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Spanky's HideawayThe diary of a mad (but smoke free) man 10月30日 Life, Love and the Great RiverBeen a while since I've played with this thing.... and there has been a lot of changes since the last time I wrote in my blog....
On the romance front.... Well not too long after the last time I wrote in here Tracey told me that she wouldn't mind if I found someone local to go out with... since at the time she thought she was going to be in Yuma for a long time, and with the distance between us making seeing each other in person difficult (not to mention the cost of gas/ plane tickets/etc) not to mention that she was getting very busy in the job she had. Well, not intending to fall in love I was meeting people online that was nearby... and found someone who has stolen my heart... (and I hers). Her name is Cheryl, and I have posted pics of us that were taken at her sisters over Memorial day... and lots of folks say we make a cute couple
 .Fast forward (well as of this writing rewind to) the last part of July and I hear from Tracey saying that she is moving back to GA to be closer to her daughters. After a year of talking on the phone, text messaging, instant messanging, etc I finally get to meet her in 3-d. Told her about Cheryl (and vice versa) and we've agreed to remain friends.... matter of fact Tracey has told me that she want to help me when I do propose to Cheryl... says I'd pro'lly do what my brother did when he proposed to his wife (that is ask her d'ya wanna?)
 More on Cheryl.... well if ya can't tell I've fallen head over heels in love with her... thought I'd never be this happy again... and the best thing is that she's met 99% of my family and they love her (but not as much as i love her).
On the health front.... i'm still doing good as far as the heart goes (the one that can be repaied by surgical brillance).... still not smoking (21+ months.... whooooopeee) and the diabetes is still there... but I'm alive and loving life and that's important. 3月23日 Brain DroppingsWell.... it's been a while since I've said anything in this danged thing
 . I'm still smoke free (for 14 + months as of the time I'm writing this), still a bit wacked in the head (hell my G/F Tracey says I'm just damned Goofy  ) and healthy. No major earth shattering things to say... just the day to day struggles that we all face... thoughts of going back to school... and getting my degree. Seems that the heart attack I had a while back has brought things into focus, that and, as my friend Anni says, the lifting of the cloak of smoke that I've hidden alot of things behind... time to do things that I haven't done in a while... taking time to re-discover myself and finding out that I am an allright kind o' guy, and taking time for love. Guess I'm about 20 or so years late in doing that, but better late than never *GRIN* Later taters and keep the sunny side up! 11月7日 Well...It looks like I'm about done with the rehabilitation part of my heart attack... My last cardio rehab session is on Wed 11/9... but I'm not done with dealing with the effects of it... Not only am I on medication to keep me from being a guest in Kennestone's Coronary Care Unit again, but I have to watch my diet (and I'm happy to say I've lost 10 lbs since I started on my rehab... and best of all able to get into a pair of pants I haven't been able to wear in over 10 years
). Only bad thing I have to deal with... other than the inside of my right knee being numb... is the occasional melancoly feeling that I get... yeah they say that it's normal for a heart attack sufferer to get those feelings... but I HATE when I'm blue... that just ain't me. Not to end it on a downer... I am happy that I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel... I have an appointment with my cardiologist on the 15th...(unless I have to change it... it's Insanity time at work... holidays... gotta love 'em if you're in the retail food biz *SNORT*) and I think that he will be impressed on how well I'm doing! 8月29日 Rehab(Lets hope this gets through...)
Started on my cardio rehab program on the 17th of August (I had a welcome to rehab session on the 15th) and I'm doing well so far... going Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays... with a lifestyle class on Mondays. So far it's going great... tho' Mondays are a bit bad because I seem to want to over-do on those days... been a bad boy and had to be kept after class because of my heart rate being too high... tho today it WASN'T my fault... they goofed on the settings for the wireless monitor they were using and my values were way off...*SNORT*
Only thing I miss from the days at the Y is the intense endorphin rush... *sigh* 7月28日 Whooo Wheeee! Well... it looks like my "vacation" is almost over... went to see the Cardiologist today for a stress test so I can be cleared to go back to work. He was pleased on how well I did on it and told me I can go back to work on Monday 8/1.
Yes I am looking forward to getting things back to normal... but the pre- heart attack me is gone forever. Now I have to be more careful not only in what I eat, but also in other areas like exercise, and taking my medication daily... no longer am I that indestructable (in my mind at least) person I was just a short month ago, and I sometimes miss him.
One of the good things I've gotten out of this... besides all the rest I've been getting over the past few weeks... is an appreciation of the one major life changing decision I made on January 21, 2005... the day I quit smoking. I think I may have said it before, but if I didn't quit when I did, I may not have also made the other changes in my life that I have... namely going to the Y, trying to loose the extra weight I've always carried around, and... suprisingly of all... re-discovering that 17 year old that I've hidden behind clouds of blueish smoke. Without those changes I may not be here writing this today... but buried 6 feet under and just a fleeting thought in the minds of my family and friends. Coming face to face with your mortality is scary... hell I still don't wanna totally face the fact that one day I will no longer be amongst the living... but I guess that's part of growing wiser as you get older ("I don't wanna grow up I'm a Toys R Us Kid..." *BIG GRIN*). Gotta remember to live life like it's your last day... cuz when it's over you can't ask for a refill.
Man I really didn't intend for this to be a ramble ("Lawd I was born a ramblin' man..." *snicker*)
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