I’ve been trying to remember to mention these two functions; so here they are: 1)  A Benefit for UCLA Neurosurgery Dept, specifically for the guy that cut into my noggin’, Dr. Isaac Yang. He knows heads, and by now he knows mine.  He does a LOT of these Meningiomas (tumors) removals, and does research as a non-profit on the how/why does someone get these?  If you know the answer to this, please tell me, so then, I’LL know.  After getting TWO, (not one), I’m still very curious; we still don’t know; I can put a tunnel vision on the rest of my body, but not so much up top!  My teachers always told me…

So I had a day off today; it was great.  Thought I might sleep in today, was super tired, even though I did get a full nights sleep.  Did I think that I really would, considering that my dog comes in, slaps at my bed, at just looks at me?  As in, “I want to go out NOW” type of look.  Fine, just a little more sleep; slap/slap, again.  OK, OK.  The good part is, it (the walk) completely wakes me up, and the second thing is it is now starting to get light, so now I have to train when I get home, to late to go back to sleep.  With the meds…

What makes a great day?  Is it the fact that we actually wake up, or the fact that we “expect” a great day, but don’t even acknowledge what we experience.  I think we all go through that, occasionally.  (what’s he saying??).  Put it this way, you go through a nice situation, let yourself know just HOW nice that was, and WHY you should try to hang on to it.  That way, it won’t disappear .  Where this all comes from, in so many ways, I used to just move on.  Used to think that another “great” thing would come up, and then another one after that… you know the deal. …

 I had a great weekend.  Actually, I’ve had a great month; ahhh, what the heck, I’ve been blessed my whole life.  These past few weeks, I’ve had some people from my past,  either calling me or writing.  It’s amazing, because things don’t ” just happen” in our lives, and we then move on to something else, and life is just utopia. That thing that “just happened” years ago;  maybe it’s 20 years, or more, until we actually  “get” the outcome.  I had a buddy give me a call in the past few days.  Hadn’t spoken in years; really didn’t speak by phone all that much, anyway.  Found out he had lost his wife after a long marriage,…

I’ve wondered about that, more and more, recently.  If you’ve read any of these words I’ve written, lately, I don’t know that I have “one” special day.  They’re all special.  Ya wake up, ya walk around, ya see people, and ya even say “hi”, ( which makes a “hi” come back at ya!).  I know, I know, it sounds so general, in terms of how my mind works this way.  Why wouldn’t it?  After what a lot of people have done for me, some still doing things, and some other new things coming around.   Facebook.  What would be the first thing you think about when you think about Facebook?  In my mind,…

O.K., I’m really thinking that this is my lucky day, I mean it’s Wednesday, Lotto tonight, right??  Sometime when you just have a feeling, you  have to play, gamble, whatever; just play out the feeling.  I had a great day today.  A full day at UCLA; lunch, and an appointment with two Dr.’s; one headed up my radiation, Dr. Selch; the other drilled through my skull, my surgeon Dr. Yang.  As we all know, the cafeteria is great, so the lunch was great, of course.  That was with the new Director of Development/Department of Neurosurgery, Leti McNeill Light.  She was a real asset to the dept., as far as raising…

Life takes funny turns, then slip-sides into your own personal reality.  (NOW what’s he talking about??)  I got into a discussion this past week, talking about my duo of surguries, and scars, that came from the left side of my head; actually from the same scar, the doctor just re-opened the scar from the first operation, and as it healed, actually healed much better.  Then came the question of the scar above my upper lip, and drifts off to my left; of course to the left, why would I even think of going to the right??  It was funny, because most conversations are about what’s been happening in the past three years, the…

Who exercised today?  Who juiced today?  Who did one single thing, (exercise wise) that was on “the list” for today?  I know a few people, myself included.  By the way, I’m not tooting my horn, this is for those that did, because it’s very easy to bypass, to “not be in the mood”, to be too tired, to say it’s Saturday, I want to relax….there’s a ton of excuses that I’m sure we’ve all used, heard, whatever.  I’m also sure that when we’ve made the effort, when we’ve put a little sweat on our forehead, when our muscles feel a little tight; that’s when a feeling of “I did it”…

  So who went for a walk today?  Or a jog; or a run; or a jog/run/walk?  It really doesn’t matter if it’s 10 minutes, or 60 minutes, it’s getting out and ENJOYING this magnificint weather.  In the 80’s the last couple of days, although it’s supposed to come down in temp. a little later in the week, but it’s been so long since we had a little heat wave, I loved it.  This morning, Lola got an extra long walk, with a nice cup of joe for me the middle of the walk at a nice little cafe, and then a nice walk home.  Couple of clients early, and then it…

I just had some friends do what we, as companions, hate to do.  Pets, in general; cats, dogs, birds, anything that we might call “ours”, usually have to go off on their own little journey long before we’re ready, (and when might THAT time be?).  It doesn’t matter what our “pet” might be, we’re never ready for that time.  What is that time?  Their eyes, the way they now move or actually, the way they really can’t move anymore?  What is the sign that we are looking for, to help us make that decision?  Each and every situation is unique, and can never be duplicated, their all of their own thing.…