Cate's Diary

Thanks, Llama, Marsia & Liza. I had a lovely time at the dinner last night & felt comfortable & confident enough to go around taking lots of photos. I felt like booking for next year's tournament even though I thought we would not go. I got along well with all of the women this year.
I am so glad to be able to stay at home today. Archie is happy.
I am logging again, starting today. I have no idea what I weigh.
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I decided to book a self-catering apartment for next year's tournament. I don't have to pay until then & can cancel up to 2 days beforehand for free. It gives me something to look forward to & lots of time to plan how we would get there etc.
 
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Cate said:
I decided to book a self-catering apartment for next year's tournament.
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That tells us everything we need to know about this year's: I'm glad you had fun! A day at home would not be a luxury after that...
 
The dinner sounds like it was really lovely if you felt comfy walking around taking photos and even booked next year's tournament already! Nice that the whole thing is over and you can go back to a more relaxed schedule.
 
Thanks, Liza & Llama.
I have only booked the accommodation & haven't had to pay anything. I can cancel without a fee up to 2 days beforehand. I haven't decided definitely that we will go. This gives me a good option of a nice place to stay before other people get in & book. The logistics of getting there are daunting & I don't feel like thinking about that yet. It might be too hard. The last time we were booked to go there we didn't have Archie so no kennels were involved (March 2020) & it required driving to the airport, catching 2 flights & a taxi from the airport each way. We were going to rely on others to get around & were staying in a Airbnb with A & M, who were going by boat & then driving up. We cancelled at the last minute as Covid struck, A's brother & his wife went into our accom'n & then they all had to hurry back(a 15-hour drive in one day) to catch the boat home before we had a lockdown.
It is a lovely feeling that it is all over for this year. We'll have another day at home today.
 
That's really nice you can book something, but cancel almost up to the day of the next tournament if needed. That location sounds like an amazing amount of work to get to. Glad you had such a nice time at the dinner and felt at home! I bet you got fantastic exercise this week!!
 
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That's really nice you can book something, but cancel almost up to the day of the next tournament if needed. That location sounds like an amazing amount of work to get to. Glad you had such a nice time at the dinner and felt at home! I bet you got fantastic exercise this week!!
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Thanks, M. I often book through bookings.com & they have great cancellation policies. We have been discussing it today & G wanted to drive up, staying only one night along the way & I would want to stay 2 & break it up into 3 x 5 hours driving each day at most. I haven't let on that I have booked accommodation. The dates may differ as they haven't locked it in yet, but they are the most likely. There's a lot on up there at the same time. He has agreed to stay 2 nights each way as I just stopped talking about it. We may not go, but it helps to make plans anyway.
I did get a lot of exercise & am still a bit tired. I'm playing golf tomorrow with the vets.
 
Planning a good while ahead of time so you're on the same page and have options is sensible. I hope you have fun with the vets!
 
Yes nice to have something booked that is also easily cancelled. Now you can just not think about it until closer to the time.
Hope playing with the vets is fun!
 
Thanks, Llama, Liza & Marsia.
I must admit I'm a little anxious playing with the vets & not playing with the women. I know I'll get some cheek(like "Does that mean we can play with the women?"), but I think I can cope. G thought he might go in my cart with me, which is unusual for him. Last week was tiring.
 
Thanks, M. I had a lovely day & also played much better than any of my games last week. One of the vbets is very cheeky & he said he would play with the women tomorrow. I wished him luck & said "Ah, but I'm a vet & you are not a woman." He is always cheeky & I got a chance to ask him outright if he had any objection to me playing on vets day & he said "Definitely not" & he wished more women would play. I didn't get any bad vibes from any of them. There were two visitors from another club & they said their vets had amalgamated & play together with the women now. It won't happen while B1 & B2 are in charge as I feel they are stuck in the olden days, although both of them are about 10 years younger than me.
I'll message one of them tomorrow to say I won't be playing as a courtesy.
 
I hope other women in the club will see you out there playing with the vets and join you. That would be so fun if the Bs have a mutiny on their hands where everyone gets to play with the vets with their relaxed rules and have a happy time instead of being controlled by silly rules!!
 
Do you know why it's only been men so far playing with the vets? Glad it went well and that there were no bad vibes out there!
 
Thanks, Em, Marsia, Liza & Llama. I think it's an old-fashioned thing, harking back to the days when women were not allowed to be full members & were "associates". It's mostly the women resistant to change at our club though. I don't care if the other women don't join. I think I have always felt more comfortable with men than women. I may still play on the women's day occasionally. G liked me being able to help him yesterday as I did the bar so that he could concentrate on the cards.

I still haven't weighed myself & I had better get back to tracking. How good would it feel to lose a kilo a month for the rest of the year? It would make so much difference to how my clothes fit & how I feel about my body!
 
I know what you mean about feeling more comfortable around most men. In general, I find that more of my men friends are straight forward and say what they mean and you don't have to figure out social status or anything complicated with them. I'm so happy you feel comfortable enough to play more on the men's side now, and nice you can help G out there, too!

I hope you can lose a kilo a month. That would be so good! I need to get back to concentrating on a calorie deficit now that I am feeling less stressed.
 
Men probably don't want to know that we find them less complicated than women, but that is how I feel. My favourite woman golfer, G, was very upfront & I loved her. She didn't put up with any BS & had no guile. I miss her! I can read men better than I can read most women. I am upfront & appreciate honesty in my relationships with men & women.
I would so love to lose a kilo a month. I think I'll start in earnest on the 1st of April. A good start for me would be a month without any alcohol & limiting starchy carbs. I'll start with that I think. I haven't been drinking much at all, but to lose weight I need to really restrict & I do not want to restrict nutrition.
 
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