navigation class and had a great weekend. the class reminded me a lot of my days in college,without the hot girls. I was sitting there listening to a lot of things I already knew and tried not to fall asleep. Then he started hitting on some things I didnt know and although I got some of the things he was saying I am sure I didnt get all I could out of the class. At one point, he asked my son and I if we understood how to find a "compass heading". I said I understood what he was saying, hoping he would move on to someone else. I am not sure if he thought we were pirates in the 1800s but I have a GPS machine on my boat and have no need to find compass headings. My son then asked me if I really understood and I said " not one word son." The instructor heard me tell my son that and it was a rocky class from then on. I finally made up something and we left after about 2 hours. The truth is, I feel like I know about 80% of what I will need to be a good captain and I am going to learn the other 10 to 20 percent before we go on any long trips. All in all a good weekend.
The Fat Jacks Beauty and the Beast Poker tournament starts tomorrow at the Lucky Star Casino. I am excited about the events for a couple of reasons. 1. I haven't been playing a lot of poker lately and am ready to start playing a bit more and 2. The main event is a couples event. these are the only tournaments that Mrs. Fat Jack attends. We never do well, mainly because she doesn't know anything about poker but we do have good snacks. She feels like, if you are not going to put out the effort to be good at poker then at least bring everyone something good to eat. The theory is great for everyone because everyone leaves full and we have no chance of winning. Oh well, it will still be a good weekend.
Little league basketball is wrapping up and we are getting ready to start 6 year old soccer and 9 year old baseball. Neither of which can go worse than hoops did so it should be a good spring. Dont get me wrong, I love our coaches and Jackson had a great time but we are going to have trouble winning many games only scoring 8 points/game.
I am also going to have to start playing more golf. I have been invited to play in the World Series of Golf. This is a golf event that is combined with poker rules. We play over the first weekend in May in Las Vegas and is aired on CBS in July. I have not been playing much golf but I dont want to make a fool of myself on TV so I am trying to get out and play a bit more.
We were 4-1 tonight in basketball and are going to have a big weekend. Let me know if you are going to be betting on the games.
