Sega and the Bills

The days of Sega Genesis and the Buffalo Bills

I know I know - the titles keep getting better and better. What on earth could those two have to do with each other???? Why would I mention them in the same sentence?

Well, back in the day, a long long time ago, The Madden Football franchise that is so beloved on Playstation 3’s, X Box 360’s and Wii’s worldwide, was played on a lovely little gaming system called the Sega Genesis (click here). If you are nodding and smiling right now, YOU ARE OLD!

That Day has finally arrived...

For the longest while one of the events that I was having the most trouble dealing with was teaching my older son how to ride his bicycle without training wheels. My wife is not the teach a kid to ride his bike type, and honestly, I’m kinda glad because I always wanted to do it. Rhabdo has prevented my glory day and for that I will never forgive this ugly disease. It pained me that he wanted to learn but I couldn’t muster the energy to teach … until now.

Thank you Google!

Lonely, Hugs, Food, and Soccer

Well, by now, most of you know my father passed away on July 9, 2011. I am not sure I will ever be able to put into words my feelings, but as things come to me I will do my best to share them with you. What I can say is that I did not only lose one of the greatest fathers to walk the face of the earth, but I also lost my best friend. We fought like cat and dog over things that deserved fighting, but the love between us was unconditional. I will always love him…

So why the title you may ask?

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As I mentioned once before, I have a friend who truly enjoys the titles of my entries. I can’t lie, some of them have even made me smile when I look back. Today I searched the depths and came up with nothing. I decided to be honest, so there ya have it.

Some house cleaning for you… I am fine as one can expect for being in my particularly unique health position. But in case someone really wants to get cute about it, I am no worse than before. Physio continues to provide hope for me and my future. As well, a friend (well at least while I’m off, when I go back to work, she goes back to being ‘the man’) provided some new leads on studies for pain and episode management, so that has re-sparked my quest for health as well.

But truth be told all of that seems to be secondary to my current pressing issue. My dad is sick… really sick. My last post was May 31 because on June 1 my world changed. He fell down some stairs, and what seemed like a manageable situation has transformed into a monster.

If you don’t know me very well you may think that my father and I have your typical father – son relationship. It is far from that. I fought with that man often, we disagreed about much, even stopped talking to each on various occasions, yet I can honestly say he is the best father in the world! When we weren’t talking there was a piece of me missing – not like a daisy with a missing petal, but more like a finely tuned 1968 Mercedes 220 driving on the highway with the wrong octane gas. Everything might look good outside, but the full potential of what was underneath just could not be reached. Without his input my life just didn’t seem right. Then we would find some common ground and all would be ok again. I haven’t been able to speak with him for 35 days… my shinny black 1968 220 is safely parked on the shoulder with 4 way flashers on.

This blog has followed me through some very unique events in life and I have tried to share my life experiences to hopefully encourage you, direct you, provide you with things to talk about… My whole life I have been chasing wisdom, and I was happy to share that quest with you. My lil secret was that I never had to go far for it, I have a secret stash always 11 phone digits or a 3 full cd drive away. The greatest father ever.

So please bear with me if I am lapse in writing until he returns home. Please pray for him if you are one that prays, and if not, please focus some positive energy his way. He’s awesome, and I want so badly to share that awesomeness with the world for as long as possible.

As cousin R would ask, “so we will do like Heinz?”

Over the last year or so, I have had the debate with some friends over on that lovely social network site about what does and does not require ketchup. The answers were enough to make ones head spin. My lovely wife thinks it’s a sin of sorts to marry ketchup and eggs, my kids love it on everything hot to “cool it down”, and I found a friend who dresses her curry chicken with it (I still think her husband needs to sit down and talk with her). Alas, this is a different kind of ketchup. For when my cousin utters those words, it means we haven’t spoken in a while and we need to catch up.

I know I should have kept notes on my Blackberry, but meh… I am sure if I forget anything someone in the camp will remind me, or I will remind myself.  So here goes, I promise I will keep it short.

grrrrrrr - sandwiches

I just realized I haven't posted anything since May 5. Shame on me!!!

Well truth be told it was all kinda quiet for a while and then all of a sudden bam!!!
I will do my best to update you fully real soon, I haven't been sleeping well, so I am going to try to get some sleep right now. Sometimes drugs knock you out, other times they make you stay up until 5:30 am.

sigh

so why did I decide to write now? The initial summary report has arrived from the mayo clinic. I should be excited right? I should rip it open and see what it says right?? I should!!!! I'm scared.

Again, I know that I know more about my 'problem' (seriously, what the heck do I call this thing... disease, syndrome, issue, bahhh), but I am not sure I want to read, heyyyyy we know the name of it, sorry still can't do shite for ya!

Reality sucks sometimes. I have a responsibility to open it, I need to open it... I will ... tomorrow. That way the wife can do the honours.

For now I will just stare at it until I pass out of exhaustion.

I promise to update you soon...

For now, me, the envelope and Sports Center.

Desole for the delay

Day  5/6/7/8/9

Well hello there, it has definitely been awhile. There is so much that has happened, so I can only hope to catch you up in a short space and limited time. I haven’t felt well in some days now, but I am not worried. TENS remains my good friend, and well, what can I say about Mr Loopy… love ya bro!

Day 4 - Manly Pink

Things weren’t so bad today. I have come to the complete understanding that for this process to work you truly have to let go and start from the beginning. Not so easy all the time, but I am trying. Today was much of the same, physiotherapy involves a lot of re-teaching your body to do things that it stopped doing for whatever reason – and then strengthening that ability. Have I yet mentioned that it hurts!!!???

So today had mainly stretching exercises until…. The weights. Yes the weights. A long time ago in a land far far away, I used to spend a lot of time in the gym. LOTS. Leg pressing stacks, benching your body weight and then some, triceps dips until your arms screamed “stop you sexy thang”….

Day 3 - oh what a feelin'

Day 3

Well let me start off by saying TENS… You Rock Baby!!!

All of us, if honest, would admit that over time we have become comfortable in our day to day lives and neglect to truly appreciate things. Sometimes this can mean a special person… a relationship… a privilege or advantage… you know what I mean. Well I found out yesterday that one of the things to add to that list is a pain free day.

Day 2 - Meet me at the spa

Happy weekend!!! I am a day late with the update, and that is only because I was lied to and was recovering. The memo just never got to me… I was off the list maybe?!?! Whatever the case may be, I’m really mad!!!