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Hummer-Time… …

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Six months doesn't seen like a very long time... but it's all a point of perspective. Perhaps because it goes by so quickly, especially when you get older. Now if you are waiting for something that's good, it may seem like forever. If it's something not so good, time seems to go by quickly. Kids can't wait to grow up. Grown ups can't wait to be kids again (okay, maybe only some of us). But all agree that time goes by more quickly the older you get. Why?... because we are closer to the "end" then the beginning... and the "end" is something not so good... therefore, time quickens the pace towards things we want to avoid... like the "end of life". So, now time goes by quicker... and whatever time we have left is getting shorter... six months seems much shorter given that it now represents a large chunk of the "rest of your life"... especially since life, and the continuation of it, holds no promises for how long it will last. So what does all this mean? Well, nothing you can do about time passing too quickly, and you don't know how much longer you have... so enjoy each day. I was recently asked... "How are you today?"... my response... "I have a good day with I wake up and breathe in and out... then I have a great day when I can laugh... and a even greater day when I can make someone else smile". Sometimes the simplest things bring the greatest rewards... Happiness! So here's to a long and slow life, so that we all can enjoy everything to it's fullest... and simply be happy. While you can still remember things.

Call me….

My phone:
- can send text messages
- take pictures
- share photos
- send those pictures

- shoot video
- send video
- play videos
- connect to the internet
- make notes
- send me reminders
- set multiple alarms
- has a calendar
- notifies of calendar dates
- records voice messages
- downloads music
- plays music
- has all my contacts
- store any kind of info
- has a calculator
- can instant message
- can keep addresses
- can store passwords
- can hook to Bluetooth devices
- can do thousands of apps
- can get me the weather
- can GPS my location and give directions
- can talk to me when no one else does
- has a timer and stopwatch
- has a clock
- can translate English to Spanish phases
- and can do countless other things
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NOW.... I only have a few thoughts...
1. How do I use all this stuff?
2. AND how do I just make a phone call?
3. "No Bars" - "Called Ended" - "Lost Signal"
4. And why do we still call it a phone?
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It does everything great... except for phone calls... go figure.
"Call Shelly" - "Do you mean call Kelli?"
"Call Shelly" - "do you mean call the deli?"
"Call Shelly" - do you mean call Nelly?"
I DON’T KNOW A NELLY !!!
"Call Shelly" - "I don't understand your request"
"OH, for gods sake" - "Okay, Call Shelly"
"Finally !!!" - "Do you mean firmly?"
"Yes, now" - "Did you ask how?"
"OMG" - "Please speak slowly and clearly".
"Call Home" - "Call Rome?"
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Life use to be easy…

A New Season

 

Sometimes ya think about things, sometimes ya don't. The more time off ya have, the better ya feel, and the more things you do, and the more ya feel inspired. Less and less time off, and the same old same old, really curtails the creative juices... but ya do what you have to. So I haven't written much lately. Perhaps Hemingway, like others, had it right. Travel around, see the world around you, interact with new people, have new experiences, listen to the stories... increase the time off... minimize the "same old, same old"... and release your mind to see things differently. The mind can certainly take ya to experience everything on a higher level of well-being... especially when your "same old, day to day" processes don't mostly consume your life. Hey, that's why we went fulltime rving... so that the 30 year job that consumed 10-12 hour days, 6 days a week, didn't fully consume our entire lives. The high cost of the house, payments, taxes, insurance, utilities, maintenance, upkeep, and general improvements to make you feel better about living there... after all, it really was consuming our life and our thoughts. The extra money from the job would be nice, but I can't imagine still doing that 30 year job, and extending it to a total of 45 years. So for now, I'll settle for work sometimes, and play the rest. Finishing up a "work time" this season... looking forward to less work, more time off... if for nothing more, then to watch the sunrise, the sunset... and enjoy the breeze through the trees, and the sand between my toes. Already starting to feel mentally refreshed with just the thought of it all. Change is good... going to be spending the winter with family and friends in the Florida Panhandle, then back to Disney and family & friends, and a little travel time... life is sweet. So here's to a new chapter in life, new adventures, and new memories with old friends, and new friends. Additional note: sometimes day to day life, well, it just consumes too much of your life, both in time and emotional well being. This becomes more evident with the older ya get. When you are 30, you feel your whole life is still ahead of you, when 60, the end seems a bit closer... reality of the "day to day, same old, same old" is very imposing... and life is too short (getting shorter day by day) to have too many "same old, same old's". Just something to think about... or not.

Of course… life is always sweeter when sharing it with Shelly!