Whack A Mole

Who remembers the game “Whack A Mole”?

If you forgot or have never played it, the player gets a mallet with a rubber or plastic head. There is a board with about a dozen or so holes from which moles appear and disappear, starting slowly and increasing in speed and numbers as the game goes on. To score points simply whack the mole before he has a chance to naturally disappear back in his hole.

This week I was the mole.

After a week of a whole lot of minor nuisances the “Creme De La Creme” was a eleven hundred and fifty dollar bill for a cracked intake manifold on the car.

On the “Bright Side of Life” I sit here wearing my “Medicine Buddha” given to me yesterday by Lama Drupon Thinley Nyingpo Rinpoche who met with Kevin and I at the Tibetan Meditation Center. Drupon is Tibetan and as a young man studied at the Drong Ngur Monastery in Tibet. In our conversation with Drupon he spoke about his recent trip to Peru which he quite enjoyed because it reminded him of home. Drupon and I touched upon some of the very basics of meditation and has invited me to see him next week at the Monk's house to further my knowledge.

My Brother Bill will soon be here to spend the weekend with me. The idea was to get a lot of work done; the weather forecast may preclude that but I am looking forward to his visit.

Almost forgot, two weeks done with four more to go, no major side effects raising their ugly heads !

Another Reiki treatment later today, things are looking up.

Good luck to all my running friends today in the MMT 100 miler, wish I could be with you (as a pacer) and to those running the Harper’s Ferry Half marathon.

Finally, to my nephew Matt, you better be training for the Northface Half Trail Marathon.

Later..... Mike