Day 6
 of my strive to be better campaign.
My oldest and i came up with a list of  cuss/swear/bad words that should no longer be part of my lexicon.
The F word, Sh*t because that sounds really ugly to me, and all the derogatory terms that could be directed at people. After being around friends and family and the language I realized how ugly it really sounded so off it goes.
Realized as I was writing this that day 6 bled into seven, which just about sums up how the year can slide by. 12 hours seems like an eternity but you blink and it's gone. So another reason to try to capture at least a little part to hold on a little longer.
The youngest left about 15 minutes ago and called to say the roads are bad. We got a dusting of snow on top of wet streets, which isn't great for driving.
Slip sliding away

Already missed a day.
Okay got that out of the way, and the world didn't stop. Doesn't have a major impact on my be better campaign for 2017, so I'll recognize the lapse and move forward. Generally speaking that has been my motto in life. Keep moving forward. I found that when I get stuck bad things tend to happen. Not to say that dwelling on a decision for a couple of days or looking back on events that occurred shouldn't be part and parcel, it's when that time becomes all consuming and you can't get past, that things go sideways.
My father has an uncanny knack for moving forward and I believe I learned it from him. I also learned that somethings are going to be out of your control and it may be better to not make a decision thane try to force the outcome you want.
My day ahead has a funeral for a family friend, and my attendance has been requested. First day back at work and to leave seems like a not so good idea.
I also believe that these are the moments in life that must be seized, work will be here but the chance to connect with some old friends from the neighborhood do not come around too often.  
The deceased has been ill for some time with Alzheimers and her passing was a blessing.

Keep Moving Forward

January 1st 2017

A fun filled evening complete with cheap champagne, board games and beer. A fairly typical New Years. 

The day started with a resplendent breakfast with all of the usual suspects. Afterward lively conversation followed with how Dad is going to be settled. Fan duel and football. 

So nothing seems to be radically different and in reality that's good. Small changes are in order which will lead to bigger changes, as far as health and quality of life. 

The future is right around the corner as it always is and as of today it's looking pretty good. 

So day two.
New Years eve day. the tables have been set, the food prepared, the champagne chilled and the expectation of what the new year brings.
I have no resolutions except to try to be better in all my endeavors and to stop swearing. It's truly ugly how it sounds and I have had enough of ugly.

I hope for the normal things. good health for friends and family, a peaceful and painless death for my mother in law who is now well in to the late stages of Alzheimers and for my father in law to get settled into a nice facility that will look after him accordingly.

We shall see what it brings, this year full of uncertainty and strive to do better in all things.
My high school Alma mater was Altiora, I seek higher things and that sums up how I feel about 2017.

It should be a pleasant evening some family and a few friends and I really wouldn't want it any other way.

Here's to 2017 and higher things.....

I don't feel like the opening of the Death cab for cutie song but some of the sentiment is there

So everybody put your best suit or dress on
Let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once
Lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn
As thirty dialogues bleed into one

I wish the world was flat like the old days
Then I could travel just by folding a map
No more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways
There'd be no distance that can hold us back

There'd be no distance that could hold us back 

So this is the new year...........

December 30th 2016

So as an exercise in consistency I am going to write an entry a day for the next 365 days. Mostly random thoughts on crap that occurs.

It will probably be stilted and unfocused because of the immediacy of the feelings. Perhaps there will be enough gems to mine a short story. I am not writing for an audience except myself. It will be a combination of fiction and true observations.
Not sure how personal, I suppose it depends on the day/time/event.

As the year closes many are saying it was the worst year ever!!!! some with many more exclamation points. I can only shrug and take a very cautious wait and see. In my opinion the worse of the two clowns won the political circus and he is quite the ringleader. The dissent in his own party gives me hope that perhaps we will have some check and balance and if women still have the right to vote after four years, I will take that as a win.
I shudder when I think of the Vice president and his arcane beliefs and hope that he essentially assumes of the role of most vice presidents and does basically nothing.

Aside from politics too many influential, entertaining and important people died this year which I believe served up a potent reminder that life is fleeting and should not be taken for granted. That's part of the reason why I decided to take on this endeavor.  My son tells me that I am wasting my English Literature degree and I ran out of excuses as to why I don't write so here I am.

That's all I have for today.