Hello everyone! I am sorry that I have been “off the net” for the last few weeks, but I got into a fight with Jose Cuervo. I have won the fight, but still recovering from this battle. Everyone keeps thinking that I need help, but I do not. I do not have the psychological addiction that most people have. I do not desire to drink, nor do I really like to drink. I do not like the taste, the effects or the after effects.
At my high point I was up to almost 2 gallons of tequila a week or 10+ liters of wine a week. I never missed a day of work, nor did I ever complain of any ‘hang over’. However, when this starts to control your life it is time to quite. When I was in college, I also drank a lot, and then got with my first wife, and stopped almost overnight with no problem. I think this time it is a little harder because I am older and have a lot of additional stress in my life.
My foot. Well I had an MRI on my foot because the boot I was given did nothing to help with the pain. The MRI showed a case of “severe” tendonitis in the Achilles’ tendon on my right foot. But this condition does not account for the swelling or severe pain that I have in my right foot. Now I get to go to a Neurologist and get my nerves ‘mapped’. I cannot take pain medications because they do not work on me. I have a very high tolerance to both drugs and alcohol. This really stinks because my foot really hurts when I am not up and moving on it. As soon as I stop walking, the pain is back.
We start another class on Tuesday, and after having a week off, I am looking forward to getting back into class work. My next class is ‘People of God’. Books are getting expensive (so please go to my website and make any size donation you would care to make) and Tina was able to find her next book on eBay and got a $96.00 book for $11.00 including shipping. However, the school keeps their books close to their chest so that it is harder for students to do this. Of course, this is just my active imagination running into the ‘conspiracy theory’ area.
Tina’s Mom and son Daniel are in town from July 2, 2008 until July 21, 2008. 19 days. We are going to see a ‘51’s’ game tomorrow (Monday) night. Everyone tells me it is a great time and we will enjoy it. Daniel was able to go to the Rio Socco Golf Course for some golf lessons. I got these through a employee program at Harrah’s. Daniel will be going back next Sunday also. Harrah’s owns the Rio and many golf courses. I guess that this is the same course that Tiger Woods trains at. They also went to see fireworks the other night and from what I understand (I was sleeping) they had a good time. They saw some over the city and then over the Airbase.
Well I think I will call it a night now and get back to you by video tomorrow.
