TODAY, BOTH WATER REHAB GROUPS (30 PEOPLE) HAD A LUNCHEON FOR LARRY AND BARB, A LOVELY COUPLE WHO HAD BEEN PART OF THE GROUP FOR 4 YEARS. THEY ARE MOVING THE END OF THE MONTH TO A NEW HOME ABOUT 90 MINUTES AWAY. MY WIFE AND I BECAME GOOD FRIENDS WITH THEM, SO IT WAS A SAD DAY. WE DID DECIDE ON A NICE RESTAURANT HALF WAY SO WE CAN GET TOGETHER PERIODICALLY.

I HAD BEEN ASKED TO BE MASTER OF CEREMONY. I'M NOT NEW TO DOING THIS, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME I MADE MYSELF NOTES SO I WOULDN'T FORGET ANYTHING OR ANYBODY. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AND THE FOOD WAS WONDERFUL. IT WAS AT A RESTAURANT AT A GOLF COURSE AND THE SCENERY WAS MAGNIFICENT.

WE THEN CAME HOME, WALKED TO THE BEACH WHERE WE MET A NICE YOUNG COUPLE WITH BABY. THEY WERE RENTING A HOME FOR THE WEEK NOT FAR FROM OURS. WITH THE WEATHER PERFECT. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A RATHER PLEASANT AFTERNOON.

I DID ORDER AN ABSOLUT ON THE ROCKS WITH ANCHOVY OLIVES AT LUNCH.

MY WIFE IMMEDIATELY NIXED THE ORDER WHICH I KNEW SHE WOULD DO. I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT FELT LIKE ORDERING A DRINK AGAIN.

MARTY