Health Alert

Yet, again, another “funny” in the filter…..

BIRD FLU
Health Alert!!!

One Way For Bird Flu to Enter the country
is on international flights.
Don’t get on an airplane that looks like this….

Sorry – I laughed out loud when I saw this one and had to share.

I’ve had several interesting and fun days the last few days — if I have time later I’ll update again and fill you guys in…….

Hope you’re all having a fantastic Friday!!!

Global Warming

Another “funny” from the email filter at the office today that I thought I would share….

Although, to be accurate, this picture needs the last column for 2000 with a picture of…well… nothing. Going commando seems to be good some days!

Happy Wednesday people! Hope you’re having a great one!

And for the record, blogger is really annoying me — when I posted this I lost the last 2 posts I had here!!! ARG! Good thing I have them emailed to me – so I’ve reposted them but the comments obviously aren’t there. I’ll have to tinker with haloscan to pull them back in. Stupid blogger (the system, not me!)

Stupid Blogger

I wrote something a little earlier and have tried to post it here. Apparently, I’m not suppose to because blogger isn’t allowing me to do so. It was really for one person, and it wasn’t anything he didn’t already know – but just my way of talking to him when I can’t at this very moment. Anyway, sorry all – I tried to update here tonight.

Hey Baby….

I want to pursue you with unrelenting passion.

I want to feel *this* love forever.
I want to have *you* in my life always.
As mine.

I want to hold your hand.
I want to make you smile.
I want to be yours, and you mine.
Til the end of time.

I want it.
I want us.
I want the fairy tale.

But I realize this is all it can be.
For now.
And that’s ok.
Because I want your happiness.
Before mine.
Isn’t that what love is?
Unselfish, sacrificial love?

Yeah. It is. I’m sure of it.
Your happiness is paramount.
And if I can’t open my eyes in the morning
and have you for eternity,
I will be content knowing
I had you for a while.

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Thought for the Day: “If I could have one lifetime wish, one wish that would come true, I’d pray to God with all my heart, for yesterday…and you!”

Just For Fun

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Thought for the Day: “The longest journey is the journey inward.”

My Sangfroid

First off let me say thank you to those of you that commented on the last post & who emailed me to let me know you were worried about me. Your words mean a lot to me and I so appreciate your thoughts. I know that you guys don’t come to my blog to read about my troubles and I’m pretty certain that you probably enjoy reading my humorous posts (of which there haven’t been many of lately) or my poetic ramblings. While I won’t promise to get back to those types of posts immediately just know that I use my blog as an outlet for me and in that sense you never know what you’re going to get when you come here. My blog doesn’t have a “brand” persay, its just me being me, all of me – the good, the bad, the ugly, the sexual, the spiritual, the no holds barred me. I won’t apologize for being who I am or what I write, not that anyone has asked me to, but my blog is for me. I began blogging as a way for me to talk and just get things out that I was keeping bottled inside, it was and is my haven for expression and while I know that many of you have come here to be entertained, I also know that you care about me and my wellbeing. Thank you. I do appreciate you — stick with me through this journey and we’ll come out on the other end with eyes smiling and laughter abounding. I promise. I refuse to allow my discontent to remain for too long. I just need to work through what life is dealing me.

Secondly, for those that listened to the audio post a few posts ago I mentioned that I had injured my knee. I’ve been on crutches for the better of a couple of weeks, with the exception of the last few days. I went back to the orthopedic doctor this afternoon to get the results of the MRI. The good news is that I don’t have a torn meniscus and I do not immediately need surgery. The bad news is that I have absolutely no cartilage behind my patella (knee cap) and I have arthritis in the joint. (Isn’t arthritis something old folks have? I’m only 31 people!!) When I injured my knee I put all my weight on it and then twisted my body – my knee didn’t twist with me so effectively my patella scrapped across the other bones in the joint causing inflamation, swelling and severe pain. Doc says that I will need surgery at some point but we’re going to monitor it for now. I have to take meds to try to rebuild & renew the cartilage and I’ll see him again in 2 months. The part that really sucks is that he said absolutely no running, no treadmilling, no climbing stairs – I LIVE IN A 2 STORY HOME, and limited cycling. That sucks monkey balls because I’ve been trying to lose weight. How can anyone lose weight if they can’t exercise? Anyway, that’s the news on the knee. Oh, and no kneeling — hmm – well that’s not a problem right now anyway (unless I’m praying, in which case I can do in any position.)

