The Summer that wasn’t.

I see it’s almost the end of July. Well I haven’t had the opportunity to enjoy Summer 2023. When I last posted, my mother had been in the hospital. Since that post, she had an episode where her oxygen was dropping. I called 9-1-1 and that started 13 days of hell at the worst hospital …

Elderly care

My elderly mother has been having shortness of breath issues that I started noticing more frequently. She told me she had been having the issue for several months. Didn’t say anything to me. This past Saturday night I noticed it was extremely bad and she had been fighting me on going to an ER or …

Still alive

Hello everybody. Thought I would drop by and say I’m still kicking. Life has just been hectic lately. From work, Bills, growing a YouTube channel… blogging has been on the back burner. Thought I’d share one of the recent videos I’ve been working on and I’ll post again soon. https://youtu.be/PWR5O4nwUmU

Public spaces

I’m presently sitting in the customer waiting area of an auto dealership waiting for a part replacement and oil change. I am finding more and more I hate sitting around strangers. Every time I clear my throat, you suddenly feel eyes on you like you have the plague. Which makes me want to turn around …

I’m overwhelmed

I was not prepared for taking care of an elderly parent. I guess no one really is. However, I find the support systems for doing so seem non existent or hidden away. Most of my friends have no idea what I deal with and you find that you feel you have to just suffer in …

Sick off all the fear

You’d think after two years of this pandemic crap, I would have gotten used to all the upheaval by now… Tuesday at work I felt like crap most of the day. I had gotten up and gone to the gym, felt fine. Got home, showered and headed to the office and… felt blah. The feeling …

Happy birthday Mom!

Mother reached a milestone Today. She is 94! I don’t know if I will make it that far in life. As much as my mother can be a pain in the rear as only mothers can, they always know how to push buttons, I’m thankful she’s in my life. I lost my father twenty years …

Only 64 more days to 1 year

This morning I realized I had reached another milestone in life post smoking. Today is 301 days since I have smoked a cigarette. Just 64 more days to the one year anniversary. Now to just get off my crutch, the nicotine gum. I probably do not need it at all now. It’s just been my …

When you realize you are more than your job.

The best advice I can give the younger generation is don’t let what you do for work define who you are. There is more to life than work. There is more to you than your career. Sometimes I think people use career as a way to escape life. Just don’t do it. If you were …

270 days

Monday marked 270 days since I last had a cigarette. I remember when I started. I felt for sure I would break down and start up working a week or two. There have been a lot of things going in the past several months that I’m not sure I can write about in a public …