Boomer Randomness

Wow, it’s October 16 th already and I haven’t posted anything since the beginning of the month.   Writer’s block?   Too busy?   Nothing to say?   Two out of those three would be accurate. Randomness:   I’ve had some kind of abdominal situation for the past two and a half weeks.   Tests and evaluations, seven hours in the ER, a doc visit … diagnosis? Uhhh, they don’t know.   Treat the symptoms.   Had an entirely different medical situation two years ago with the same outcome … they don’t really know, so they treated the symptoms.   It’s a little scary.   Generally I am in good health and my family lives forever.   Wish I/the doctors knew what’s going on. Coming soon: a short road trip to Asheville NC, one of my favorite places in the world, to visit one of my favorite people in the world.   And my travel partner is another of my favorite people in the world.   And these two favorite women will meet each othe...

I started using a personal fitness trainer almost a year ago. I am not in any way a body builder or athlete but I am in better shape and I lost a little weight. I don't think about it much except when I wear older, larger clothes. This week TWO different people I haven't seen in awhile said things like 'wow, you're half the size you were last time I saw you' (an exaggeration) and 'have you lost weight?' (Closer to reality). I've lost about 10-15 pounds, one pants size and my shape is slightly more athletic looking. Slightly. The compliments did feel good though. Cars are more reliable than ever and last a long time.   My current ride is almost ten years old, has 158,000 on it and is in pretty good shape.   That doesn’t matter, though, because I want something newer.   NewER, not new.   The luxury SUV I want is 4 years old.   But even that ride is too expensive for me right now.   So I thought about just leasing a brand new not-so-luxury SUV.  ...