Monk's Memoirs: 7/1/08

Sorry I haven't written anything since the end of June... the summer is just flying by...I've had an overload of VA appointments for physicals, eyes, ears,and teeth...getting new eye in August...at least it will seem like that...actually it's cataract surgery and it will seem like getting a new eye...I have worn glasses all or part of the time since I was three and this last operation will give me almost 20/20 vision in both eyes...for the first time in my life...the left eye was done three years ago and I've had to wait for the other eye to get bad enough for them to do the surgery...Like every other old fart...no offense to my old fart friends....Alfred E. seems to be the only one who doesn't age or worry...I want to be just like him....I will have to have reading glasses...a small price to pay for being able to see clearly again at least most of the time...I also have new hearing aids and a new gold crown..do the words "falling apart" mean anything to you...60 may be the new 50 but it's more like the new 70 when you have to have all this repair.....

We all were sorry to see Travis and family leave to return to Edwards AFB in California...but it was great to see him and TWCG and Shannon...we had a little going away breakfast just before they left for the airport...I was on heading for the golf course after and invited my golfing partner and neighbor Karen along with Dina, Ryan, Andy and Kelsey....Dakota ate like a horse she has no problem letting you know when she is hungry...we had a very savvy waitress and she got Dakota's breakfast out fast and first...she was eating ten minutes before us and as far as she was concerned that was still to late...she was ready the minute we walked in the door...

To demonstrate my point I have added this video..the first one I've ever had on the blog... click on it and if it works...it won't be the last I hope....this is one my son sent me after returning home...eating neat is a learned skill that she obviously not been practicing...if only we all could be this uninhibited and innocent....

The Fourth of July seemed to just come and go...I didn't have any plans and spent the day amusing myself...everyone else had plans for the day so I went to the movies and fished in the afternoon....but Andy did call me from the road to tell me that they had made a trip to pick up some fireworks he and his friends were going to take to a party that night...here is a pic of just some of them...it turns out that they hit a Two for One sale and then the guy threw in a bunch more for good measure because they spent so much....I'm just happy to report that I didn't get a phone call at Midnight informing me that my son had blown off all or most of his fingers...I'm sure glad that my children's guardian angels are on duty 24/7.....

Kyle sent me a pic of his newest mode of transportation...it goes 15 or 20 miles per hour and he accepted it as payment for some work he had done for a local body shop in Cheyenne...the Mustang is now on the road...I asked him to send a pic but haven't got one yet...needless to say with a Mustang that is over 500 horsepower...the scooter will get more use as the price of gas keeps climbing....I really don't know what he is going to do with it or any other odds and ends he has accumulated in Wyoming...He is moving back to Florida by the first of August to attend school there...he figures that if he wants to be a Marine Biologist that he better get somewhere near the water...Florida has some of the best schools for Marine biology in the country...He is shipping the car back for the same cost or less than it would cost him in gas to drive it to Florida...and I don't think the scooter will be allowed as carry-on for his flight...it looks like I'm going to have some company in Florida this winter...It will be nice to have him around...maybe not for my bank account but none the less...nice...he will be staying in an apartment that my friend Lisa is getting prepared for him...I can't thank her enough for all that she has done for him...she has even helped get him set up for school which starts in August in Florida...THANKS LISA YOU ARE A SPECIAL PERSON.....

Went to a very special birthday party at Karen's house....her mom celebrated her 100th Birthday....Wow...here she is with Karen and her son Richard...she still has it all together and from the look of her the energizer bunny has nothing on her....she will just keep Going and Going....

Here are a few of the beautiful sunsets that I enjoy because I was smart enough to buy a house on the east side of lake....Also a Pic of my neighbor and friend Peter who is shown here being towed out to a spot in front of the dock about 50 yards to drop first of several tires filled with concrete for a mooring bouy that we use...Who's towing him?...Why his wife of course...for those of you who know me...no comment!!