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.…

Let’s see, do we want to live in the past for the pleasant times that we had, or do we want to make some sort of a  change because the  present that doesn’t contribute so much to our future?  Maybe a good question, or is it just a cop out?  Uhmmm….  Listen, we ALL had some great times in our lives, times that we’ll never want to replace, and why should we?  Sometimes, it takes the right person, with the same background, to really spark up the past; and that’s when you say, ” Top THAT”!  Sometimes it would be hard to top THAT, but look where it takes you, or leads…

I suppose that a lot of people, at some point, have to take, or stay on steroids for awhile; and I bet that everyone has their own story on when they are able to come off.  Woop-tee-do, what the body tells you is happening, is happening, plus some.  A lot of what I was feeling the first week, the Dr.’s called it right; these guys know their stuff, and I ‘m glad they do, and call it out.  Let’s drop back a little bit, and I’ll recap what was happening as I was on Dexamethasone and Famotidine, (these are the steroids, with a sedetive to help them along!), along with the anti-seizure…

I’ve often thought of every friend that has come along my way, in one way or another.  It’s amazing how many there are, and I’m not even thinking of numbers; it’s all about the people, and their hearts and what they have inside their bones.  You don’t know how many times I just shake my half-brain head, and acknowledge how lucky I am; because I JUST am.  So many things have come my way, from other people giving, and many times me not knowing what was going on, and by the way, still happening in some ways. Maybe I’ll go out on a limb, and actually try to name everyone…

WOW!  AGAIN, WOW!  What  a life.  I’m telling you, we ALL can say that, and should, but do we?  That’s the point here; I think that we all feel this at some point, recognize it and enjoy!  I just had my folks visit for a week.  Guess what we did?  Absolutely nothing, but relax.  I think they enjoyed it as much as I did, because every time that I took a nap, ( as we mentioned before, I take a few a day, since I don’t sleep due to these steroids that I have to keep taking, but my last week is right now, by the way!), they did a a nap,…