Just went and called GP again, who was still in bed for some reason.

AJ took some pix of Mr. C. Apparently he had been on the computer for a long time during the night, playing a truck-driving game. In the pix, he is slumped over the computer, fast asleep, with his truck in the ditch.

Good thing it was the guy playing the game, and not the one driving the real truck!

t&l

My father turns 79 this year, and is still doing really well. I suppose I should be thankful for the time I have had, and not worry about the future.

Sigh.....

SS

Yup, you should be thankful. Now, go call him and tell him you love him!

Neak, your story brings back memories......... of when I lived in Alberta, Canada.
I do not miss the cold AT ALL.

When people talk about moving to Montana, or places north.......... I shudder. I'm shivering now, as I type. I think I'll sign off, and go find a heater or a coat.

Rats, I didn't wear a coat into work today.

SS

Cinderella, it's about time you took a real vacation.
Where would you like to go?

Notice I didn't ask where you could afford to go...... we can talk about that later. I would just like to know where you would like to go if anything were possible.

Would this dream vacation be with you and the kids, or you and the diplomat?

How is work going these days?

SS

I found this link the other day. I think it helps put things in perspective.
Or, it helps us put things in perspective in our own lives if we take the time to think about it.

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw

Thought you would enjoy it, but if you have dial up, it may take too long to download.

SS

Dream vacation.....

children are 17 and 15 so the dream vacation would be with them.

it might be New Zealand and Australia since daughter is named for a woman in Sydney.

Or, it would be one country in Europe for a few months. Maybe Great Britain (yeah, I know, that could be several countries). Someplace we could get to know.

That sounds fun, but I need more details.
(I can guess, but I want to hear it from you.)

Kids that age can be fun to travel with. Our youngest are the twins (14) We plan on going to Yellowstone this summer. This will be there second time for them.

Australia and or New Zealand would be fun, and I have thought about the British Isles too. Our family (on my fathers side) is from Wales. Sometime I would like to walk in the rain there.

We should all go to Australia at the same time, and let AW host us.

OK, more details. A month would give you time to do more than the highlights. I am curious.

SS

Randy Pausch's update page


He's still alive, although declining slowly. He went scuba diving on December 1st. Amazing man.

t&l

Randy Pausch's update page


He's still alive, although declining slowly. He went scuba diving on December 1st. Amazing man.

t&l

Thanks, Sometimes I need an attitude adjustment, and these things are good for me to see.

That reminds me, how are you T&L?
I mean, I know you are alive, and you are semi mobile, but there are lots of other variables.

How's your zest for life?
That may be a good question to start with.

I worry about everyone here. Not that it's my place to do that, but still, I do. My conversations with God include all of you from time to time.

SS smiles, goes back to work.

Did your family get my letter? It pretty much said it all. Maybe the letter had no zest for travel.

t&l

Yes, and I will comment in depth when I have more time (and when I have the letter before me.) However, that can change from day to day, and I wanted to know how you are today.

I gather it's about the same? <grin>

One of my best friends just got fired from work, so I've spent a long time on the phone with her. The hospital is trying to develop a "new climate" and didn't think she'd fit. The climate is mostly confrontational--administration has never met a fight with staff that they didn't like. I've heard so much bad about what's been going on since I left that I've been seriously considering whether or not I wanted to return...and that was before today's news.

I'd quit before I ever went back except that I have 3 recertifications due this year and I'll pass them easier there than anywhere else in the world, plus about $1000 worth of CE hours (home study) that I would just HATE to donate back to them...so I'm thinking temporary while I look for something different. This is just insane.

t&l

There are a lot of standard things that people often say to cheer each other up, but I'm not going to use them. Life has been hard lately for your family, and that is a massive understatement.

God has something in mind for your family. He takes care of his own. When you read this, you will know that it's true. You will feel it.
We don't get the blessings until after the trial of our faith. I believe the blessings will come to you in God's time.

The trick is to find joy in the journey. Your sense of Humor has always been a help to you, and to your family. One can't talk to them (or you) without knowing that.

It's a privilege to live - trials and all. Would you give up what you have (family) for an easy life? I know you would not even consider it.

Smile, and continue on. You can do this.
Not just do - do with style. We both know you can.

SS smiles, and winks.

Dunno. Which grandkid are we talking about? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

t&l

That's why I smiled and winked.

You pick - that's safer for me.

SS

I had a ticket to the symphony tonight. Since my ear incident two weeks ago, I can't hear well at all with my left ear. Thankfully, the hearing tests show the right one is normal.

We don't know what happened or what will happen w/ the left ear.

Everything sounds normal through the right ear. But, with the left ear, everything is muffled, maybe a bit delayed, and definitely distorted. So, I would hear a normal piano w/ the right and something more like a child's piano w/ the left.

I canceled my ticket.

Maybe next month will be better.

Oh, I hope your ear gets better quickly, Rella. Sounds miserable.

One small Dervish is asleep on my lap, so maybe he's not the one we're thinking of getting rid of. I mean, why do I even have to assume it will be one of mine? Neaksis has kids, too...

I'm doing special music at the Ceres church tomorrow, and Mom is going to play for me. Very pretty arrangement of "Be Thou My Vision". My XBF's mother invited me, probably as much to see the Dervish again as to hear me sing, lol. She is such a sweet lady, and has been crippled by MS for more than 30 years now. And tomorrow the kids will finally get to meet her parrot, who sings "Jesus Loves Me".

Speaking of the parrot, one of his favorite tricks back when he had a cat to play with, was to imitate the grandma's voice, "Here kitty kitty, here kitty kitty," then bite or pinch the cat's tail as it went by his cage. If Dervish were a bird......

Mom, make Grandpa go to bed - he's disobeying you. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> I have told him several times that he need to shave and go to bed, but he is still just sitting there. He says he will go, but he won't go. Make him listen!

Neaksis and I are in a Cold War style gardening competition. I got the first plants in the ground, but she was only an hour or two behind me with the first plants in a bed. Mine sprouted first, so she planted about 4x as many as I have. Flowers, too, not just edibles. So I got snapdragons to grow from seeds and share with Mom, then I can be the favorite daughter again. So Neaksis got more seeds. But I have sweet peas. But she has spaghettie squash.

It's going to be a long, tiring summer. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Call off SWAT, I finally got him to go.