Spring Training

So here we are in the Phoenix area again, only this time it is to stay for about 6 weeks.  We awoke early this morning (6am) to take Grandpa Chance to his cataract surgery in Cottonwood, AZ this morning only to receive a call from him about 630am.  He was informing us that the doctor had to postpone the surgery today due to a family emergency in her family.  Ugh!  If only we had known but alas emergencies don't schedule themselves into your schedule!!!  So we finished up our preparations to leave for the Phoenix area, Curtis took a little nap and we left to head in to their apartment.  On the way we stopped for coffee for G,G and me and donuts for all.  We had an impromptu birthday celebration for them both instead of eye surgery.  Grandpa's birthday is Friday, Feb. 27 and Grandma's is March 8.  They seemed to really enjoy it and so did we.  Beats a poke in the eye....... lol...... pun intended!!!

Now we are settled into the Casa Del Sol RV Resort in Peoria, AZ.  Within 30 minutes of checking in and setting up the motor home, we had 2 neighbors come over to tell us not to let Zeke, our puppy, out by himself and to take a stick along when we walk him in the evening, at night or early morning.  It seems even though this resort is really in the middle of civilization, coyotes are frequent visitors in the resort.  They pass through and snatch whatever little animal is available, even trying to snatch a dog off a leash while the owner beat it over the head with a stick.  The woman next door told me that she has an axe handle for just that purpose and we are welcome to borrow it!  YIKES!!!  We just spent 4 months in the high desert of AZ where we heard coyotes howling late at night near the Thousand Trails Preserve we were staying in.  We didn't hear of any abductions of pets by them and that preserve is out in the middle of the desert.  Just goes to show that when civilization creeps up on the wildlife in an area and all the small rodents are erradicated the population of predators goes looking for their food supply in the inhabited areas.   Needless, to say we won't be straying too far at night with Zeke.  

The weather this week is above normal temperatures for the Valley of the Sun so say the weather mavens.  DUH!!!  I am back in the Valley for an extended stay so of course, all kinds of  records will be set.  It is February and we have the A/C on.  What's up with that??  But at least it is only for about 5-6 weeks.  Right now we are not too pleased with the lack of hours on the schedule for working here.  We were told yesterday at the last orientation session that we would be working 20-30 hours per person per week.  For the entire Spring Training the current schedule shows us working only 90 hours for the two of us combined.  Curtis called the head guy and asked him to give us a call to discuss the discrepancy.  We shall see how it goes from here.  Our finances are in desperate need of a boost and 90 hours in 6 weeks is just not going to cut it.  Our sufficiency is with our Lord however, so we are certain that He will provide no matter what the outcome.  But the change in hours, if it is correct, has taken us by surprise to say the least.