This was unexpected to me. Last year was my
first year as a marshall and starter at Pagoda Ridge Golf Course. I supposed
that for those of you who have been there longer this was an anticipated annual
event. The e-note as I read it was simply an invitation to us all to attend the
season opening celebration. When I arrived, I was stunned at the level of
organization. Dreams are under no obligation to divulge all the details of what
made this so impressive, so I am uncertain whether the large banqueting rooms were
off site or under enormous tents on site on the course. My fantasy suggested we
were at Pagoda Ridge. As soon as I arrived I was handed a garment bag and was
directed to a change room. I walked past
colleagues like Bryan and Tom, Stuart and Jack and there was Lenny, each of you
seated cross-legged and imperial in brown three-piece pin striped suits and
polished brown dress shoes. I moved past Pam, Cindy, Tammy, Char and Pat in
their charming light blue or coral orange dresses and stylish blue slacks and complimentary
colour tops, wine glasses in hand. In the change room I unzipped the garment
bag to find that I too had a brown pinstriped suit that fit perfectly. I
thought immediately that someone must have called Christine to inquire about my
shirt, suit and shoe sizes. This is how all these rainy and frozen ground weeks
had been spent by a handful of planners. I asked myself, what clothing rental
store has enough brown suits to accommodate this party. This was an extravagant
gala beyond anything I could have imagined. We were directed to a banqueting
area and as we moved, conversing and smiling at one another, I lamentably began
to lose sight of all of you, and woke up … so here I am with my coffee, a typed
paragraph and my gym bag. In a few minutes I'll head to the gym through slush
as the big snowfall continues to melt away.
Please don't get your nose out of joint if
I didn't mention you by name. It's not my fault. Dreams are notoriously
unpredictable.
(I sent this to maybe 40 fellow staff at
the Pagoda Ridge Golf Course on February 25, 2018. Rain, snow and frozen ground
has closed the course for most days in 2018, so far, but soon, we will be there
again.)
