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| April 16th - a snow storm to start our Saturday morning. |
Its supposed to be spring around these here parts, but you could have fooled me! I was out on the bike two weeks ago and temps were trying to dip below freezing for the 6th straight day. Legs get just a mite COLD when it does that. Its supposed to be spring - the morel mushroom season - - wasn't! Spring temps were so cold that forecasters are predicting no mushrooms. DRATS! I love those little things too. Another sign - dandelions are coming out in droves! My yard is currently covered, and I have yet to mow for the first time this year. I keep hoping another chilling frost will kill the grass, and even my neighbors are beginning to wonder if I am even alive. Sorry - I hate mowing. Maybe its that I had to mow growing up, or maybe its my knees. I don't know perhaps I am just being obstinate? Yes folks its spring, and suddenly my hunny-do list is growing faster than I can keep up.
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| A rose to commemorate a wedding |
Riding has been hit and miss. My trip to Chicago on the bike was great, but other riding activities are being suppressed a bit. Lots of reasons why, but the hard part is I can't ride as much right now, and boy does it EVER pain me to say that. I did take some time to test ride a 2011 HD Street Glide, and wow what a machine! It has the larger 103 cubic inch engine, and when you hit the throttle you know you are going somewhere. It had been my hope to move up to a bigger bike. The advantages are fairly plain. My larger size, a bit more reliability, and a new bike comes with a warranty. The last couple of weeks I am beginning to hear a slight lifter noise from Melissa. To me that's a sure sign of trouble, but both mechanics I have spoken to tell me its nothing. Usually when you hear a metallic tapping in an engine, well, maybe its time to take it in to see what that issue might be. Unfortunately as circumstances are, with Mary missing so much work, my down payment has been used up on medical bills. So for now, I will have to stay with my Heritage Softail.
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| Melissa resting after a long trip. |
Thats going to be a challenge, though. Anybody priced a road trip to - say a local gas station? And they call a second mortgage insanity! I have watched the price of petrol climb faster than a Navy F-18. And when will the lunacy stop? I watched a part of a congressional hearing about that very issue, and those CEO's keep playing dumb while raking in record profits. Someone tell me again why? I have hear one theory is speculators are driving up the price, while others blame the oil companies, and still others blame OPEC. I blame all of us. We all need gas, but why speculators are even in the equation is bizarre, and those pesky CEO's are just too darn greedy to really care, which leaves us OPEC, who claims to not know a darn thing about oil prices. Then there are folks like us dumb Americans whose thirst for gasoline is rivalled only by their thirst for beer. And - the price of gas is sure to drive up consumer costs, pushing down spending, and further causing global economic peril. Stop me when you need a couple aspirin because this whole affair is making my head hurt.
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| Mary - coming up on 26 years of putting up with my mug! |
As for our home front Mary is not doing well. Her back, inexplicably, has suffered some sort of setback. She was back at work for two weeks, when she started having that same pain. XRays, CT scans, and MRI's were all ordered. The neurosurgeon believes one of the braces has slipped just enough to cause pressure on one of the nerves again. She was doing so well, too, but now we may be facing a second surgery. For now she will take the next three months off, recuperate, and see how her back continues to heal (or not!) and if she continues her current pain level, the doctor may have to operate again to reposition the braces. Hopefully this is a minor setback, but I am not quite as "hopeful" as others might be. Every time I "hope" for anything, I get sorely disappointed. Its a real problem for her too, because she can't be as "active" as he would like, and at a time when we would like to think about doing a little travelling from time to time that's maybe not so good. I even suggested she try some acupuncture, but she offered a solution that's probably not physically possible!
And speaking of moving forward - we went to a wedding yesterday. Mike and Jessica finally got hitched. Mike is a young man I have watched grow up since he was a fourth grader being a real pain in the asterisk to our daughter Jesse (no not the same as the bride!) and has been a great help to Mary and I, been a super friend to Jesse, and just about the most positive person around. He has been a blessing to everyone he meets, and I will hope and pray that he and Jessica have a wondrous and prosperous life together! They are a great couple, and I am hopeful they can be a great influence in our community. Congratulations Mike & Jessica!
Perhaps I should have taken up golf!
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| Have a Happy Life! |
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