This is a facility located fairly close to our house with 6 clay courts and lights, but whenever we drove by there were no nets up and no one around. But there was a phone number to call for information so I called. I got a nice voice mail back from "Bill" who said there was a "social" Wednesday night and it would be lovely for us to come by and meet some people. Little hitch in that we had reservations to see the Mon Repos Turtle Hatching through the Queensland Park System on Wednesday night from 7p-? as you can stay and watch the turtles lay eggs or eggs hatching for hours. So we rescheduled the turtle tour and made our plans to go over to the tennis center to finally meet some people.
We got ready to go, put some nice (ironed) casual clothes on, I put make up on for the first time in 2 weeks, and we headed to the tennis club. To our surprise the "social" meant casual tennis playing NOT a time to meet and drink. So here we were, not ready to play tennis, but ready to socialize. We were very disappointed that we didn't know the lingo, we would have loved to hit a little, but we did connect with a very knowledgeable gal named Val who gave John and I all the things we needed to get going with some tennis here. She probably thought we were crazy to show up in regular clothes, not tennis clothes, for a social. Looks like there is a program very similar to the Interclub program I played in Milwaukee for women during the day. I think I have to come and play, try out, so the speak, and then they will let me play or not. From the level I saw the other night I should be fine but it will be a different group of women, and we all know how women can be!
In the mean time, my Visa card has been shut off due to some fraud tried through my PayPal account. I'm really upset by this as it is the second time a breach of security has occurred through PayPal. I tried to close my account at PayPal and it wouldn't let me! I sent their security address a scathing email documenting what has happened to me through this account, TWICE. No response yet, stay tuned. We all have aggravations in our little lives, I understand that, but trying to undo things on auto pay from Australia is a nightmare. Chase (the Visa card) has expressed via UPS a new card to us, I'll let you know how fast that is across the world. In the meantime, I have to monitor the account vigilantly to catch anything that I didn't authorize. That part is easy as I haven't used it here at all. We are adjusting.....serenity now........
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