Football hero (Troy's favorite player)

This weeks leading passer in the NFL...That's right Kurt Warner. He had not played in 10 weeks. Look for a new contract next year and a new clipboard.

Now I owe Kendell $24

Yesterday when I was driving to work I had three thoughts zipping through my head:

1. The similarities between getting a brain tumor and winning the lottery.

• You pinch yourself every 30 minutes or so and say "is this really happening"?
• People you haven't seen for a long time are in contact (this is the good part).
• Everyone is nice...really nice.

2. How am I going to find a way to see UFC 66. How am I going to talk Teresa into me paying $40 to watch a fight at 1am?

3. I really want to play poker before surgery.

So last night Teresa and I went out on a "date" and Mom watched the babies. We were minding our business playing megatouch when we got a call from Diedre inviting us to come to her house and watch the fight...We drove down to Georgia and they had a huge bon fire in the backyard...They have a great poker table and we put together a poker game while we were watching the fights.

Our date turned into Teresa sleeping on the couch and I was watching the Ortiz vs Lidell fight and playing poker...I am so romantic. We had the best time...I really like Diedre, Kendall and their family. I wish we spent more time with them. I really am liking all of our friends and families right now. I am like a walking chick flick with all of the positive thoughts about everyone in our lives.

Happy New Year...Everyone be Safe. I am off hahahahahahahahahahahaha...to all of my restaurant friends.

He really has written the book.

I keep saying that Dr. Robertson has written the book on cranial base surgery. He really has and you can buy it on amazon for $279. I guess it has to cost a little extra as less people will read this than "million little pieces".

I like sugar...so does my Mom

There are many phobias:

Claustrophobia - fear of closed in spaces
Agoraphobia - the fear of wide open spaces
triskadekaphobia- the fear of the number 13
acrophobia - the fear of heights
sucrophobia - My Mom's fear of running out of sugar. Wow...Her first day in the house I had 8 pounds of sugar. Now granted we had Christmas and made candy...But by her second day she was asking about the sugar par.

A couple of days ago she walked to the country store to buy a 5 pound bag of sugar. I came home from work and there is a big bag of sugar...????? We still had 2 pounds and she was worried about running out...SUCROPHOBIA. She has only left the house once in the last three days and it was to get sugar?

I think I am flagged at my Primary Care Doctor...I stopped by today to ask for some help with insurance stuff...I was in talking to the doctor in 10 minutes without an appointment. This has happened the last couple of times. Two medical things I have learned:
1. If you go to the ER and say you are having chest pain they will get you in right away.
2. Go to you doctors office while you have a brain tumor and you get in right away without an appointment.

Teresa and I have been doing a good job running. Teresa got a Garmin for Christmas and it is humbling to see how we are really running. 12 minute miles and 2.1miles...yikes. The other humbling thing about our run tonight was we were running downtown and I felt like we were cruising, I had the music going...zipping past people...and I look in the windows next to me and I see a big fat guy doing 12 minute miles. I feels good but we have some work to do.

I am getting nervous about Tuesday. Have a good weekend.

Restless Night

Last night I went to bed with the computer and had no chance of falling asleep. I had a zillion thoughts zipping through my head. I started to get anxious about my appointment with Robertson next Tuesday. I am trying not to be excited about it like I was with Megison. Today I am starting my work with the insurance company.

I am really ready for summer to be here and have this all be over.

See what I mean...I just read what I written above and it is all over the place. How did my son get the nickname Bubba? Are you kidding? There is nothing good that comes from people calling you Bubba...There are two pictures of people named Bubba:
1. I am a Dumb Hick who is fat with a chew and tossing a Natural Light out of my beat up old
pick-up on the way to ditching school.

2. "Why don't you throw him into the cell with Bubba"

That is it. I understand the family here in Soddy wanting some country boys but we may have the Bubba battle. I may have to get medieval before Preston turns into Cooter...He is way too close to being called Lumpy as it is. Are you joking...Here are my son's Bubba and Lumpy. I don't think so.

My zune is great. I might be addicted...I really want some serious in-ear headphones and to workout just so I can listen to it or take a trip so I can watch so video on it.

Back to work

I write this morning knowing I have so much work to do this morning. We had a nice Christmas. It was great to have everyone here at our place when Anthony woke up. He was bright eyed and excited...However, this Christmas a war has been issued.

Lyn and Casey thought it would be cute to get Anthony a drum machine. Hahaha...the problem is that I love the drum machine and I am getting into trouble because I can't quit playing it.

All of the gifts were great and I love having toys to play with like my new zune and kitchen gear...I got a Food Processor so I can do a better job on making Preston's foods than I did on Anthony's. I can also make some Humus and stuff.

At dinner Russ said an awesome prayer that put me in tears...The kind I can hide because he stopped at the perfect time.

FYI...I love football.

Twas the night before christmas

Today I hired a new sous chef...her name is Mom. She mostly did dishes today as we made treats today. She did make peanut butter candy and mashed potato candy while I made cappuccino crinkles, divinity, pizza and hot cocoa. It was a good day...Teresa and I went on another run and the babies were all good. I was a butt for a little while as I seem to have put my patience in storage and I am as sensitive as Ken watching Terms of Endearment.

This may be the first Christmas in 38 years that I haven't opened any presents before Christmas. I got to watch a whole football game today...it was great! Mom was sitting with me and at the end of the game, just before overtime she asked me some questions about the game. It reminded me of watching football with Troy without the making fun of the back-up quarterback or the announcers obvious statements.

Yesterday I went to the park with Mom and Anthony. It was so fun...We went to a great playground with all kinds of slides and forts that connect with bridges and stuff...well Mom cracked her head on a board...she has a knot on her head that anyone reading this will here about...so I am just giving you a head start. It is hard to complain about a bump on your head to a guy with a tumor so she may be saving it for you.

Have Fun.