long after the thrill of living is gone”….. (John Mellencamp) These lyrics have been reverberating over and over in my brain. “Happiness”, (subject of my last post), is alluding me right now. I want to be excited and embrace the Christmas spirit but I’m allowing Peter to take it from me. There is no joy…

“Happiness is a Warm Gun,” by John Lennon * Pharrell Williams asks us, “What does Happiness Mean to you” I bring this up because I saw an interview with Goldie Hawn, who is well known for exuding happiness, positivity and joy. When asked about this, her answer really struck me. She responded by saying that…

This week I went to see an Orthopedic doctor, Dr. Bradley Stovall, from Ortho Virginia, recommended by my primary physician. I read his reviews and they were pretty bad. Overall stating that he was very brusque, didn’t listen and was eager to give a shot of steroids. To be fair there was a few stating…

Last week we took an unplanned trip to NY before our trip North for Christmas. I didn’t really want to go since we would be going in a few weeks. Pete wanted to visit his mother, he hadn’t seen since last Christmas. She is 86, though you would never know it. She is in better…

In October we drove to the house in N. Carolina for a week. This was a work trip. We hung the new curtains on the sliding glass doors. I’m not thrilled with the color, I thought they were a light tan, (which was the description), and they ended up being more of a gold. The…

I was happy to record 144.2 lbs. for this month. That was until I had my 6 month check in with my neurologist two days ago. Their scale said 149! I was fully clothed with sneakers but at the most that would have added maybe 3 lbs. So I’m not that happy, but its expected…

‘I’m speaking about a stiff neck. This time it started on Monday, just the usual “crick” that I get. I think its from playing games on my iPad and laptop. Tuesday I woke up feeling alot worse. The pain was constant and going down my right shoulder, hard to lift my arm with searing pain…

I have been receiving my Long Term Disability since May 14, 1997, I was 38 years old. At the time I was working as an Executive Assistant at The Mearl Corporation, in Peekskill, NY. I was unaware at the time that my benefits included Long Term Disability. Lucky for me that I was covered. Who…

I had my yearly physical last week and my weight was 147, fully clothed and with sneakers on. I weighed myself on my scale naked and my weight was 145.8. I’m settling on 146. Not great.