Another Rant

I hear people lately complain of Obama's old ties to the Muslim faith. It is sickening. What have we become, as a nation? Example, the extremist Muslims hate the United States and freedoms we enjoy, not to mention pretty much everything our Country stands for. Now we have our own extremists doing the same thing. They say it is different. Somewhat it is, Muslims who are not part of the extremists, have no problem with us. Which in turn is a large percentage of them. But our large percent no longer can trust a Muslim.
I read a story not long ago, sorry I cannot remember where I read it, but it was about a Young man, whose parents legally immigrated to the USA. He grew up and eventually gave his life for his country, while fighting in Iraq. He was quoted in this story as saying, "This country has given us such a better life, it is time for me to give back". He was killed serving his country, while looking house to house, for the extremists. He also was Muslim. Was he not trusted by his fellow personel? Yes he was, as a matter of fact 6% of our Armed Forces are Muslim.
I am not saying I believe in the Muslim Religion. I am saying we are not the one soul who should be judging people to begin with. There was and is only one who has that sort of power. It is not the President of the United States, it is Jesus Christ, our Saviour.

Happy Halloween

Tis the season, once again, for the children to try and figure out what they want to dress as, for Halloween. This year, Theron started out wanting to be a "Green Bone Guy". I guess he had seen a skelaton on a green guy. Anyhow, in the last two weeks he has changed his mind, no less than 25 times. Last night he was telling me he wanted Mommy to be R2-D2 and myself to be Chewy. I then asked him if he was going to be Darth Vader, he told me no, Spiderman. I get this feeling he is going to be "Green Bone Guy", since his mother bought him a green outfit, then glow in the dark white paint. He got to see the front of his half finished costume last evening and told Becca, "Now that's what I am talking about".

CONGRATS TO MY WIFE!!!!!

Congratulations Becca and your new job. I know for the next couple of weeks it will be a headache with both jobs and school. But I know you can do it. You have always been and inspiration to me, especially now with how you have managed all you have on your plate. But soon you will be back to the one job, which will be in the field of your choice.

CONGRATS TO BIFFY AND ADAM

Congratulations to Biffy and Adam on the birth of Joshua, on Tuesday. A strapping young lad at 8 lbs 11 oz. Mother and child are doing fine.

So I have a problem sleeping....

For about the last 6 months I have had problems getting to sleep. Actually, I could fall asleep the first time, just fine. I usually wake up 15 to 30 minutes later and would be awake for hours. I was getting used to my 3 to 4 hours of sleep a night, until last night. Last night I just could not fall asleep. I tried everything from hot cocoa, to some pills I have, that have melatonin in them. Melatonin is the chemical found in Turkey that makes you sleepy. Nothing worked!!! I finally fell asleep, although it was 45 minutes before I had to wake up for work. Needless to say, I called in to my supervisor to let him know I was not coming in today. Queen Mom gave me some of her sleeping pills on Saturday, they worked great. Needless to say, if you need medications, talk to Queen Mom or myself. Between the two of us, we should be able to come up with something to help you.
I am thinking my lack of sleep has to do with the picture Sumo dug up of Matt mooning the camera.

Heres mine now!!!!

I watched the Presidential debate the other night, with my wife and Ivy. Needless to say, I heard things and saw things from both canidates that I did not like. One was McCain continued to change the subject, by beating Obama's plan for higher taxes, into the ground. I was so tired of hearing it, that I just wanted him to shut up.

Two, McCain did make some good points, as well as Obama. But there were times when McCain brought something out about Obama, you could see it in Obama's eyes that McCain was telling the truth. Obama then would try and make us believe he didn't do these things.

Between these two things, this has put me up in the air more then I was before. I think I will just write in my Dentists name on the ballot. He is funny, smart, a good Christian and one fine Dentist. Or, Gabe wrote a comparison awhile back between he and Palin. I told Gabe I would vote for him also. So my ballot will look like this. My Dentist, Justin, I will write in for President. I will then write in Gabe's name as his running partner. Now I really don't care which of the two would be President, because I trust them both. Of which I really don't trust either of the two canidates that are running.

What I do for fun...

