I OVERSLEPT!

And last night I thought I heard weird noises!

Certainly hope this doesn't develop into a pattern.

Gotta go...

Anniversaries

Today is the nineteenth anniversary of my current employment! 💀 It's been a ride but I should be glad I have the work! And no I do not believe that in this current era of modern conveniences that a SAHM is the equivalent of full-time employment!

DUCK!!!!

Also, tomorrow is the ten month "anniversary" of my stroke. I quote that word since by definition only yearly events are true anniversaries! Ten month marker is more accurate! :) So here I am still living in my same house, several months into resumption of full time work, seemingly in debt up to my proverbial neck, and meanwhile continuting to mourn the boyfriend who passed away from an opiate overdose in December.

SAD......

I will never find another relationship like that; not with that level of compatibility. And yes I do realize my modus operandi is the outlier!

Anyhow, just four more months exist between now and the beginning of the calendar year of the fifty-fifth birthday! Oh yes before I forget exactly five weeks from today I will turn fifty-four; I will be in my mid-fifties rather than my early fifties!

I began this blog in 2012 after I discovered Objectivism. More accurately after I rediscovered it; as a dumb seventeen year old the atheist aspect frightened me. Now I'm a dumb fifty-three year old. Progress?

I'll write more later. Now I need to obtain my second cup of coffee and get going to my morning's activities.

August 22

Memories from recent years:

2017: Driving home from Southern IL on our ill-fated solar eclipse trip (after sitting out in the hot stadium sun for a few hours the damn star went behind the clouds and we barely saw anything) with Dave R. He's now dead.

2018: Taking Bob Wick for his Barrett esophagus check up procedure. He's now dead.

2019: I have fully recovered from my stroke but I may soon be relieved of my job. This would not necessarily constitute hardship since management moved us down to hell and gone over a year ago. And...today I am joining a meetup group at a new trivia venue, both company and location.

Memories...AND TO THINK I WAS THERE!

Going Through August

It's all up to me.

I know it.

I just need to concentrate on accomplishing as much as I can and maintaining a good attitude.

What is my name?

My real name is not Louise!

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.

June Is Here!

And it's definitely not busting out all over!

Actually today isn't a very good day weather wise.

Another friend of mine passed away; that's the second one in less than three months.

I am I am I am.....