The Life and Times of Captain D and his Pretty First Mate

 For the last seven months, on Wednesday afternoons at 4pm, a small group of our local HOA (Admiral's Point) has gotten together outside in the cul-de-sac we live on in order to socialize.  The usual banter is about their golf games (men mostly),  grandkids, their dogs, happenings in the community, and their kids---probably in that order for the most part :)   They have stayed "hunkered down" for almost a year now, but yesterday's social included some news the got most of them excited, that a few of the group had gotten their vaccinations against COVID.  These individuals dispensed how the process went, and how they called repeatedly on the phone at the designated time until they got through--this helped as many just called randomly throughout the day. I'm guessing most everyone in the group will be vaccinated before the end of January, though not the First Mate and I as we fall into the non-essential and not over 65 years of age categories.

 The dawn of the year 2021 at last! I decided to start a new blog to capture what information may fall between the cracks, between what I may post on Facebook, Instagram, and what few things I may post on Twitter.   Life has been busier this past month as both Moyia and I have started to move our primary physician visits locally to Burnt Store Marina.  As of today, I've seen my primary doctor twice (blood work is fine), also twice for my gastrologist (office visit and colonoscopy) and once for my cardiologist to set up a stress test, echocardiogram, and CT calcium test (which I tried to explain to my doctor in Tennessee).  Nothing is wrong, other than my cardiologist calling me fat and that I do not drink moderately at one or zero drinks a day (He's right on both counts of course, but he's a tough love kind of guy).  I just wanted to get a good baseline going into my 60s. Other than the doctor visits, we hit a grocery store (Wal-Mart, Publix and/or Aldi's) ...