A little humor in the face of adversity goes a long way. My dad, my brother Tripp and his girlfriend Ashley came over last night to go out to dinner with the kids and I for Donovan’s birthday. During the course of dinner, we got talking about his cancer. My father, in typical Vern fashion, […]
Every year, this day is bittersweet for me. On one hand, it is my son Donovan’s birthday. But on the other hand, it is the anniversary of a dark day in American history. I was still a soldier then, on active duty at Fort Lee, VA. I will never forget that day, because it changed […]
::UPDATE:: Well, it appears that my drama-loving “friend” was not directly responsible,… this time. Somebody else that knows of me through them supposedly used their account to send the incriminating message to my other friend. Whatever. Supposedly they found out about it after the fact, but didn’t do a damn thing about it. That makes […]
I mean, I know I am a trained linguist and all, but Swahili is NOT one of the languages I studied. But it is the only explanation I can come up with that explains the blank looks and clear lack of understanding that I get from my children. In particular, my middle two,… this time. […]
We spent the weekend imitating garden slugs. In other words, we did as little as humanly possible. My heart just wasn’t into doing a whole lot that required any kind of motivation, after my dad’s news on Friday. So we headed to the Movie Gallery and rented a STACK of movies for the weekend. The […]
That is my basic outlook on life right now. For a lot of reasons. But one is overwhelming me right now, and I am really having a hard time getting straight with it. My dad has prostate cancer. I can’t even type it without starting to lose it. I think most of it is just […]
That is all I have today. Ouch. I have hardly slept the past couple of days and what little sleep I have had has hardly been worth it. My back is freakin’ killing me and I feel like I am 100 years old. Too much on my mind and no way to clear it. All […]
I hopped on to Facebook this morning, hoping for a little stress-free playing around, only to be greeted with a message from an immature idiot who apparently needs to get a life. This idiot, despite their own issues that have landed them in all kinds of legal trouble already, whether directly or indirectly involved with the […]
Bleary-eyed & dragging ass,… Blah. That is the basic intelligence level I have got going on at the moment. I think it is going to take at least 2 more cups of coffee before I really achieve any kind of actual thought process. To say I didn’t get much sleep would be putting it mildly! […]
School days = 8 hours of quiet! Back to days of waking up at the butt crack of dawn!! The alarm was set for 0530, an hour that I can’t seem to shake, despite years out of the Army! But I, of course, woke up at 0445 and couldn’t fall back asleep. But I guess […]