pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Top of the morning to my Illini fanatic family.................It's 4:26 am here in beautiful Paducah , Ky.......It's 59 * with a slight drizzle of rain and expecting rain on and off all day today..........I love rainy fall days , especially after a big B1G win by the beloved.....My Blues didn't cum through with a win as they blew a 3-1 lead and turned it into a 7-4 loss...................at home..............This is the first time Chief has had a 3 game losing streak since he took over the reins of the Blues.......
could be a long season for the Blues if this mindset continues , but I have faith in coach Berube and GM Armstrong to right the ship...............
I have a lot of stuff to share with my bro's here , so here goes............................
I had a doctors appt Friday morning with my great family doctor.....She is so caring and I feel so at ease with her ..........I usually have a lot of disdain and apprehension for the medical profession , but she has changed the narrative for me in that regard.......I have lost 12 lbs since I last saw her and my BP was 130/70.......excellent for a 71 yr old , slightly overweight smoker...........She listened to my lungs and heart and said excellent........I told her I had been having some left ear pain and she looked and said there was some redness there and prescribed some amoxicillin for 10 days , twice a day.......
She said i had to give a urine sample for the Tramadol script , as it was federal law.....i asked about my weed usage and she said no problem as I had been upfront and honest about it........whew ........ Truth telling does have it's advantages....it really really does.......................
I called and talked to my mom and dad Saturday morning , with dad always the first call.......
this is where it gets kinda tough ............dad said hello Mayor ( his nickname for me , mayor of Paducah )......he sounded strong and vibrant , but the convo quickly turned into a dark area......I asked him how he was feeling and he broadsided me with this remark......"" I very tired and wish my time here would end .....I am ready to go as i feel so overwhelmed and I can't take care of myself ""...........I sat here in front of my computer stunned and felt like a horse had kicked the wind out of my sails.......he will be 94 this coming end of January 2023 and this is the first time he has come right out and professed his feeling's that way........I didn't know what to say , so we had a pregnant pause in the convo for about 30 seconds....thats a long time to hear nothing from the other end...............then he spoke up and said , Ok mayor , I got to go poop so have a great day and i love you...........At that point in time i started to well up with tears and was glad we ended the call....I told him I loved him and after hanging up i just leaned back in my chair and sighed....My father is NOT the giving up kind of man........I'm still having difficulty processing his intent , even this morning .........
After about a 10 minute break to compose myself i then called mom.........she has a cold , she told me , and wasn't feeling up to par.....she is 92 , but can take care of her daily life functions and rides a stationary bike an hour a day.......But ,I could tell she wasn't feeling good so went on with the call ....told her about my dr. visit and this and that , but I didn't share with her what dad said about his time being up and him ready to go.......it would of done no good to let her know and she would have started her worrying fit as she always does....better left unsaid to her ........
My bestest bud had a doctors appt Thursday with his orthopedic dr and said it went well....he shared with me that his 36 year old son who moved in with my bud was stealing $$ from him and has continued his drunken ways......i feel so sorry for my bud but I didn't offer any advice as i was still upset with my talk with dad.........
I finally got off the phone and NL # 3.......................
had loaded up the pipe and handed it to me as she lit it for me........I would be in some mental peril without her.......She is my soulmate and i can talk to her about anything and everything .....She has my back.....she told me point blank "" I got your back pru "".....I told her she can have my back , my front and all points in between......I let out a laugh , one of those cleansing laughs where you settle back on solid ground and can resume your path of life with my old glass half full attitude ............Time for me to indulge myself in some Durban Zkittlez 420 and listen to some tunes.......NL # 3 just came downstairs with our weekend guest aspiring to be an NL someday .....She is off to a great start with her performance this weekend in the art of oral discussions and deep tissue penetration sessions.....We have another audition with an aspiring candidate next weekend before we make our decision......
tell us what you think of this weekends candidate............................
Impressive huh ???.......She really really is ......................................
Life has such a great sense of humor and conversely a wickedly morbid side.........I choose to look at life with a sense of humor and react accordingly and deal with tasks at hand or chill when things are going groovy...............
WS games, Blues games, Illini BB games, Illini FB games ......it is a wonderful life ...........It really really is ................
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