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Live From Daryl's House: This Month's Episode

 This is sooooo much like Hall & Oates it's unreal, but it is a new song by Daryl. Totally blows me away! I can listen to it over and over..... Had to share with whomever stumbles across this obscure little site! Enjoy!

What's so difficult?

I'm sitting here at IHOP trying to decide what to order. The booth next to me contains three young ladies and a single young man. The man is trying to tell the waitress that he ordered something last week, and the waitress is trying to tell him they don't offer that combination. However she is suggesting he get a certain item And the all you can eat pancakes can be ordered as a side. Dude, the girl works here and it is obvious, at least to me, that she knows what the hell she is talking about.
Quit trying to tell her she is wrong and go with it so she can get your order in and the girls, who are embarrassed, can eat too!!! I just want to tell the stupid little fuck to shut up!!!! This is just another shining example of my ever decreasing tolerance for stupid shit....

Changes....

The older I get the more resistant to change I become. It doesn't seem to matter what the change is either. Shit, it seems the only change I can accept and look forward to is changing my underwear!!! One of my co-workers made the comment about being gone within the next year and it brought immediate anxiety. He is a big part of our team and my memory..
Then the other day Chris made the comment about looking for a job in Jacksonville, and I can't get it outta my head. If that happens my daughter and granddaughter will more than likely follow. Now the thought of my grandbaby being gone has me terrified. I've been thru this already with both of my girls. Their Moms married Navy men and got stationed elsewhere. I remember the pain of missing my girls like it was yesterday. The fear of Ava being gone has me in turmoil. I don't think I'll be able to deal with it as I did with my girls. My heart is aching with the fear of separation.
I know that change is inevitable... But I don't have to like it one damned bit.

Misadventure in the digital realm...

Getting ready to go get some breakfast with Chris on the bikes. Nice and sunny and HOT!!!! This getting old stuff really sucks... Can't take the heat like I used to. We need to plan out what we're gonna do with Ava this afternoon. Today is Grandpa, Pop Pop, & Ava time!!!!
At The Awful Waffle waiting on a seat. Seems as though most everyone is hungry and had the same idea... Dammit Man!
Made it to Eastern Shore Harley, got a new Helmet. It was on sale and the girl gave me an additional discount on top of that. Chris got the same deal, so now we are gonna be twins.

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I took advantage of the wonderful weather we have been experiencing for the past week or so today with my Husband-In-Law Chris. This morning was rather cool and the thin skin and blood of this Old Bastid required the usage of my jacket. The bike made a funky noise a couple of times today like a lifter not filling up with oil or something. Gonna have to take it in to Martin to have it maintenanced soon...

Chris was feeling kinda spunky this morning as is evidenced by the video. He rolled on me after we took a turn onto a country road and thought he was gonna cut me down....NOT..... I dropped down a gear real quick to get my RPM's up and walked away after his bike stuttered due to hitting the rev limiter...yep, that's what the boy gets for trying to sneak up on this old man!!!!

Stray Thoughts.

I was driving Ava home the other day after Chris and I had dinner with her. She was in her car seat all secure and happy. I try to keep an eye on her with my vanity mirror on my visor. So there she was just swaying to the music and watching everything, carefree and happy. I flashed back to when Caitlin was that young, not so hard to do since Ava looks an awful lot like her, and remembered how much I love her and how I wanted to protect her from anything that would be harmful and give her a better life. I wanted to be the best Dad ever and lavish this child with gifts of great magnitude and wisdom and a fairy tale story  of a life.

Then Madison came along and I had those very feelings again with her, I had such great dreams of giving everything I could to my kids. Any material thing and the wisdom thing again with a strong sense of self and family. Solidly cemented, grounded and focused on attaining greatness in life, all of those things that I managed to screw up in my life, I wanted for them. I don't know how successful I was, and that won't really be known as life evolves and takes it's twist and turns constantly challenging me and my work with my daughters. I love them more today than I did back when they were small, and that rush of emotion was what consumed me as I watched my grandchild so carefree and innocent.

To my girls, Caitlin, Madison, and Ava, I love you more than I can ever say or show you.

I actually wrote this some time back, quite a while back actually. I obviously did not publish it as I thought I had, So, here it is a couple of years later but the sentiment is still the same....... I Love My Kids and My Grandkids So Much!!!

Sadness

 Today is a sad day. My ex and Husband In Law had to put down their dog, Luke. They have had Luke a loooooonnnnnggg time. They got him when they were stationed in Jacksonville. Recently he has been having a hard time getting around and was in poor health.
 Karen, my ex, is an animal lover to the extreme and always has been. She feeds stray cats around the bank she works at and performs volunteer work with animal protection groups. She doesn't just talk it, she walks it as well. She has Luke and Bo, two golden retrievers, and a couple of cats at the house which most of were rescue animals.
 I got a phone call from Karen this morning as I was getting up. Luke had gotten worse and could not get up on his own. She wanted to know if I could help Chris get Luke into the truck to take him down to the vet. I could hear the pain in her voice and was deeply saddened by the situation. I know just how much she and Chris love that dog. I knew it was time to let Luke get some rest and how that was going to leave a big hole in their hearts.
 I drove over to lend a hand and offer up support for a difficult event. I have to admit, I was choked up on the drive over thinking about how the house was not going to be the same with Luke not there anymore. It also brought back some painful memories of my last pet, Sugar. See, Sugar was a dog Karen rescued from the pound when we were married. I initially asked her to find a home for it. But after being there for a couple of days, I was upset the day I came home and asked where Sugar was when she did not meet me at the door, as she did everyday. Karen had given her to a neighbor down the road like I asked, and was flabbergasted when I told her she would have to go get MY dog back!!!!!

 We lost Sugar due to an accident some time later and I was totally grief stricken, just like Karen and Chris today. It's hard to lose a loved one, be they human or animal, they are part of your life. I hope Luke is up in Heaven running around and being carefree, smelling all the flowers and rolling around in the grass having a good time. I hope he and Sugar are playing together. I hope someday we all can be reunited.