I spent time at the Tiara Happy Hour Christmas party last night, and I had a really good time. It was nice to meet new people who were so warm and friendly. My good friend Elaine was the push in my getting out for the evening. I was actually thinking of staying home, and I am really glad that I went.
The annual Christmas party is on the 13th of this month, and I am looking forward to it. I need to get out more. I need to realize that I am still a very social butterfly, and people like me. :)
Well, the past few days have been a little ooey, but this morning is all that matters, and it is good. I had news on the thyroid yesterday, and I am now at the complete other end of the spectrum. I was at severe hyperthyroidism, and I am now at severe hypothyroidism. Yeah! Another extreme! Seriously, it’s fixable, so who cares!?! In a month I will be back to normal, and it will all be okay. I am on a mission to reman calm each day and not let life’s little things get to me.
Cheers!
Well, we went to the meeting with Hannah’s father. I was a bit surprised at his appearance, as he was always so well dressed and groomed when we were together so many years ago, and this day he was pretty scruffy. It was as if he had given up on his handsome appearance for something that looked nothing like what I remembered. He’s a handsome guy who needs a goatee trim, a haircut, an eyebrow wax, and a kick of self-confidence. His new wife thinks he looks nice, so I guess he’s changed in a lot of ways.
Anyway, Hannah, her sister and Jim sat and talked with each other for 2 hours. I then joined them for another hour while we ate lunch. It was a good conversation. Trivial, but good. I did not talk about anything even remotely related to money, Hannah’s upbringing (well, not the hard parts for me), or what I expected him to do to make up for all of the lost time. I just let Hannah have her first day with her father. She said that he was not what she expected but that she would like to get to know him. I have no idea how he felt. I hope to hear very soon.
My next meeting with him will be a one on one to discuss the nitty gritty of negotiation. It’s going to be tough.
Cheers!
We are meeting with the other half of Hannah’s DNA in one hour. As I said before, I haven’t seen Jim in a little over 16 years, and I have been praying that all of the emotions I have felt over the years don’t come flooding back in one single moment. I’ll let everyone know what happens.
Cheers!
Yesterday was a good day. Nothing to want to repeat exactly as it was, but it was good. My 1st class was filled with students whom I’ve had before, and they were all having as much fun as you can in an ops class. Wine? We’ll have to make sure that they become as excited about the process as I am. :p Oh well.
Today I have 2 sections of Management by Menu, a marketing class of sorts, and it will be the same old thing I’m sure. I have three people who failed the class last quarter and have chosen to take it from me again. Okay, but it is the same class that they didn’t come to or do work for last quarter. ?!?!?
Tomorrow is the day that Hannah meets her father for the first time, and it will be the 1st time that I have seen him in a little over 16 years. Yep. I promise, on my honor, that I will not harm him physically in a public place, nor will I spit on him, nor will I call him names. I promise to be the me who is happy and can get through anything. :) I’ll let everyone know how it goes.
cheers!
as some of you already know, Hannah has decided to go to NYU and pursue a degree in Studio Art with a minor in Technical Music. She’s always had that New Yorker attitude. That’s my baby girl!
Cheers
Most of you know that Hannah’s biological father has never claimed her, and at the end of this, her sixteenth year, she would like to meet him. I have always kept track of where he was in case of an emergency, but I have not contacted him for fear that he would do as he said he would upon our last meeting in 1992.
After many recent failed attempts to contact him, I had given up, but today changed things. Hannah has a half sister from “his” first marriage. God bless his first wife, because she got the ball rolling this week. Today, Hannah’s half-sister contacted her and wants the two of them to meet. She is 19. Elizabeth is even going to set up a meeting with Hannah and their father. I have to go to this meeting. I’ll write more about this in the days to come. My head is all muggy right now, and Hannah is so happy. She is getting her birthday wish.
Cheers!
That’s the story of my life lately. Miles and miles. I am walking 7 miles in the morning and 3 at night now. I was doing 5 and 5 but found that I am too pooped at day’s end to do that, so 7 and 3 it is. Besides, it’s so nice and cool at 5am, and that seems to be the best time to walk. So, by month’s end, I will have logged about 200 miles, with the days I didn’t walk as much and the 3 days I took off, and I feel pretty good. My ankle hurts a lot, but I push through to keep myself sane in other ways.
Cheers!
So, I had a migraine today and found myself surfing the web in my darkened room with my computer screen at its lowest light. This is what I found:
www.thewebsiteisdown.com
www.stephenlynch.com and look up Stephen Lynch on youtube.
I also spent time watching George Carlin clips on youtube. Rest in peace George. I will miss you, and I thank you for making my formative years worth it. I also thank you for seven words I couldn’t say on television and the ten commandments in your words. Thanks George. I’ll see you in about 50 years. :)
George Carlin, May 12, 1937 to June 22, 2008.
