Thinking

I have been reading all the blogs lately, not actually commenting, just reading. Time constraints and lots to do at work keeps me from being able write much. Then when I get home, I have dialysis to be on and it is somewhat annoying typing, one handed. I have always wondered, I know when we die, we will be restored to our perfect form. Our spirits reunited with our bodies, no scars, no pain. But I have always wondered if I would be reunited with the body I have now, or the body I would have had, if I had never had the illness that somewhat stunted my growth. It doesn't matter, I am just curious. I like to think, through all the trials I have had in my life, that I have become a better person from them. I can only hope that I am as good of a parent, as my parents were to me. I always hope that I am a good husband to my wife, though I know I could do more. I look at the relationships my wife has with her family, and wish all my siblings could be more like that. I do wish I could get more rest, but that will come one day. I feel I am more understanding to people's disabilities than most people. I wish I had more free time, if so I would volunteer to help those in a similar situation, that I am in.
I don't have to do anything great, to even be recognized at doing something worth while. To me, I am the only one who has to recognize that I have done something to help someone else. Too many people these days will point out how great they are, for what they have done. It is only great when you are humble about it. So for now, as I get older, these are some of things I still hope to acclomplish in my life.

Customer Service??? HA!!!

I have to get prescription medications at least once a month, more if I get sick. I left a pharmacy, CVS, for poor service; not getting the correct amount of medications, when they filled them. Not filling them when they are suppose to auto-refilled. So I changed to Walgreens. They were great, when I first started going there. But as of late, I stand in line for 45 minutes just to drop off prescriptions. They do have a drop off window, but the lady there said she couldn't help me. So I am standing in line, 10th person back in the line, and I notice there is only one person working the counter and the drive thru window. He would help one drive thru customer, then a counter cust then back to the window. I waited almost 30 minutes, which in turn resulted in only two people being helped in the counter line. I left with another 5 people behind me, 8 people in front of me and 8 cars in the drive thru lanes. All of this and only one person waiting on all of them. The busiest time of day for pharmacies would have to be after work, but the bulk of employees work earlier then that, when the number of customers are a fraction of the later hours. Mind you, I do not blame the store itself, but the corporation in general. I overheard one of the pharmacy techs mention to a customer, that the corporate offices had cut the number of employees working the pharmacy. To me that doesn't make much sense, considering there are more people everyday going to Doctors, then the doctors write out the prescriptions, then the pharmacy fills them. It is just trying to pick them up or in my case, trying to drop them off where you might as well take a lawn chair to sit in. They are however, Pharmacies, it states it in the name.

And this little Piggy went Wiiiiiiiii all the way home

So we got the kids a Wii. Both Becca and I have played it and it is fun. I will say I haven' t used some of those muscles in a long time. Chance got a couple of games for it, for his b-day. Although the games were for the Wii, they seem like they are more for an XBox or something. You can sit and veg out playing these two games, takes away from the purpose of getting the Wii to begin with, none the less the kids have fun with it. About 7 hrs a day on some days.

It was a cold day...

For the Cowtown Marathon, this past Saturday. Becca ran in her first Marathon, as Connor and Chance ran the 10k race. Some stats I have found on the races. First, Chance was unable to finish, as he got beat up pretty good during the race. He was pushed into a Cactus, but was able to continue. He then tried to shoot a gap, so he could stop out of the way of other runners to tie his shoe, but got knocked down in the process. This made him hit his face on some wire, where he now has a scrape on his nose and underneath his right eye. He did however make it well over the 4 mile mark. Connor, on the other hand was able to finish, averaging about an 8.8 minute mile, for the race. He finished 14th overall for his age division, 406 out of 1265 overall in mens competition, 564 out of 3284 overall. This from someone who seems to decide he wants to run, but rarely goes out and trains for it. If you follow this link, http://www.brightroom.com/go.asp?49579951, there are a few pictures of him.
Becca ran her first Marathon, makes me tired just thinking about that. She finished at about the time she wanted. She ran this in 4 hrs. 37 min and 55 sec. She was 25 in her age division, 134th out of 287 in womens division, and 553 overall. Her many days of hard training paid off, she can now say she has run a Marathon, her long, hard training paid off. Unfortunately, since it was so chilly that morning and her bib was covered, she and I have had a hard time finding pictures for her.
Biffy ran a 5k race and said it was pretty violent. People pushing and shoving throughout the race. I say Congratulations to all runners, they ran to their best abilities and in my opinion all did fantastic.