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Good news, my father is doing fine. He had a cat scan and an MRI and I guess everything checked out good. According to my mother, the doctors said it was probably an inner ear thingy  (I’m paraphrasing here) that messed up his equilibrium causing the vertigo, dizziness and upchucking.  He is going to be checked out by his regular doctor and he’s going to see a neurologist. For now he is doing good and has been feeling fine all day. Yay!

Long day today, but it will be worth it in my check. Just finished my workout and you can get those details here at My Power 90 Journey

Just finished my workout. It was weight day. Was feeling a little sore today but that didn’t stop me. You can keep up with My Power 90 Journey by clicking on that link there.

I just got a call from my Mother about an hour ago. It seems my father was feeling dizzy and then got sick. My brother and mother took him to the hospital. All reports say he is doing fine now and is doing some tests and the doctors are treating the symptoms. When they know more, I’ll know more. It should be an interesting evening.

Well this has been an interesting couple of days. Before going to bed Sunday night I was at the door cursing out Sophie (my calico cat) because she was keeping me from going to bed by not coming home at a reasonable time from her gallivanting around the neighborhood. She is most definitly an outdoor cat.. She’s very friendly, loves hanging out with the other neighborhood cats and doesn’t mind being petted by complete strangers. She also always comes home (just not always at a conveniant time).

Anyways.. I had to go to bed so I walked away from the door while swinging it closed and turned out the lights. Apparently it was a weak swing because the door didn’t latch and sometime in the wee hours of Monday morning my tuxedo cat Luke got a little too curious for his own good and got outside. Let me tell you a little bit about Luke. He is a scaredy-cat. Luke does not like strange people and will hide from someone he doesn’t know at the drop of a hat. Luke also does not like to be picked up and will fight tooth and claws to avoid this. I may still have a scar from the last vet visit. Luke is an indoor cat and the thought of trying to find him when he is lost and scared was a daunting thought. To be honest I thought I wasn’t going to see the fool again.

I got home from work Monday afternoon and started looking around. The way Luke could and would hide, even from me, I knew I was fighting a losing battle. I went out every couple of hours and found nothing. There was a possible sighting from my neighbor around 9pm but a search turned up zip. At 11:30 I had to go to bed. I decided to leave the door open which Sophie loved and hit the sack. Nature woke me up around 3:30am. I got up and noticed a little dark shape on my bedroom doorway. I switched on the light and instead of a rabid raccoon that wandered in my open front door it was Luke safe and sound. I ran and shut the damn door, took care of the whole nature business that woke me up and went back to sleep for a couple hours relieved that the stupid cat found his dumb-ass home again.

The End

Edited to add a picture of the furballs

I have been in a bit of a funk lately and I don’t know why. Nothing in my life has changed, no great upheavals, I’m still working at a job I kind of like, My family loves me and keeps in touch, My financial situation isn’t great but if I work at it, it won’t pwn me. I want to start working out again and I try but I can’t keep the motivation going beyond a day. The other day I did some weights and then went for a mostly walk/run along Wollaston Beach, the next day… nothing. So that’s my current tale of woe.. I’m in a funk.. let’s move on.

I have been fighting with my comcast dvr for a long time now. I set up a series recording to record only new episodes and it decides to record every episode. Now I have to go and manually delete all the extra crap it recorded. I finally had enough and went out and got another Tivo. Unlike my first Tivo, which I got back in 2003, this one has a dual tuner and can record 2 shows at once.. Yay! Another feature of having two Tivo’s is the ability to transfer your recordings  from one to the other. I may throw a tv back in my bedroom.

Now that I am on the subject of TV.. let’s talk a bit about my newest show obsession.. Big Brother. It is currently season 11. I have never watched this before and I am obsessed with the live feeds. I can’t stop watching or reading updates, I have to know what is going on at all times. Right now my favorite is Jeff with Jordan a close second and Michelle third. Everybody else except maybe Kevin can leave at any time as far as I’m concerned. Poor Michelle was thrown under the bus by the village idiot Ronnie since just about day 1 and she’s been getting ripped on ever since. I was getting frustrated because the house guests I liked were starting to be picked off 1 by 1. Here’s hoping Jeff gets rid of Jessie this week.. I’m willing to put up with Chima’s voice if that happens. I seem to be picking winners lately or at least people I liked are winning. Janine won on So You Think You Can Dance, Cathy won on I Survived a Japanese Gameshow, Kris won on American Idol (Ok.. I was rooting for anyone but Adam so I count that as a win), Tammy and Victor won the Amazing race and Melissa won The Next Food Network Star. So here is hoping Jeff takes it for Big Brother and keeps the streak alive.

My incredibly boring life is still just that so I will end this update here. Ciao

I am debating whether to shave or not. So here are 2 pictures and tell me what you think. Isn’t my blog fastinating?

I have lived in Quincy my entire life and I never really explored Boston. Today was awesome. I walked for hours following the red line from the Common to Charlestown. It made me think back to Venice, Italy and Paris, France when I got to just go out and walk those streets for hours on end. It was truly a good day. I had my trusty new Iphone with me so I was able to rake pictures along the way.

I jumped on the T at North Quincy and headed to Park Street where I would start walk.

The walk to me through the Common to the Statehouse

From there I went by the Park Street Church

Then to the Granary Burying Ground, King’s Chapel and Burying Ground and to the sight of the original Boston Latin Schoolhouse.

I went by the Old Corner Bookstore to the Old South Meeting House and then to the Old State House. (lots of Old on this tour)

The Old State House was the first museum I went into. After that I went to Fanual Hall and Quincy  Marketplace where I had a nice lunch of fish and chips at Cheer’s. A funny sidebar.. I ran into my brother on the way here. He was driving down State St in his company Van. We were both amused by the chance encounter.

After Faneuil Hall I made my way to the North End and paid a visit to Paul Revere’s house, which I walked through (I’m surprised it wasn’t named Old Paul Revere’s House), and the Old North Church.

Now it was time to cross the Charle’s River in Charlestown. I made my way to the Bunker Hill Monument and just like I had to climb to the top of the Arch de Triumph in Paris, I had to climb to the top of the Bunker Hill Monument. All 294 steps.

The last stop on the Freedom Trail was the USS Constitution which is unfortunatly closed on Mondays.

By now my feet are feeling a bit tired. I made my way back across the Charles River to the North End to Maria’s Pastry Shop.

After picking up a half dozen cannoli’s I went around the corner and got myself a vanilla gelato cone.

After that delicious cone I went  to the nearest train station and headed home. It was a good day. It looks like I’m going to ba having a very nice vacation.

I already have the rest of the week planned out. Tomorrow I’m going to the New England Aquarium and I’m going to see 2 iMax movies, Under the Sea and Star Trek. Wednesday I’m going to see Blue Man Group, Thursday is going to be spent at the Museam of Science and Friday I’m going to check out Pliymouth Plantation and the Mayflower. After all that I’m going to spend a few days in Eastham with the folks.

That’s enough for today.. I need a nap.