So I finally gave in to the guys at work and took over a Fantasy Football team. I have to admit, it is fun. I never thought it would be, but it ends up being more like a game of chess, played over 16 weeks. My team is not doing so well, but since I took over, my record is now 1-2. I should have won the last game, but we at home, usually do not get on the Internet on Sundays. I found out on Monday, one of my players got sick Saturday night and went to the Emergency room, with a stomach virus. Anyhow, all of the bye's for teams are coming up now. I have been able to improve my team, cause I do not have any byes for awhile, so I picked up some good players while the other team owners were scrambling to fill a vacant spot.

This is not all I do for fun. As most of you know, Becca is in school. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, she has class and we miss each other by 15 minutes or so, but wave at each other as we pass. I am just getting home from Dialysis. So for the fun part, Theron of course misses his mommy when she gets to go to class and he has to stay home. What is fun is being able to bring those things, he likes to do, and do them with him. After awhile he will sit with me and hold my hand. The other night, Ivy was taking a trash bin from the street to behind our fence. Theron asked me to go outside the front of the house with him. He then proceeded to want to go for a short walk. He grabbed my hand and we just walked down the street, with him telling me about the moon and stars. Later that evening I was having a little trouble getting him to get ready for bed, until I told him we had to hurry so we could hide before Mommy got home. I was able to get him all dressed in pj's and ready to go to bed, when we heard the garage door open. Theron then ran and jumped in our bed, scrambled under the covers, telling me I also had to climb under the covers to hide from Mommy. It may not sound like much, but being able to be with him through these years, especially, has been a wonderful blessing. To think back to when I was in a different department and working looonnnngggg hours, there were times I thought he didn't even know who I was.

So, most of my fun comes from my children. I know I have only listed Theron at this time, but thinking of how all of them were at this age, it is difficult not to list only him. He comes up with new and funny things everyday. Last night, he told me he was a Transformer, and showed me how he transforms into a car. He made some pretty funky movements then knelt down, then finally got himself curled up into a ball on his elbows and knees. That was his car, I had to laugh, He actually looked like and old VW BUG that way.

Finally, a beautiful day in Texas

I love this time of year, the only time of year I love, here in Texas. The high for the day is suppose to be 79 degrees. When I left for work this morning it was nice and cool. Finally, a little relief from the Texas summer we had. We also had some rain last night, which helped this nice morning.
My last post, I stated everything is finally coming together, medically for me. Poor Rebecca though was up late last night doing homework. I woke up around 12:30 and she was angry, because the assignment she was working on, was causing her to redo what she was doing, over and over again. Mind you, she had been working on this for hours prior, and she was terribly frustrated. I don't blame her for being so, but I will sure be happy when she transfers to a REAL school with REAL teachers. I think she will like that much better. Although the classes will probably be tougher, I think part of the reason she does get frustrated, is the intructors do not seem to be to bright. This year, like last, she has to show the instructors why they are wrong. I think it is funny, but I also think it is taking a toll on her. With everything she has had to do this year, with the kids and me, and now school, she really does deserve a break.

Things are looking up

Yesterday I had outpatient surgery to place a permanent dialysis access in my left arm. This was suppose to happen on Wed, but did not because of a high potassium level. High potassium level to begin with is not so bad, but when trauma from the cutting for surgery occurs, potassium levels go up. Problem with that is, it can cause heart attacks. So better safe than sorry. Anyhow, the surgery went well, I now have the new access in my arm. In about 2-3 weeks, I will be able to have the temporary access removed from my chest. Once all this is finished, Sumo and I will start training for home hemo-dialysis. The nurse told me last week, when I inquired if they could do some of the training while I was on dialysis at the center, that they could not. But she will work with us, by coming in at 6:00 am on the mornings I would be training. This would allow us to complete training each morning by 10:00 am, so the two of us could then get to our respective jobs. My supervisor is very accomodating for me. I will be able to go to work at 10-10:30, and work late, so as not to have to take any sick time or vacation time for the training.

So all in all things are looking up. I would no longer have to leave work and drive downtown 3 times a week. Instead I will work my usual schedule, then go home put myself on a machine for a couple of hours. This will enable me to spend more time doing the things I like to do, SPEND time with my family.