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it has been a few days since made a real update, so lets start with today & work backwards� i started my monday morning by being rear-ended by a cop in an unmarked car. i stopped for traffic, he did not. bang. he was blinded by the glare & did not see me stop. luckily, the traffic was moving slowly so there was no damage (other than a slightly sore neck & a headache) he was very apologetic & very cool about the whole thing. could have been a hell of a lot worse. filed my taxes today & for the first time in a long time i owe the government money. so much for those deductions & credits we used to get. thanks a lot george w. They misunderestimated me. ocvictor did a kick-ass feature last night at the hut. smaller crowd, but good poems from everyone. i�m always surprised when the crowd drops off for something like the supperbowl� the poets on a sunday night don�t strike me as a jock crowd, but to each his own. (i am glad the pats won, btw) we took the boy sledding saturday. his grandfather sent him a flexible flyer sled� the same sled he had used as a kid & S had used as a kid. three generations using the same sled. damn cool if you ask me. the boy loved sledding. after his first fast run & wipeout he got that look on his face that says, why haven�t i don this before? this ROCKS!! it was like watching a kindergarten version of Jackass. friday was the day of stress & screwed-up travel plans. the show i was going to pack in florida today was extended two weeks. this means that i�ll be driving to the iWPS on tuesday rather than flying to florida, then flying to greenville. on the downside, i will be flying into daytona beach the day of the Daytona 500 & the start of spring break. happy happy joy joy. friday was also the day i found out that my mom is ok after a bit of a scare on thursday. she went to the hospital on thursday morning with what appeared to be a heart attack, but turned out to be a whopper of an anxiety attack. after tests on thursday & friday they deemed her physically fit & turned her loose to relax for the weekend. now to do something about the anxiety. mom is fine & i�m thrilled, but it also was a bit of a reminder that my folks are getting older & that things like this will start happening more often. we don�t like to think about our parents aging & suffering health troubles, yet it happens. years ago they set me up as their medical proxy should something happen & part of me kept thinking, i�m too young & they are too young to be thinking about this stuff. but the fact is, we do need to worry about this stuff� my folks are getting older & pretending it is not happening won�t make it go away. in other news� if you have not seen penguin baseball yet you need to. click the yeti once to �pitch� & again to hit. catch them right & you can get the penguins to lawn dart. my record so far is 323.5. (thanks tim for the site.) tonight i pack & finish getting ready for the iWPS. tomorrow morning i hit the road. i�ll try to update from greenville. there, i think i�m caught up now. hope you all had a good weekend.more later. be well. |
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