A Year of Change

Made it to Denver on time. I stopped for donuts for the nurses and as I was walking in, three blind people with canes were getting off a bus on Broadway. One kind of yelled at me, “excuse me, is that the donut shop”. I said yes and asked if that’s where they wanted to go. He said yes and then said thank you sir. There were two guys and one woman, all between their 30’s and 40’s. They were clearly struggling so I held open the door and got them inside. First thing the two guys said was “yum yum, it sure smells good in here”. I asked the big guy if he could see me at all and he said no, he was completely blind. The other two had like eye masks on under their sunglasses so I knew they couldn’t see. The big guy was going on about how life was down in the South where he was from. He mentioned something about homemade donuts and moonshine made in the South. They were very nice and had taken the bus from Littleton just to come to the donut shop. The big fella was asking me about the different kinds of donuts and then the other guy said he’d like a burrito. I checked the menu and told him they had wraps with bacon, sausage, eggs and stuff. The one guy was counting his pennies trying to figure out what donuts to get. Finally the clerk came to the counter and asked what I wanted. I picked out a dozen donuts for the nurses at the dermatologist and then asked the guys and gal what they wanted. I could see them trying to figure out what stuff costs, so I said, “I’m buying” The one guy wanted a sausage and egg wrap and then the big guy said, “wow, thank you sir, in that case, I’ll have the burrito” The girl had an egg sandwich too.

I paid for everything and helped them get to a table in the corner, and they were completely blind as I had to grab their hands to help them to their seats. They were so appreciative like they just won the lottery. They asked me where the bus stop was so they could find it to get back to the bus. I told them and then tipped the clerk and told him to make sure he takes them their food to their table and takes care of them. He said he would. I had to take off to get to my appointment so I left them waiting for their food. Seeing three people going through so much just to walk into a shop to get something to eat makes you thankful for just being able to see! Puts things into perspective.

I made it to Libby’s and she came in and gave me a hug and looked at the small bump on my arm. I knew it was a small lipoma and nothing to worry about but was getting my annual skin check so I showed it to her. I told her I need to make an appointment to have Carl, (her husband and the other doc) to take it off. I always bring them wine as they’re 25 year plus friends and always so good to us. She said, hang on, let me grab Carl. He came in and Libby said, can you just squeeze Doug in now and take this out now? He said, sure and they moved me to another room. After a couple shots of lidocaine in my forearm, Carl came in and used a punch like thing to push a hole into my skin right over the bump. He then squeezed it like it was a pimple and out came the tiny fat deposit called a lipoma. You then pull it up and snip it off, and voila, you’re done. Two stitches later and I was done. Super nice of him to squeeze me in between all their appointments to take care of my tiny bump. Carl said lots of people on keto or that lose weight get these things and they don’t know why. With me giving up all sugar and processed foods a month ago, he said that’s probably why. My arm is a little sore as it’s still an incision. You only feel it if you hit it or lean on it. At least it wasn’t like my chest a month or so ago where he actually cut me open, ha.

Next up I went to meet Chris to drop him some wine. Then a quick stop at the cigar shop for a few smokes and up the hill I went. I had a bunch of calls while driving up and down the hill which always happens.

Lori made it home by 5 and Ty was home shortly after that. Today I have calls starting at 9. Jag is in New York and already at work. He flies home Thursday night.

Time to go, have a great day, be safe, be well and God Bless.

Lori finally went to the doctor yesterday and they called in an inhaler and anti-biotics too. She’ll get them from the pharmacy this morning as she has some respiratory infection. Glad she finally went in.

Big win for the Broncos. Coaching miscues by the Chargers helped, but a win is a win. On to Thursday Night Football in Denver against the Sea Chickens. Would be huge if we win.

I’m off to the dermatologist for a checkup this morning. Should be back by 2 or so. Nice and cool up here this week. Should get snow up high.

Time to get moving, have a good Monday! GB

20 days until Halloween. Who’s going to a party? That means 21 days until the Christmas decorations go up! Things are moving fast now.

Nice and cool outside and it rained last night. This week should be cooler up here. Crazy El Nino weather all over the World. Some say we’ll get good snow this winter, others say it’ll be another like last year with warm temps and less than normal snowfall. Time will tell.

Phoebe, who we’ve known for 25 years, (she cuts our hair), just had a $92k face lift! She looks amazing! Can’t believe the cost though. Luckily her boyfriend sold his wealth management business for gazillions.

Ty picked up a shift today from 9 until 1. He had some buds over last night to play some games. Marty had his truck detailed yesterday, so he hung out with us in the morning.

Think we’ll walk a few miles this morning and skip weights. I’m at the dermatologist tomorrow morning at 10 in Denver and then am dropping some wine to Chris, my AEG concert guy.

