[=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=] [<<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>] [=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=] Stardate: 20230318.1050 Location: BKSBUX Input Device: Gemini PDA Audio: Non-descript mix of conversations from coffee patrons, muzak. Visual: Coffee patrons, bright sunshine in the windows Emotional: Guarded [=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=] Lately, my mind has been feeling like I am walking through mud, just really slow, not clear and not really going anywhere...and that is where it's at. I attribute this to being sick on and off for the past month. We'll see how things are tomorrow. I keep being reminded of getting older. Everybody is. Everybody is one day older than yesterday if you are alive. </captain_obvious> I don't think I have much problems with this, but I am aware of it. Little things, like seeing my kids getting older, my daily regimen of medicines, my longer recovery period when getting sick, people I knew getting sick and passing on. It is a good reminder for me to live in the sacred now...today is a gift and that is why it's called the present, right? All we are is dust in the wind, dude! Carpe capulus! [=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=]