The Garden

I think it's time for a garden update, it's certainly hot enough. The tomatoes are going gangbusters really that's all we planted, I mean yes we've got a bell pepper and a few green peppers and we have cucumbers on the way, but tomatoes are what's big.



Which is somewhat ironic, in that I hurt my back getting this thing started, and I think of all the things my taste buds are effected by tomatoes are my new enemy. Now I used to love them, but now the smell of them is to much to bear (the same can be said for onions, olives, and zucchini). So I may just wind up with a bunch of rotting tomatoes or at least giving them to friends.

And that weren't enough, I got a tomato plant, that I didn't plant coming out of the ground. I guess it was a part of last year's crop, but I thought that the seeds from them would not germinate. I don't know but when it bears the fruit, we'll know at least what kind it is... I'm betting it's a cherry tomato.



Finally we have some black berries, this isn't a planned thing, it's just there are out in the woods next to my house. I am reminded of my grandmother whenever black berries are available, she made the most fantastic jelly with them.

Pardon the Interruption

I have to interrupt today's funniness to wish my partner in crime, my soul-mate, my wife a happy anniversary. It doesn't seem like it's been three years, but when you look back... the stroke, the birth of our daughter, the wedding... well at least I can say it's rarely a boring time.

I know saying so here really doesn't mean much, but it it means something to me.

Happy Anniversary Baby!


Ok now go back to the usual funniness.

Location! Location! Location!

Wreck

Can you say Holy Shit!?!? Almost makes the wreck that happened here a few weeks back look like child's play.

Birf-day

Alright, I'm kind of reflective right now (looking at the way I've been posting I say I've been that way for awhile now). In eleven days it will be my birthday. Normally I'd just scoff, but this year, I'm feeling a little differently. You really don't know how many you got (birthdays) and you really should make the most of each one.

We'll have a BBQ, some beer and other drinks, games for both the young and old, and generally just a feeling of friends/family. I'm not even sure how many people are coming, it could be that I'm sitting alone or that I have no place to sit down... funny how those things work out. I'd prefer that it were the latter of course but my wife has promised me a good time regardless.

Invitations are going out today, let me know if you haven't got one, or want one and I'll send one to you.

Weekend is Kaput

So Saturday morning I was begging for it to be an "off day" and holy shit... it was! And then Sunday morning I was up from about 3:45am on. Why so different one day to the next? Jeez I don't know. I do know that my blood sugars are all out of whack. I used to keep between 60-100 now it's more like 130-180. I seem to do this about every 3 or 4 months but I can't for the life of me figure out why. Neither can expensive doctors, so I'm SOL.

This weekend has pretty much been a total bust, except for me getting a totally useless eye exam (20/20 vision) of course all the doctors keep telling me I need to get one... and the driver's license people too, so I got one. And we took my youngest daughter to the doctor, because the weekend is the only time she gets sick. So yeah, some doctors and lack of sleep, and I got out and cut the grass and you've pretty much summed up my weekend. They can't all be good I suppose.

6 months

And so June is upon us, I think about the last six months, what I'm able to do now versus what I couldn't do, and what have I accomplished? On one hand I'm a stroke survivor and I've come back to work months ahead of time, but on the other there's still some lingering things that really have no answer.

My writing in this blog has definitely took a hit, just look back at the entries in September or October. They were posts that were cutting, yet honest. I still feel that way, but can no longer put the thoughts in line to convey the message like I used to. I care less, I just don't have time to waste on much of anything anymore. Maybe it will come back, but I don't know.

My hand writing is atrocious, I mean really, and it used to be pretty good, now even for something as mundane as signing the bill if/when we go out to eat... I simply pass it to my wife. I probably could improve that with practice, but I don't, because 95% of my job is done on computer.

My right hand is still weak, and I could probably fix that too, but don't because I get along pretty well already. I'm not like Quasimodo or anything. It would be and is considered a minor inconvenience by most. My face also just slightly droops, there is nothing I can do about that, except love my wife for putting up with me and facial hair is a good thing. lol

I can't really talk to someone and tell them much of anything, what I mean the common conversation, "how are you, how's the kids, what are you doing this weekend", I can pretty much pass on, but if a problem takes place, it takes me a lot longer to tell somebody... so I usually refer to someone else. Otherwise I'll forget something, or blame the wrong thing/person. I don't think anybody can fix that.

I've lost about 35 pounds, and I probably could stand to lose more, but I didn't mean to and basically the only reason I haven't lost even more was because I still like the sweet stuff. So maybe I don't eat any dinner, but I'll eat M&M's or cookies or Key Lime Pie.


Still I've come a long way, I'm not exactly as good as I thought I would be but still. It kind of feels strange now, saying I've had a stroke. I wish it never happened, but I'm sure everyone does. So now I contemplate my birthday and the next 6 months.