July 1, 2009.

10 years since diagnosis.

Progression in pictures.

The Beginning, 1999.

The Middle




The End.

June 15, 2009 = 13 years of marriage.

16% vs. 84%

My daughter, Erica, told me that one of her professors taught that only 16 percent of Bakersfield is actually educated. So what that means is that if you are driving down the road and you call another driver stupid, there is an 84 percent chance that you are right.

Last night Martin and I went to our best friend's graduation at Cal State where he graduated Outstanding Master of Public Administration. I say "Outstanding" because he was actually awarded Outstanding MPA Student.

Sitting in the audience watching the Masters Ceremony I could see the 16% vs. the 84%. The audience was without a doubt the rudest audience I have ever been in. It talked the entire time with some people actually trying to talk louder than the speaker. No one was listening to any of the speeches. Granted, graduation speeches are boring, but these people didn't have even a modicum of decency at any point during the ceremony.

Masters Schmasters, I guess.

The 84 Percent

The 16 percent

Regardless of the rest of the crowd, Martin and I are very proud of Geoff for his hard work.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERRY

I have a birthday coming up. Today my mom bought me a pair of tennis sandals. Walking shoes in a sandal like form

(see attached image.)

My mom cracks me up. Generally, every year between the months of March and June, my mom buys me presents and tells me they are my birthday presents. She's already given me two other presents for my birthday this year and has told me "This is it. Don't expect anything on your birthday." So today when we were shoe shopping she offered to buy me these sandals for my birthday. I told her she's already given me my birthday present. She said, "I know, but this is it. Don't expect anything on your birthday." She's so funny. I really do like my tennis sandals.

Thank you Mom!

MY FUNNY HUSBAND

Martin bought an all white linen pant suit. I asked him to pose like this.

Want to take a spelling test?
Here is an example:

"Excessive talkativeness." (For Stacey)

1. Logorrhea 2. Logorhea 3. Logorhia

Take the whole test here:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=342

I got 4 out of 10. You can call me Dopey.

Erica and Savanah's dad is back in town. He lives in Mexico. He's lived there for about 5 years now. He moved there because he'd been arrested a couple of times for non-payment of child support and the court told him he had to start paying or he was going to spend a significant amount of time in prison. So he did the selfish thing and moved to Mexico. Today he gave Savanah her Christmas present. Christmas 2008. Only 6 months late. But she can consider it her graduation present. And what better present could a selfish, narcissistic dad give to his daughter whom he hasn't seen for over a year? Why a crystal block with his own image lasered into the center. Yep, he's a real piece of work he is. Your probably wondering how I could leave such a charming individual.

Momma Got Glasses

I've noticed that I can't see things up close as well as I used to. Arg. I decided to get some cheapy over-the-counter glasses and VIOLA! I can see up close again. Tis a miracle!