Hello My Baby

So I went to the Apple store today for them to have a look at my iPhone. The volume buttons have not been working properly for weeks.

I got there. They met me exactly on schedule and, of course, everything worked perfectly. We laughed and laughed and laughed.

When I got back to the office the buttons started acting up again.

This is how it felt…

Vacation, etc!

So as you may recall, when I last posted about my usual winter vacation… it was off… and I ended that post with "And besides, maybe he'll change his mind."

Well, he changed his mind.

Several things happened for Chuck to change his mind but I think the most important thing was that our friends in Mexico, Redge and Judy, sent him an e-mail. We only see Redge and Judy when we are in Mexico, and we don't talk much for the rest of the year, but when we are down there we spend a lot of time with them. They are the kind of people you can spend hours talking with and not realize that hours have past and you do not have a clue as to what you have talked about! It is fun. It is serious. It is comfortable. It is easy. And it is never boring.

Anyway, Redge and Judy said that they would really miss us if we did not come. REALLY miss us. REALLY REALLY MISS US. And that was enough for Chuck to start questioning his decision. Then, we talked. He expressed his feelings. I expressed my mine. He told me why he didn't want to go and why he did. I told him why I wanted to go, but not if he didn't want to. We talked it through.

Friendship is a two-way street. If, broadly speaking, someone is trying to talk you into doing something that you do not want to… then that someone is trying to control you. OR if you are trying to convince someone to do something that they don't want to, then you are trying to control them. Neither of us are the type to be controlling or be controlled. That's why our friendship works so well. Neither of us did that in this situation and we came to an agreement.

So tickets have been purchased & received, the hotel has been booked, long conversations with Redge and Judy will be had, and beautiful sunsets await.

Thanksgiving

This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving. Here, in no particular order, is what I'm thankful for…

• My Health. It constantly amazes me what I put my body through in my 20s and 30s and that it's still holding up today. 
• My Friends. I don't have many close friends but the ones I do have love me for exactly who I am. And I love them the same.
• My Acquaintances. The people I talk to on the Internet. The people I see every day. The people I work for and with. All the people that routinely cross my path that make my life a better thing. 
• My Home. The roof over my head that has protected me from the elements for the last 9 years. It is humble, it keeps me warm and dry. and it protects me. 
• My Job. It keeps my fed. It keeps the roof over my head. It gives me enough to keep me safe and happy. It challenges and stretches me.

I am thankful for life and I am thankful for you.

Finite Loop

Either it's option 1 and it's all in my head and I should see a shrink about it.
OR
It's option 2 and it's not all in my head and I should see a shrink for thinking that it was all in my head.

I tend to think that it's option 3… I'm just not sure what option 3 is… I'm pretty sure that it involves a bottle of wine and chocolate cake and me no longer watching the Oprah Winfrey Network.