Tempting, Board Blues, Last time

Evidently Facebook is aware of my affinity for Dunkin Donuts. This awareness put a local Facebook Marketplace listing in front of me yesterday, some dude selling authentic DD signage. I’m not sure how he managed to get a hold of them. I immediately had ideas of mounting a set somewhere in my garage however when I saw that he wanted $450 for the set it cooled my ambition. I did message him and let him know that if he did not have any luck selling at his price that I would be willing to pay $100 for one pair. I guess we will see if I get lucky.
Tonight I have a board of directors meeting with the HOA. The HOA is in a bit of turmoil. The treasurer abruptly quit a few weeks ago after finding out her position on the HOA was a violation of her full time job rules. There has not been a replacement suggested or talked about. The president of the board has been extremely busy with his full time business and has had a hard time getting opportunities to focus on community related demands. I wouldn’t be surprised if at the meeting he says he is looking to pass on the responsibilities.
I am the board secretary which is primarily a communication/organization position which I don’t mind. To me the ideal board candidate would be someone in our community that is retired and has ample time available so things can get handled more easily. Unfortunately as is often the case finding people willing to get involved is not an easy task. It’s far easier to let someone else handle responsibility after all. When you figure in that we only have 31 homes in total in the HOA, the possible selection pool gets even smaller.
Today will likely be the last time I get to play pickleball in over a week thanks to the US Open beginning play this week. Although I will miss getting the play time I will take the opportunity to take in some of the games just like I did last year. It’s so convenient for me to hop on one of my wheels and head over to the court which are only a couple miles away. The big draw this year is Andre Agassi is playing.
Andre was a top level pro tennis player for a long time but in the past couple years he has taken up pickleball and appears to really like it and is getting good at it as well. He is going to be teamed up with the best female player in the world so that is sure to be an entertaining combo to watch. I look forward to taking in a good amount of pro level games over the next week.
I made arrangements to head to Texas at the end of May to attend my niece’s graduation. It should be a fun time. It will also be a road trip where I will be driving my Tesla there however this time it will be with the near magical and much improved full self driving feature enabled. It should be a fun little adventure.