Resignation of being Ruler of the Universe

This is my official resignation. From now on I am going to act as if I had already passed on to the great beyond--and let my family and friends carry on their lives without my help.

From now on--ME--is the important word. I am trouble enough to take care of--

I only hope that the choices made by my loved ones are good ones.

75th Birthday Party in Orlando

Friend, Pati and I attended the 75th birthday of our friend Paul, whom we have known since we all were in elementary school.
Pati commented that the cocktail party was much like a cruise--all old people--and besides Paul's 100 year old aunt, who was jigging around on her cane and standing up more than sitting, we were all about the same age.
I don't think that makes us old. I try to youthen instead of age, and I also try to avoid mirrors especially when I don't have any clothes on.
I did notice the outfits of some of the ladies. It was like a fashion show. Amazing how money can change a person. I want to shop where these gals shop. Their bodies aren't in much better shape than mine, but they do know how to dress it to advantage.
My feet were itching and very few people were dancing. So when the pianist announced it would be the last dance, I grabbed Paul and we took a few steps around the floor.
Amazing how all inhibitions can drop when one reaches a certain age.

I hope you all enjoy life as much as I do.

Labor Day

Isn't it Ironic? Sounds like a song title, doesn't it?
Isn't it ironic that on Labor Day the only people who work are the common laborers--the carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers, firemen, policemen--everyone else seems to make it another holiday.
Perhaps it should be that on Labor Day everyone grabs a shovel or other implement and goes to work--laboring.

I have never known any of the workers I mentioned be given a holiday from work.

Wednesday's Child

I was born on a Wednesday--many years ago--or should it be many moons ago?

The idea comes from an old verse that gives a trait for a child born on each day of the week.

Wednesday's Child is full of Woe.

Whoa! What is that? I do not feel that I am full of Woe.

Hope, ambition, tenacity, but not Woe.

another rainy day

Another beautiful day in Paradise--that is if your paradise is the Rain Forest. Not bad, really--just different. The woods are 64 different colors of green and these colors show up brilliantly against the grey skies.

Off to vote--today.

Reading

I have been reading several books at a time due to having the Kindle. I have read about 3/4 of the way through STAR, THE LIFE AND WILD TIMES OF WARREN BEATTY.Then I started SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD by Joshua Slocum and have been devoting all my reading time to it. He wrote it in 1896 when he sailed his homemade sloop Spray . It fascinates me. The idea of doing something so daring and his success through all sorts of misshaps along the way are intriguing.

I have about 200 books on the Kindle waiting to be read.

I also work my crossword puzzle at night and watch a movie on Netflix.com before I go to bed. The result is I am up past midnight and then I sleep until mid-day--and that doesn't please me.

I am much more of a morning person--yet by the time I get up and around it is late morning and early afternoon. Then I haven't the gumption to get my household chores done.

the Blahs

Everytime I come back from a long trip, I suffer for a week or so from the blahs.
I sleep long hours and am always tired. I put off everything until "tomorrow" and have found that I spend too much time at computer--often not accomplishing anything--
I do love to travel and seem to be all right while I am on the road. This time on the last night of the trip--I went to bed before dinner--leaving Richard to prepare the meal--which he did very well.
The trip had caught up with me. Tomorrow will be a week since I got home and I am still blah-blahing around.
It doesn't stop me from wanting to plan another trip.