October 2014

It astounds me how much can go on in the short span of one month. If I wrote everything of interest (to me anyway) it would take up a medium size chapter of a book so instead I’ll do a quick “fly by”.

Of utmost importance, Susan and I celebrated our thirty third wedding anniversary October 3ed. There was no exchange of gifts rather just pecks on the cheek, flowers to brighten the house and a letter I wrote to Sue. Prior to the day I struggled for weeks trying to get the words right. My “salvation” arrived listening to Pandora ….. A James Taylor song saying everything I felt far better than I could have expressed. The Lyrics are below …. Thank you Mr. Taylor

Wake up Suzy, put your shoes on, walk with me into this light, oh,
finally this morning, I'm feeling whole again, it was a hell of a night.
Just to be with you by my side, just to have you near in my sight.
Just to walk a while in this light, just to know that life goes on.

Wake up Suzy, put your shoes on, walk with me into this light.

Another night has gone, life goes on, another dawn is breaking.
Turn and face the sun, one by one, the world outside is waking.
Morning light has driven away all the shadows that hide your way.
And night has given away to the promise of another day.

Another day, another chance that we may finally find our way.
Another day, the sun has begun to melt all our fears away.
Another day, another day.

Oh, wake up Suzy, put your shoes on, walk with me into this light.

The next most important part of the month was a family trip to the beach. To be honest I had reservations, my busy time of the year in addition to many other considerations. I learned something important from this experience, sorry for the directness ….. Screw it, just screw it. Family outweighs all and concerns often are unfounded ….  As they were during the week.

Training for JFK is going better than expected, however, there is a setback I did not expect …. My hands are having a hell of a time with this cooler weather, it’s not good. Most of the time it’s just a high degree of aggravation almost like having a bad case of poison ivy, other times it’s downright painful.  The only thing that seems to help is the Hydrocodone and I find myself using this during the day (so I can feel human) as well at night so I can sleep. I do not want anything to change until after JFK but then I'll need to have a conversation with my Docs.

Yesterday I started moving the first sticks of firewood up to the house. It’s getting colder and I must admit I’m not too excited. I’m beginning to understand why older people love Florida.

Later ……………. Mike