Back with the Brothers

From the title you might think I am hanging with Cool and the gang, but those are not the Brothers I am talking about. I was teaching at Walnut Creek Country club today. I had two big classes of fun people. When I finished up my last class they asked me if I was going home to Durham.

Going back and forth and Hour and forty minutes each way is too much every day so I called up my friend Jane and got myself invited to stay with her and her husband Warren. By this time I am like the relative you wish wouldn’t come for Thanksgiving, but you can’t figure out how to keep her from showing up.

I have a regular room and even if I didn’t call and invite myself, I do know how to get in and I might just sleep here and not tell them I am coming. The only problem is I also like the shower in their master bedroom, so they might notice me when I come in and use the shower.

It was no surprise to me that half of the last Mah Jongg class either knew Jane and Warren or were related to Warren. Gotta love Eastern North Carolina.

Thankfully, Jane and Warren always welcome me warmly and we have a great time. We went in to the Big K-town for dinner. Stopping first at Mother Earth Brewery to talk with Warren’s friends. I got to me Mr. Reynolds who owns my favorite seafood store.

We went to Jay’s for sushi, which now that Chef and the Farmer is closed is about the only show in town. Since Warren is the farmer, we thought for sure we could get a table. Not so fast. They were short a waitress or two, this problem could be solved all over the place if we updated out immigration policy as the bipartisan group tried to do. We desperately need more workers and immigration is the way to get them.

I digress. We had a little trouble getting a table, but after I had a little logical talk with the hostess and Warren was embarrassed that someone from the big city would point out some holes in the logic of why we couldn’t get a table, we got a table. Before that happened, two nice men from Tennessee invited me to sit with them, then it turned out a table of my mah Jongg students from the beach were sitting near by had to say hi, eventually Jane, Warren and I sat down together and got our sushi fairly quickly.

We had a fun dinner, as we always do, even if getting to it was a zig zag event. I eventually hit the wall as I had been up since 5:00 AM. Tomorrow will be another chance to spend time with Jane and Warren and maybe play some Mah Jongg. For now I have to sleep so I am ready for my fifty students tomorrow.