Archives for July 2009

Sunday Fun

Published on 27 Jul 2009 at 8:56 pm. 14 Comments.
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Sunday, I didn’t want to hang out at the house by myself so I set out without a plan.  The ol’ Harley was calling my name again so I saddled up and took off, heat be damned.  An adventure awaits.  I just knew it!  My job was to find it. 

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Back from Cozumel

Published on 24 Jul 2009 at 9:45 am. 7 Comments.
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I’ve just returned from a scuba-diving trip to Cozumel* with some friends.  The diving was splendid, the weather perfect, and the food terrible.  This was my second trip out of town without my sweetheart and takeoffs and landings are still tough.  Flying back home back to “real life” was especially tough.  Overall, the trip was [...]

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North Star

Published on 13 Jul 2009 at 1:34 pm. 37 Comments.
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Prior to the beginning of this Great Cancer Adventure, we had a pretty good North Star to follow.  It was your standard life-adventure stuff:  expand brain via school, make baby, enhance career and enjoy family – all age-appropriate goals that would push us into middle age fat and happy with family.  And more than enough [...]

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To Amy

Published on 4 Jul 2009 at 12:09 am. 22 Comments.
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(This post is in response to the huge outpouring of comments on my previous post “Time to Move On.”  To better understand this post, go and read the previous post along with the comments.)
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I’m sorry that you are having to deal with what you are dealing with.  You don’t deserve it, you didn’t do anything wrong to [...]

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Time to Move On

Published on 1 Jul 2009 at 10:43 pm. 77 Comments.
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So I’m not angry any more.  The furious rage that was burning inside me has calmed and been replaced by something less, uh, bitter.  The new flavor of the month is sadness.  I say “new” not because it wasn’t with me all along.  It’s just bubbled up to #1 on the How It Hurts Now [...]

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