A Potpourri of Nothing Deja Vu

.....I was stunned today when I received an e-mail from the first kid I ever coached in soccer--Richard "Midge" Roe! That was at Sea Cliff H.S. in 1954. He was able to get my email address from another former student, and I was wonderfully surprised to hear from him. And speaking of hearing--I somehow lost one of my hearing aids which unfortunately fell out of my ear somewhere, and I don't know where. I got these from the VA, and I was told there that they cost about $6000. Oh, well, I still have the one for my left ear, and I believe that will suffice--for now. And speaking of losing, I was really saddened when the USA soccer team lost yesterday to Ghana in the World Cup. Those guys worked very hard for the past four years, and they really deserved to go to the next level--but life sometimes is cruel. And speaking of cruelty, my son, Bobby, bought a ticket to come here from Virginia for a day or two, but a reason came up to cancel, and the airline was cruel enough not to refund all the money he paid.

.....And speaking of money, I bought five $2 scratch-off tickets and lo and behold I won back $16. More money is accrued when I drive to the VA--28 miles to W.Palm Beach and after a doctor's appointment I go to the travel pay office and they give me $18. Since I use up about three gallons of gas and $3.20 for tolls on the Turnpike, my profit is about $11. I figure if I make 10 more doctor's appointments, I could therefore profit by $110. And after 100 appointments I could come away with $1100! And so on. And speaking of doctors, Rh+ has gone to a few specialists and none seem to be able to come up with a cure for her coughing spasms. We'll keep on testing, I suppose.

.....And speaking of testing, I am going to test my resolve not to read the news any more, or watch the news on TV or read the news on the internet. I am tired of reading all about the oil spill. It's very depressing; so why depress myself--I get depressed easily. I also get depressed when I read the Obama bashing. There seem to be too many columns on the op-ed pages by conservative writers in my newspaper, and I get depressed when I read their opinions about how the President is not doing this or that and the this or that that he is doing is not good enough for Republicans. They think a white Republican president would be so much better. So why depress myself by perusing the news? I will unburden myself of any and all sources of the daily news. Hoping to pass this test, I will enjoy the little time that I have left, and I will spend all the extra time I will save enjoying my wife and my life.