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5/15/2007I have to start getting ready for this coming weekend. We are going on vacation to Branson. We have a condo down there for a week. I know that it's corny and over the top but it's fun.(Hey,...

5/14/2007the day started out well. Bright, sunny and warm. It's an off day which makes it so much better. the cat waylayed me on the stairs. She carried on until I went downstairs and checked her...

5/13/2007Dinner with Julie was great. the kids(Hmm, 26 and 24. awfully big kids)and I took her to Brussels Illinois to the old Wittmond Hotel Restaurant. to get there we had to take a ferry from...

5/13/2007After a nice 12 hour nap I seem to have fully recovered from my double shift. I hope that I don't have to do that again anytime soon.Happy Mother's Day. the kids and I took my wife Julie out...

5/12/2007Sometimes being needed is not all it's cracked up to be. At work I just completed a double shift. It seems that the Day Shift Supervisor had a vacation day and nobody knew about it. Nobody...

5/11/2007Lazy day today. I'm not very energetic. As a result,I am finding it more difficult to plan an agenda for the day that doesn't include frequent naps. Still, an agenda is an agenda. I am going...

5/10/07I told my job that I plan to retire no later than September. It's a decision that I hoped I wouldn't have to make but enough is enough. 3 trips to the ER from the job in the last 10 months is...

5/9/2007Who needs an 8 hour day? they are highly overrated if you ask me. to support my contention I came home after 5.5 hours. By then I had completed all my work,(or at least all the work I was...

5/8/2007It's another great day. I went out and ran a few errands. (OK maybe I walked a few errands. I don't do too much runnng lately). I was a little winded when I got back to the car so I sat and...

5/7/2007 Part III received a bit of good news from the county retirement dept. As of July 1st they are initiating a PLOP program. New retirees could opt to receive 1 or 2 years pension in...

5/7/2007Up early again. It looks like a nice day.I have already faced my first major obstacle of the day. I have gotten my daughter up for her class. It was surprisingly easy. I only had to knock 3...

5/6/2007Insomnia may not be the problem I thought that it was earlier. Shortly after my last journal entry I seem to have fallen asleep in the chair.(it is quite comfortable)Maybe I should get a...

5/6/2007I am still battling a very sore throat. I also feel pretty dragged out. Don't know just why.I feel as if maybe I'm coming down with something. No fever though and I'm breathing all...

5/5/2007Here it is 4:30 am and I'm up surfing the net. For the past week my sleep has been intermittent at best. I guess it's the medication. I'll go like a whirlwind for brief spurts and then...

5/4/2007I had a nice development today. I have been on a taper dose of prednisone following an asthma attack . Since I also have diabetes type II, the presnisone caused a problem. It raised my blood...