- We got Jack out of the hospital into rehab this past weekend.
- My nephew Luke got a job. Two, actually. He was up almost as early as me to get off to work today.
- I was completely out of clean underwear today so I’m writing in my bathrobe while the laundry dries. (I know…more information than you needed.)
I have had trouble keeping up with life the past few weeks (past few years, actually) but with my father-in-law hopefully on the mend Lucy and I may see things get back to something resembling a normal schedule. It is possible, though I’m now giving up several hours per week for some rehab of my own as my shoulder is now so screwed up I have had to start taking some pretty strong pain pills. They help a little. Mostly they just make me want to sleep. I slept 12 hours Friday night. More surprising than that was my sleeping through almost all of the Broncos’ game yesterday afternoon. I woke up in time to see the win and then my wife and I hurried off to a dinner engagement we had committed to attend. We had a great evening.
Coupla things I want to mention before I forget…
First: If you ever come across an Argentinean wine made with the Malbec grape, try it. The dinner last night included a wine tasting to raise funds for an educational project we support. One of the wines being poured was made from Malbec. It is one of the six grape varieties approved for making red wines in the Bordeaux region of France but is apparently best grown in Argentina. In Bordeaux, Malbec is used like a chef would use a spice. It is blended with other wines and it makes up a very small percentage of the blend. If you can find an Argentinean label you may find the purer Malbec.
Second: The Malbec was fine with the food, but I would not recommend it unless the Vicoden you are taking for your shoulder pain has worn off completely. Apparently it had not. We were the first to leave.
Slept great again last night.
Today no underwear.
I’m heading over to the torture guy (a.k.a. physical therapist) in a little while. But before leaving I wanted to finish reading my friend Rick the Scribe’s book. I wrote a few posts ago about Rick’s book. He wrote most of it in about a week. You would never know. It is quite good. When it is published and shipped I’ll give the details here on the blog. I especially liked that he mentioned me in the acknowledgements. I look good in print. He might not have done that had he known I occasionally write my blogs sans undies.
Gotta go, but first wanted to share a picture I took while in Spokane a couple weeks ago visiting my son. This is Brandon playing his guitar. He played for me for about an hour one day while I was there. I had forgotten how much I enjoy hearing his music in our home.(To email Brad click on his picture above right and click Email)
