Spring is in the air...FINALLY

Ok, this Winter officially goes down as the longest Winter in History. The weather has finally begun to change! Now, I have always been a fan of change, and I have built my business on managing client's change. I am enjoying the change in weather, but another change has me a little disturbed.

To explain, I first need to let you know that this weekend, I had an old fashioned Poker Party at my house. All the old players were there from years ago when we played on a regular basis...Lyle, Swan, Lou, Doug, Jeff, and Skol. Now there is a reason we invite Skol. He is notorious for losing at poker and donating chips to every pot. He is ridiculously bad at bluffing and we love him for it. HOWEVER, this weekend, a first happened...SKOL won and won BIG! I have had to deal with alot, from surgery to Cancer treatment, but this is just TOO MUCH!!! :)

In all seriousness it was a great night. Kim set up the food and I even got to have my token drink (Dem Docs say I can have an Occasional Drink...that was it. :) )

I was able to spend time with friends, and do a lot of laughing. I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday Night, except for the whole Skol winning crap. So if you see Skol, invite him out to Lunch...HE's BUYING!!!!!

Life has returned to as close to normal as I can imagine, the only exception being driving. I go back to the doc next week to fight that fight. :) I go back on April 30th for a checkup and restarting the Chemo. No MRI this month, only doing those every 8 weeks.

I apologize for not posting more often, but with things going so well, all I have to say is..LIFE IS GOOD, LIFE IS GREAT, and I am enjoying every minute I have! So, I will post when I have something interesting to say, or anything changes in my health. If you don't hear from me, then you can bet that I am working like a crazy man, DRIVING my mower, spending time with Kim, or just living life for every moment that I have!

Kim ran across a story that I think is a perfect life lesson. I hope you enjoy, I did!

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.

So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck."

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so..... "Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't." Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!

Miss Ava says.... "Give my Daddy Lyle Back his chips!" Oh yeah and PEACE OUT!