I have no "bucket list." I used to live one day at a time. I now live one hour at a time. Seriously. When my wife tells me the schedule for the weekend on Thursday, I tune her out. I'm only concerned about the schedule for Thursday night. Calendars? Instead of weekly calendars, I have "what's happening now?" calendars.
My dad at age 92 years of age said he never bought any green bananas. I don't buy green bananas and I don't buy ice cubes. I make ice cubes when I need them. My only goal now is to live long enough to make sure Sophia has a driver to get her wherever she needs to be. That's about ten more years. I've become an Uber driver without the app or the pay.
A bucket list sounds like work and when I retired, I decided never to work again. Having said that, I never considered my 30 years and one day in the USAF "work." I went into the office (or the tent, or the hardened shelter, or the Tab-V) seven days a week, except when I had a headquarters job, and never considered it work. One exception: working the emergency room. Wow, talk about an experience. Being the only physician in a busy ER overseas ... in an American hospital ... in Turkey.
A digression: I just finished reading Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer, c. 2006. Explains a lot why the US military is as good as it is.
Mike Flynn, good, bad, or indifferent, was railroaded. And I say that, even though I probably would not have liked him and would not have wanted to serve under him (grammar?).
The note: A huge "thank you" to those who read the blog and another huge "thank you" to those who write.
I sometimes feel guilty that I don't provide a full and appropriate response to those who send in comments to posts or send me e-mail notes. I'm not always able to respond as much as I would like due to family commitments. Social media is such that if one does not respond immediately, it seems too late to respond later.
Now, about those family commitments. Almost all of them involve driving the three granddaughters somewhere. Some of the trips are routine, scheduled, and daily, e.g., Sophia back and forth to TutorTime -- one of my favorite activities. Other scheduled trips are taking Arianna to water polo two or three nights a week. [By the way, Walt Disney found time to drive his two teenage daughters to high school even when he was "breaking out" into the "big time." I'm in good company.]
The unscheduled trips are pop-ups. For example, I thought I was "free" today. Already, Olivia has three trips for me that are "pop-ups."
But, wow, talk about triply blessed. Arianna, the thinker, knows something about everything and I'm always surprised by what she comes up with. I think as a sophomore she knows more academically than I did when I graduated from high school. Certainly in writing, history, and the social sciences that would be true.
Olivia, the student-athlete. No one in the family "takes her on." She is in a world of her own and most of us just try to avoid being knocked out of our own orbit by her energy.
Finally, Sophia, age 4 (fifth birthday in a month or so): she could be the cleverest of the three. We'll see. She is certainly the most empathetic.
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NBA
I missed the game last night. I was told the first game was this weekend. Toronto won. Next game Sunday.
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PGA
And it continues. Phil Mickelson, holy mackerel, drops 82 spots; played seven over today, is +5 for the tournament, tied at 105, finished for the day and finished for the tournament. He will miss the cut. Tiger Woods bogied the first hole, is now one under for the tournament. The cut line will probably be one over, so it's likely he will be playing the weekend. The sponsors and the advertisers are counting on Woods being around.
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NASCAR
NASCAR
Not NASCAR but "indy" racing comes to the Texas Motor Speedway June 8, 2019. I know I won't go, but I can dream.
$59 for two tickets -- are being advertised on the radio.
I could take Sophia. The other two granddaughters will be out of town.
Yes, I'm going to do it. $10-tickets along the track. I need to get hearing protection for Sophia and me.
I always enjoy your commentary, we are of the same Ilk Politically, Socially, Militarily and maybe other ways. I share your comments and try to give you due credit. Our Take on the President and his efforts are spot on !!! Your Grandchildren are fortunate to have those memories of your time together. KAG !! Build the Wall or America will Fall !!! Go Coyotes, Go Greenwaves
ReplyDeleteThank you. It is important to note that I never talk politics with the granddaughters and if they bring up controversial issues I always listen politely and do not "challenge" them.
DeleteThank you so much for taking time to write.
Agree with above and on a side note:
ReplyDeleteGen Flynn was railroaded, but also set himself up for the fall. Burned to many candles at once, fail to register as foreign agent, then lied about it. Not high moral character, there.
My oldest son is active duty as Army CID Warrant Officer, knew of Flynn, was not impressed.
And since we are at the REAL Memorial Day, thank you for your service, Bruce and for all you do here, makes my life much easier ;-)
Thank you for your kind comments. You are very correct about Flynn. I was probably being a bit more generous than I should have been: I think you have it exactly right -- burned too many candles at once. Clearly he was without a moral compass.
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