"...he was a real starvin' Marvin."

Monday, Sept. 10, 1990

     Guy didn't have to stay & work all day Sat.  I was glad he was able to come home & get some sleep.  He slept til almost 2:00.  But he was still tired so we didn't really get anything done.  I had read the newspaper while he was sleeping til Chief started getting restless sometime around noon.  I realized he'd eaten before Guy went in for his 4AM watch so he was a real starvin' Marvin.  I stayed downstairs with him til Guy got up.  We ate lunch & Guy spent some time with Chief while I went upstairs to read a little before getting ready.  We were supposed to go to the Bates' at 5:30 for a small group meeting.  And it was a small group.  Besides us & the Bates it was the Belews, the Dildays & David Sims.  Lawrence did a short devotional and they ordered pizza.  They decided we'd send care packages to Wade S. & Mark Wallace who are out to sea.  We're supposed to take stuff to Barbara by next Sun.  Our group also hosted the visitors dinner Sun. morning.  There were 45 new singles there, all guys.  One of them said he's only here a few weeks.  One of them knows Rory Roberts - he's from Murfreesboro, AR too.  Rory left the Navy just a few months after we started the Singles Group.  Maggie Dossett had told us 2-3 years ago that Rory had gotten married.  This guy (I think his name is Howard) said that Rory's wife was in a car accident and died a couple of weeks later.  I don't know when that was though.  Guy talked to him, not me.  It's weird but it's kind of like the closer we get to giving up the Singles Group, the more I think I'm going to miss it.  Even though I know how aggravating they can be and how much time it takes.  We have made some good friends in the group & I guess I'm afraid they won't ever speak to us again if we aren't the sponsors.  I guess if that happens they really weren't good friends after all.  It is going to take a bit of getting used to not being involved and having to check on & worry about things.  I told Linda I hope she doesn't get stuck with all the paperwork like I did, or was Mark going to let Anita & Dianna do all that.  She said that's probably what he'll do.  She & Mark both talk like they're looking forward to it.  That's good cause the group needs someone who's got some enthusiasm, like we did when we first started.  But after six years most anybody's likely to run out of that.