And – about that picture up there – I just want to go sit there for a bit in the comfort of the blazing sun to peruse the trails of my heart and mind……

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Thought for the Day: “I am scared that I’m always going to be somebody’s friend or sister or confidant, but never quite somebody’s everything.”

To Be A Child Again

Sometimes in this old world of ours things happen that shatter a soul & break a heart. It’s not any one person’s fault, but rather just the path we’ve chosen to walk. When that happens to me I want to be a child again, run to daddy, climb up in his lap & sit embraced in his arms where he made everything alright.

He’s not here anymore and I sure do miss him. His loving eyes & outstretched arms I need.

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Thought for the Day: “Oh, to be a child again where skinned knees are easier to mend than a broken heart and a soul shattered apart.”

Easter

I’ve had this post window open for Lord only knows how long but I just can’t find the right words to type or the right thoughts to share. It’s a strange feeling really. Normally I just sit down in the quiet of the room with only the light from the laptop and the words begin to fill the page. When that doesn’t happen I’m sort of awestruck. Me? Without words? That doesn’t seem possible. I guess there’s just so much on the mind and heart right now that sharing any of it would just be taking more than a few bricks out of the wall I’ve built to protect me. Every once in a while I’m willing to knock a brick or two out and let you guys in but I’m a little frightened about wiping out an entire section of the wall — and so, I sit, left to my thoughts and wonderings.

I really am alright, there’s no need for you to worry. I just have a lot going on right now and the only place to find all the answers is from within.

I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Easter. Remember the reason we celebrate and know that no matter what life throws your way, there was someone who paid the price for you and me to be eternally happy and free.

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Thought for the Day: “You may only be one person to the world, but you may also be the world to one person!”

Plight

How can something be so clear and yet, be so undefined?

I’m content to follow the path along this wooden stepped plight to the other side where the answer resides.

Come what may, the sun will rise and start another day. I’ll be here, walking, finding my way.

No worries, I promise I’m okay.

Desire

It’s a quiet Saturday here. The rain is beating against the glass of the windows and the wind is gusting by blowing what little blooms there were on the plants and trees outside. Even with the blinds open there’s no light billowing into the rooms of this place I call home. My den is dark, peaceful, tranquil, serene almost havenish and the sounds outside could lull anyone to daydream. It would be exceptionally pleasureable to enjoy these moments of solitude with someone special, someone warm and loving, someone devoted and tender. To be incased in the arms of an illustrative doting lover would bring sweltering emotions certain to entice flushed skin and rapid heartbeats.

Smiles abound at that thought…….
and then wither away because I am alone here.

Alone in my abode, alone in my thoughts, alone in ……..
well, just alone.

Don’t be sorry or sad. It’s just the way of my world – for now – and I’m alright. You see, while I am physically unaccompanied, I am certain that mentally and emotionally I am wealthy beyond compare. Someone, somewhere in this old world of ours

loves me,
cares for me,
wants me,
needs me,
yearns for me,
cries for me,
dreams of me,
hungers for me,
lusts for me,
craves me,
thirsts for me.

He’s simmering, smoldering and waiting for me…
and someday we’ll meet.

I’ll be content for now, knowing that what waits for me on the horizon of my life will more than satisfy the dark, quiet days of solitude. You see, patience, my pet, is what makes the fulfilled desire so much sweeter, so much more rewarding and I’m at peace with the knowledge that something and someone grand awaits me.