Today I am beat. I woke up and took Zachary to school and went back to bed shortly after. I slept until 2. I am still tired. Even though I am tired, I can't sit still and do nothing. My brother gave me a child's bicycle seat and I installed it on my bike. Thanks Mike , it will get a lot of use this summer. It was such a nice day, I didn't want to stay in the house. I tested Kaity on the seat and she loved it. So Zachary and I with Kaity rode our bikes to the park. Zachary had fun playing with the other kids. Kaity had fun going on the slide. As was watching Kaity going down the slide constantly there was one little boy there that would not leave me alone. I would talk to him cause I don't won't to be rude to him , but like I said I was keeping an eye on Kaity and she would was always be on the move. The little kid was like a booger that was on your finger that you just couldn't get rid of, no matter how much you tried to flick it off. ( not that I have had that problem before just what other people have mentioned to me) Finally one time he came up to me and said Hey Man, I am big and I could cuss. I said you better not cuss around me and my kids. and than I walked away from him and he didn't come by me anymore. than other little Kids showed up and they were all coming to me and jumping off of stuff and saying look at me, look me. That was when I decided we needed to go far away, so we went home.
The Cubs won today 8-7. That always makes me feel better. Sox are playing later so I have no score. I believe there going to lose.
I wanted to suggest a couple of movies I had recently watched. The first one is "Fire Proof". Every married couple should watch it in my opinion. Kirk Cameron was a lead actor in it. Not a very good actor in my opinion. I would even suggest buying a copy to watch on occasion. The second movie I strongly suggest is "Faith Like Potatoes". It's based on a true story. A very up lifting movie. Both movies are not the typical movies I normally watch but I thought they were very good and taught good lessons. I give both movies two thumbs up.

I will ask Sally to post a picture of Zachary and his new glasses tomorrow. People have been asking about him and the glasses.

Not much to say today so I will begin by telling about one of my favorite childhood memories. Which is going to the Little Calumet river and pounds in the area catching turtles with my big brother Mike. I was about 7ish when he started taking me. We would be gone for hours. We had a wadding pool we would put turtles, fish, crawdads, and tadpoles. I would go outside for hours and watch them in the pool. One time when I was littler I gave them cement because, I thought they were hungry. I thought the cement was food.( I mentioned the story in a earlier blog) The turtles were my favorite. When I was a little older I would go out with my friend Paul. We would be gone sometimes at least half of the day. It was a lot of fun. We would be in the river up to our belly buttons. When he got home we would have to spray ourselves off because we would be covered with mud and duckweed. It was worth it. In the winter I would keep the turtles in a 40 gallon fish tank in the house. I miss those days. This summer I would like to take Zachary looking for turtles. To this day when I pass the river or see a creek or pound I will stop to look for turtles.
Today, I spent most of my day in Zachary's room. It's cleaned for the most part. I still have things that I still needed to do from when he painted his room. Plus I need to find someone to fix an outlet that shorted out when the ceiling fan was installed. Zachary was happy to see his room. He wanted to have a bunch of his friends over today. We have been telling him for the past couple of months no friends until his room gets cleaned. Now the living room is a mess because Sally is washing and sorting through Zachary's and Kaity's clothes.
I went today for my blood work. I go for chemo tomorrow. I hope and pray it's not as bad as last time. I was miserable. Zachary and Sally picked up their new glasses today. Zachary looks really cute in them. I guess mine are taking longer because I ordered bi-focals. My distance is fine, I told them I needed glasses for reading. So instead of me taking my glasses on and off I ordered bi-bifocals. Sally has been working on her mom's taxes and has been occupying the computer today.
Cubs and Sox both loss today. Makes me feel better that the Cubs didn't get their a$$ kicked as bad as the Sox did. CUBS Lost 5-2 sox lost 9-0
Goodnight and God Bless everyone.

Michael and me many years ago. I was one handsome man with my mustache.

I am still not feeling 100%. Not sure if it's because I skipped that week for chemo or because I had the stomach flu a couple of weeks ago. Whatever it is, it stinks. I went to the eye doctor this morning. I was having trouble reading. I am looking forward to getting my glasses so I can read the stack of magazines and books I have waiting. Hopefully now I can work on the model air
plane Zachary is so patiently waiting to help me.
I went to work to take care of some things. It was great seeing the people from work. On the other hand it's hard on me to. I wish I could be back at work. It's just another reminder that I am a sick man.
Cubs won yesterday! What a good way for them to begin the season. I hope this is a reflection for the rest of the season.
Tonight's dinner was pasta e fagioli soup. This delicious soup was made with freshly chopped mild onion, celery, grated sweet carrots, minced garlic, freshly chopped basil and parsley which were all grown in the country I love. Imported from Italy small pasta shells. Simmered in tomato juice and chicken broth. Cooked until the pasta was el dante. Served with perfectly baked home made bread. The crust was crisp yet the inside was soft and airy.