Passing Bye...

So, some rambling thoughts as I get ready for my gal pal and her parents to come up to chateaux du Mik...
I'm really glad that we're into a new week. After the insanity of so many folks passing away, it's just crazy. I mean... all the big names of my youth: I grew up watching the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. Farrah Fawcett was a huge part of my life as a pre-pubescent. I was not a Michael Jackson fan during his adult years (aka "the white years"). I LOVED the music he made as a little kid as part of the Jackson 5 (I always dug Motown)... Even losing Billy Mays was a cultural shock. You just never expected it. I can't ever watch commercials the same way again. I'm glad he didn't get to do the Taco Bell spots he was hired for... I probably couldn't eat there again. Granted, with my diet, I'm not supposed to eat there any, but I digress. And then someone who nobody gave two craps about, but for me, he was such an entertainer when I was a little kid that I was just awestruck when I saw him work. His name was Fred Travalena. And for a goofy fat kid in the midwest, I thought he was great. An absolute blast... I think about all these people that we have lost in the last week, and the thing that bugs me (besides the wall to wall 24/7 MJ overkill), is seeing parts of my youth start to die off. I dunno. I guess I don't like to see people I watched from my youth clock out so early... But I guess you never know, do ya?

Tick Tock

Gotta tell ya, it gets scary every once in a while...
I have been hitting the sauce hard lately. By "sauce", I mean for the first time in over 20 years, I started drinking coffee again. I don't do de-caff... besides the java, I've always been a fan of Rip It energy drinks. The sugar free of course. But I've been drinking them for years. Well, this past weekend, my body decided that it had enough of what I was doing to it. I woke up in the middle of the night with serious heart palpitations. I was sweating to beat the band, but not at all short of breath. So I took some medication and felt better and went back to sleep since I stopped having any more symptoms. I figured I'd call my doctor from work in the morning. I slept pretty good and woke up and got ready for work and went in. Well I was there about 2 hours and it started happening again. So I got a hold of my doc and he wanted to see me in his office right away. I went over there and he ran some tests on me and once we got the palpitations taken care of, he asked me about some issues with my history and my diet. Long story short, I had to make some changes to my diet because of my sugar. And NO MORE CAFFEINE!! Great. Why not just ask me to stop living while you're at it... And with my history, I had to be put on another med... great... the one guy who HATES taking any kind of medicine has to take more. Grrrrr... I guess I could have it worse... I know some folks that take enough meds that they are almost a meal in themselves. So I'm not going to complain about five. But I feel MUCH better today than I did yesterday. I'll be undergoing a few more tests over the next couple of days, but things have stabilized nicely so far. So my gal pal freaked a bit but I re-assured her that I'm going to be around long enough so that we can be stuck in a nursing home together and chase each other in our wheelchairs... I feel good. So I'm going to make the adjustments. I dread having to start eating salads routinely, but I'll make due. Talk to ya later...

Mayflies Doing The June Bug...

A sure sign of summer on the lake... MAYFLIES... they come around every early summer for about 3-4 weeks and make life generally miserable for people because they are completely harmless but there are millions of them around here. They live only 24 hours because they have no digestive system. But supposedly are good for the water and eco-system. Generally, all they do is be born, reproduce, and then croak... what a life, huh? lol... Hope y'all have a good week...

Suddenly (liking) Salad... say it isn't so...

Hey all,
Just touching base as I get through the daily grind of work, work, and more work. I am hoping that you guys are enjoying the beginnings of summer. I promised that I would let you know when I tried something that someone sent me as an idea for making an easy dish. For lunch, I tried the suddenly salad idea from Indigo (greetings out on the smoke Indigo). Yes, it was easy. And it was pretty good. And this from a guy who cannot stand salads. But I've been trying to eat them because I'm trying to eat healthy. My body might revolt against it, but it's probably for the best. It's funny, I went through the Wendy's drive-thru the other day and it was hard for me to do, but instead of ordering a burger combo with a chili, I opted for the mandarin chicken garden salad. I have to admit, it wasn't all that bad. I liked it... Now don't worry, I have a couple friends on stand-by that if I do something crazy like stop eating meat or chicken, that they are to commence with an intervention. With my friends, that could be hazardous to my health. Have fun this weekend...