The Usual Susspects

  PATTY AND I ARE HOMEOWNERS! Before we were just under contract, but now we’ve actually signed the documents to make it official.

Our softball game last night was canceled due to exploding light system. We were winning 2-0 in the third inning (out of seven) when all the lights in the park went out. Then came a fizzle… and a loud boom! Somebody doesn’t want us to win.  

Patty and I were on vacation in Florida last week visiting my mom. It was great. We went to a spring training baseball game between the Mets and Cardinal, went to the zoo, the beach, and went swimming several times. After returning, I finished up and launched a new website. It’s been a couple of months of work, and it’s only 90% done, but it’s ready for the public. Check it out at  www.CharlotteMLB.com .

So Patty and I move into our new home and the first full day, this is what happens… I’m unpacking the car and see a huge swarm of bees moving down the street. I’ve never seen anything like it before in my life but I calmly walk inside, close the door, and call Patty over to check it out before it passed by. It didn’t pass by. At random, the bees decided my home was a good place to rest and start building it’s new nest! Tens of thousands of bees blocked out the sky, trapping Patty and I inside. After about 20 minutes the swarm began condensing in a bush on our front lawn. Within another 20 minutes most the swarm had formed a basketball-size mass-of-bees. No hive, just a solid ball of bees. With that many bees, we had no choice but to hire a professional Bee Keeper. He came over with his bee suit and took care of the problem. Our new neighbors whom we don’t even know yet were sitting on their front porches watching this bizarre spectacle. When a professional Bee Keeper tells you that it’...