TODAY IS JULY 31!

I have been in my current home for a full fifteen years now.

These fifteen years have not all been easy. Two cancer surgeries, a broken wrist, a stroke, a work probation period, two work suspensions, and the death of a very special loved one.

But here I am.

I believe I have all the tools necessary to negotiate through life. Luckily my recent stroke didn't rob me of any cognitive abilities, and my physical abilities are totally restored.

In a little more than two months I will achieve my fifty-fourth birthday; from my early fifties to my mid fifties!

One more step towards retirement!

But will I be happier then? Or should I concentrate on being happy now?

I am I am I am.

Today is July 1!

We are officially half way through the year.

2018 was a lousy year...a club I frequented closed in January, a problematic work relocation in April, a stroke in November, and the death of a cherished loved one in December!

Yadda yadda yadda.

But what can one do?

I will be fifty-four years old in three months.

I will no longer be in my early fifties but in my mid-fifties!

But I really enjoy being middle aged! One thing about having a rough time when one was young; once you are older you don't reminisce about the "good old days when one was young" because those days weren't that great!

Here I am and here I stand (shades of Martin Luther). He was nuts too actually.