Silver Linings

My brother didn't play on Thursday, so that evening he went online to check the afternoon scores. He then sent a text asking if our score was a typo. Alas, it was not. What went wrong, he asked. Everything. Did you know that you were not doing well? It was hard to miss.

On the plus side:

• At some point in the afternoon Julie said, "Let's just have fun." So we did.
• We had a top board on an afternoon when there were just a handful of those in the entire room.
• Our bidding was on target. (It was our judgement that was off.)
• I was able to practice counting cards (all four suits).
• Someone tried to pull one over on us but now we know enough to not let them. (Some players do try to take advantage.)
• When we went out afterwards for a much needed glass of wine, we talked about things other than bridge (e.g., Where's Bob?).
• We decided to jump back in and play the next evening, Friday.
• Julie had the sense to back out of playing Friday when she woke up not feeling well. ("I wanted to play, but then I thought, how will we redeem ourselves if I'm sick and not playing well?")
• We still love the game!