CRYBABY

Greetings!

Today is my birthday. My heart has been beating for 61 years. It's early, but I think it's going to be a good day. I know people who dread waking up each morning. Not me. Each new day is guaranteed to bring adventure and I'm excited to see just what it will be. I usually wake up before the alarm. Unlike my wife who requires a high voltage line to the neck. I exercise before breakfast and by the time I've eaten I'm impatient to get started with work. 

Yesterday was an exceptional day. I was upset before getting out of bed and must have carried the Black Spot of Misfortune with me all day. Due to a poor night's sleep, I woke up late, and then had a dismal financial appraisal from the wife while still lying in bed. Then, Tammy's two visiting teachers from church dropped by with a message and a treat. She made me go to the door in my jammies to greet them. It did put me in a position to have 1st access to the treats, however.

It was too late to exercise so I hustled off to the family shop in town to paint a set of side covers for Bill's Honda 750 motorcycle restoration. The paint on both pieces lifted in a few spots and I couldn't overcome it. After working them over for hours, I laid them aside to allow the paint to mature. At home in my own shop I got busy on Gary's '51 Chevy, and while tightening the locknut on an LED for his blinkers, I pulled the wire lead out of it and ruined it. I decided that it must be some sort of success/failure cycle that is influenced by the position of the moon and planets and that I'd better call it a day before the newly painted dashboard burst into flames, or worse. I went to bed having accomplished nearly nothing. 

Here's a picture of my lovely daughter Sunny Laine and granddaughter Sophie. Sophie's crying in the mothers' room at church because she's tired. Sunny looks amused in spite of Sophie's distress, knowing she's done everything necessary to make her happy and content. It reminds me of myself in a way. Not just because I wear pink puffs in my hair, but because I have so many wonderful things surrounding me and I should be cheerfully grateful. 

So, today's my birthday. I'll go to work today and do all the things required of me and then tonight I'll have a quiet dinner with family and gratefully celebrate all the heartbeats I've generated over the past 61 years. May it be so for you, also.

Doug