Hawkwind's journal and musings

[Hawkwind]

Alrighty folks! My oldest in home for the next couple of days and then we are all heading to Illinois for Christmas with my middle son's family.

See you all in the New Year!

Blessings of peace and joy to all.

[Hawkwind]

Well...so much for a happy new year...

Around the time of my last post we lost a very dear family friend suddenly to a brain tumor. My sons and I were very shaken at his sudden passing. In spite of losing Ray my trip out to Illinois was great. My grandies are da bomb and we took off on some pretty cool trips/adventures with them. I arrived home to find out that my favorite SIL has a brain tumor and a very, very close friend of mine may have cancer.

I gave my knee a longish break and it's feeling very fine. May not get back to the gym for a bit as of yet as I have a ton of Dr's appointments in the next couple of weeks for myself, my friend and possibly my SIL.

I'm back to my MA training as of last night and it was great to be back in the kwoon.

My time here is going to be limited for a bit as my family and friends need my assistance. I'll stop in when I can.

[Hawkwind]

Sometimes life just sucks...

My sister-in-law has been given a very poor prognosis for her brain tumor. She started radiation therapy last week and will be going 5 days a week. I'll be helping the family with the driving...so life is going to get a bit more hectic for me in the 'helping' department...

My test results just came back and it's looking like I'm facing thyroid problems. On top of all my other health problems I needed that like a hole-in-the-head. So I spent last night re-evaluating my diet and once again I'm taking things out of my diet...

At least I'm sleeping as the generic ambien is doing it's job.

I have been training, lifting a couple days and I've been doing an hour+ of daily yoga/pilates/stretching. As well as my Qi Gong and going through my Kung Fu sets as well as doing weighted blocks and punches. The weather has been the pits...so I haven't been out to walk or hike. At least I have my elliptical and I'll be starting 'pack on' conditioning again soon as it's getting to be that time of year.

As I said in my previous post...I'm not sure how often I'll be around. I'm now helping out with the driving for two people...that takes a large 'bite' out of my life.

I'm locking my journal for the time being. I'm a PM away and usually check my e-mail at least once day.