"It's Time"

No!  It really is time.  I know I keep saying it, but if today doesn't trigger an acute awareness of the passing of time, I don't know what will.  You see my eldest sone turned 38, and my eldest sibling turned 65!!!

I don't know which of these surprises me most,  or why I'm surprised at all,  cause it's not as if I didn't know that they were already 37, and 64 respectively!

Regardless.  It is what it is, and I had a very nice birthday for both of them.

First briefly about my big sister Cory.  With there being so many of us, any ones individual birthday generally passes me by, with the exception of hers for obvious reasons.  I could pretend to remember hers because she is so special to me, but that would be a lie.  It's only because she shares the day with one of my children, and thankfully I don't have the same number of them.  That also doesn't change the fact that she is indeed very special to me, and I say with certainty, to her 10 other siblings as well.  Even long before both of our parents were gone Cory had become the matriarch of our family.  And if one would dare to suggest that any one of her 6 male siblings would resent that, you would get a serious pushback from every one of those same men!  And as much as I'm proud of my brothers for that attitude, it is more a refection of Cory herself, and how over the years she has nurtured each and every one of us, girls and boys!  Happy Birthday big sister.  I'm damn proud to be one of your 11 understudies.  :)

Then there is my eldest son, of whom I am no less proud.  He has had a tough row to hoe, but never once has he given up.  And while he may not have lived the life I once had envisioned for him, I think that simply puts us in the same category as 99% of other fathers and sons.   We had a wonderful visit with him and his offspring.  Here's the proof!

Happy birthday son!  I love you to the moon and up!

And the offspring themselves make me so grateful, while confirming that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!

It was indeed a  special moment.  We had left Kylie with her Dad while we stopped in at Walmart for some stuff Roo thought she needed for her other grandson,  Colb and I were just killing time, and that's always a dangerous thing for both of us.  I think we were both shocked that the thing stuck to my head, and the passing stranger was no less surprised, and no less amused.  He actually offered to take a pic before we even thought of it. 

Precious memories for sure.  I laughed a lot out loud, and that's something I need to practice a lot more of. 

And yes Elly I have had a sleep study done which didn't show much, and yes I tried CPAP.  Certainly that eliminated the dreams, since it eliminated any sleep at all!

And Deb, perhaps we should talk.  However, the very idea of discussing my dreams more intimately, scares the crap out of me!!

Finally for this the 23rd day of October in the year 2106, I managed to run another 5 kms.  That makes 15 times this month without any serious consequences.  I did however have a few brownouts later in the day, and I think tomorrow needs to be a rest day.  

And this quote says it all.  I need to count the years not as a dwindling of days, but rather as a growing collection of treasures.  

"Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years."---Ausonius

Love

Peter