I am a near-miss...

Happy 33rd Wedding Anniversary mom and pop! Sorry this is a pic from last year, but I haven't had the chance to post my new pics yet. I'm a little tired. 33 years...Wow. One day, i can hope to make a claim like that....one day...

Man, travelling can really take a lot out of you. I've played the part of the wander-weary traveler for a lot of the year; and these next few months are no different from the past few, except that I'm travelling further and for longer sets of time. As much as I do like to travel, going here to there within a small time frame can be a little taxing. Just got back from the east coast last night, and it was quite the day of moving around. I have connecting flights, cuz there's always that maybe. Let's just say that yesterday was one of those types of travel days most of us aren't particularly fond of. fter a few flight changes and a straight sprint from my EWR > SFO flight to my SFO > LAX flight, I was finally home. It was a day that started at 3PM Eastern time and ended at 12:30AM Pacific time. Much too long for going from the east to west on the mainland. It's nice to be home for the next few weeks. I tend to take for granted the time I have when I'm not movin around. But not now :)

Of living and learning
Sometimes people's biggest fault is that they think they have learned everything that needs to be learned in life and that they are done w/ it. I think this leans more to us older folk, who can be so naive as to think we don't have anything to learn from those younger than us, but just as much to the growing youth who refuse to learn from their elders. I think most parents can vouch for the fact that their children teach them new things all the time. I personally feel that learnng never EVER ends. There's a reason why the cliche "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," exists - because a lot of people actually believe it. I don't like that cliche much...because I think everyone learns something new every day. EVERY day. Whether it is some random fact, or discovering something newthat affects us far deeper, something that affects our heart. I found out recently that if you collected the farts from every human being in the world you can fill 13 blimps with that gas! How's that for randomized knowledge? he he he. Mom and I always argue when I try to get our family to communicate better, because she says that she's old and that it's hard. But I always tell her, it just depends on what she wants...if she wants us all to be closer, then we have to communicate and say what we feel. We need to be more assertive and not be afraid to be open and honest. I think in my family at many times we set things aside and bottle things up. We were never an intimately close family growing up; not until certain major events occurred did we get closer. But I'm glad that we're closer now, and I always push to continually grow with each other. Going back to the never-ending lesson, don't forget that it's never too late to learn.

The holiday season is fast approaching...I'm excited and sad at the same time. Excited because this is my absolute favorite season to be around for, but sad at the same time, because, if my travel schedule remains unchanged, I won't be around for a lot of it...

Trying to run in the AM....wish me luck.