September sucks

I really am not a fan of September anymore and these past 30 days have not helped this poor month's case. The anniversary of Dad's diagnosis and death, the ALS walk (which I love doing but it's still difficult), his birthday and now this year we'll add a couple more things to the list.

1. Cathy lost her job. She has worked as a one on one aide for an autistic boy at the elementary school and because of Cathy, he made tremendous progress. He is going to be the one that suffers as a result of this decision that the school has made. Cathy is such a warm, loving and compassionate person and I hate to see her go through this.

2. My friend Shellie's dad has been battling lung cancer for over a year now. Last week his latest CT scan shows several tumors on his brain and one on his brain stem. Cancer sucks.

3. Liz and Cathy's good friend Denise lost her 5 year battle with breast cancer on Sunday. Cancer sucks.

4. Liz and I found out this morning before Denise's funeral that old friends from Phoenix lost their oldest son earlier in the week. We knew Kevin and Cathy in Phoenix back in the 80s. Kevin was the chaplain at the base where Liz was stationed. Christian was in the Army stationed here in the States. We don't know the details but no parent should have to deal with the death of a child. Ever.

5. Hello October!! I'm glad you are here.

Two observations

No driveway for two weeks

Two observations about today:

1. I had my annual ob/gyn exam today and I just love the way my young, male doctor says things like "women in your decade" and "during this transitional time in your life". Just say menopause for goodness sake!!

2. Interim report cards came out today. Why is it that Evan gets an excellent in "listens and follows directions" and "demonstrates self-discipline in classroom"? Enough said.

15 hours

I spent 15 hours in this bed over the weekend. It's called the Serenity bed at the Hilton. I can't tell you the last time I was in a bed for that long without being sick. Our anniversary was yesterday and the girls graciously offered to take Evan for the night. I put a blindfold on Mike and drove him to the new Hilton at Polaris. The bed sucked us in as soon as we got in the room and it didn't let go of us for 15 hours. It was heaven. One more thing. Get your minds out of the gutter 'cause I know it's there.