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Well, I'm up. (Ta Da!)  This is the second time this morning that I can say that. Earlier (and I do mean early) I was up for about an hour. While on my meds sleep comes when it will. I do get about 4 hours at a stretch before I wake. However, when I do wake, it takes awhile to go back to sleep. Nothing to do then but get up and do something until I get tired. Then I can go back to bed for another few hours. Fortunately(?) getting tired from activity doesn't take long these days.  Yesterday, between naps, I was in an energetic state. So my wife asked me to check out the damage to her flowers she has in a planter on the deck. When I went out to assess the damage, I found the cause of her distress. As I approached the planter, a pair of ears popped up between the flowers. It was followed by a head attached to an adolescent rabbit. The rabbit kept munching as it wached me approach. I was a bit surprised at it's boldness but then thought that after it spent it's young life being threatened by dogs, cats, coyotes, owls and hawks, a wheezing 60 year old may not have seemed much of a threat.  I am still very susceptible to the heat and will have to be extra careful for awhile.  Yesterday I needed something out of my car, but after just a few seconds in the garage I was drenched in sweat (or, as the ladies used to say, glowing). I decided I really didn't need to go to my car with the garage door down after all. It was an oven in there. I am still a bit self conscious about the Disability Placard. I did use it and it is easier but I couldn't help but think people were watching and saying to themselves "Look at that big lout. I should call a cop. There's nothing wrong with him." I'm probably being paranoid but I am not real comfortable having to use it. I thought of getting a T Shirt mentioned on one of the sites I visit that says "Bad Lungs Don't Show!"  Since the shirt exists, I suppose this is not an uncommon problem. Well, my manic phase is over for awhile. I'll wap it up.  I hope every one has a great Sunday.Tom