Broncos need a win today! Football is on now as there’s a game in London. Don’t really care about the teams playing but we have it on. Lori seemed to sleep through much of the night as I didn’t hear her coughing a bunch. Hope she’s turned the corner.

Have a great Sunday! God Bless.

Almost a third of the way through October. Soon it’ll be Halloween and then Thanksgiving. Weather should be coming in next week.

Jag had friends from work over last night. On Monday he flies to New York for work until Thursday. I hate him going to New York as it’s a shit hole.

Lori seems a little better today. I tried to make her go to the doctor, but she wouldn’t go. She said they won’t do anything different than what she’s doing. She thinks she’s a doctor, ha.

Crazy weather on the east coast and coming to the west coast. Colorado is pretty isolated from extreme weather other than snow, which is about the only good thing we still have going on.

6:20 now and Lori wants to go to the gym. Marty is coming over this morning to get his truck detailed by my detail guy. I’ll go pick him up around 8:30 as it takes about three hours.

Time to go now so we can get to the gym. Happy Saturday! God Bless.

October 9th. As I said yesterday, it’s Harry’s birthday today, as well as John Lennon’s! Harry and I always call each other, as we’ve known each other since grade school. What a journey it’s been.

We had the cleaners here yesterday, so the house is nice and clean. Robi, your birthday present ships on Monday so I’d be looking for it probably Wednesday or Thursday! With you guys going to Vegas, we sent it early.

Lori was coughing all night long. She says she’s on the mend today. Hope so. She’s had this cold for a couple weeks now. When you get older, it’s tougher to kick colds, get rid of bruises and all kinds of other crap you’d brush off when you were a kid.

We’ll take it easy today, especially Lori. She wants to go to the gym, but I think she needs to stay home and rest today.

Four of us got together for cigars yesterday afternoon. Good to see the guys.

Should be another nice Fall Day. Cool at night and around 72 during the day. Might get some snow the end of next week.

Have a great Friday, be well, stay safe and God Bless.

That’s how long it is until Christmas! Between now and then we have Robi, Tom, Jagger’s, and Annette’s birthdays, and Halloween, Thanksgiving and a bunch of other festivities. Holly’s birthday, I think is Christmas Day and Billy has one in there too, right Robi? Harry, my long time childhood friend’s birthday is tomorrow. So, lots going on and not many days to cram it all in. Then we have the un-fun stuff like election day, finishing up the year at work, and other crap. Is what it is. We choose to focus on the fun stuff rather than the un-fun stuff! Won’t be long until Tom and Holly start putting up Christmas decorations which is the official start of the season!

Ty works at 8 today, Lori is still kicking her cold. I have more calls today and work to prep for meetings going on in Italy every day this week, and we need to get to the gym. It’s beautiful outside but too warm for October 8th. Super El Nino is here and should peak around the end of the year.

Last night we bought the Jackery battery powered backup system for the house as Amazon Prime Days had it on sale at its best price ever. We’ll have our electrician hook up a transfer switch and then if the power goes out, we just flick the switch. It’s not as good as Tom’s system but we can take it with us when we move, and it’ll keep things running for days. For an extended outage like weeks, we’d just pack up and go to Tom’s ha.

That’s it, time to get moving. Have a great Thursday and God Bless.

It’ll be nice again today but next week they say it’s finally cooling down. Not sure what that means as of today. Don’t think the weather people do either.

Ty’s feeling a lot better while Lori is still fighting her cold. It’s tough to kick a cold when you’re working hard and on the go. Hopefully she’ll be better soon.

Dark outside at 5:40am. I’m going to jump in the shower and head down to the warehouse to pick up a couple cases of wine for Chris, my concert ticket guy. They manage the Rolling Stones who Lori just said are touring in 2027! He’s home for a week or so before heading to Indonesia for a few Bocelli concerts.

Ty’s working on his portal to get all his stuff into admissions. We need to pay by the 23rd which is fine. Super excited for Ty as it’ll be the trip of a lifetime.

That’s it, time to get moving. Have a great day and God Bless.

Ty had his big hour long admission interview yesterday and a couple hours later, he received an email saying Congratulations! Attached was the portal where he needs to go in and upload stuff like his passport, vaccination records and other stuff. I haven’t seen it yet but will look today as it also instructs us how to pay. You’d think that means he’s a go! What an epic experience it’ll be for him. Tom and I were talking how it’s not really the kind of thing we’d necessarily want to do, but man, it’s the trip of a lifetime. Not many people can say they sailed across the Atlantic from Africa to Antiqua. Lots to do now as he leaves in about 100 days!

Lori and Ty are still both kicking their colds. We think Lori kicked hers and then picked up another one from Ty that he brought home from work. Knock on wood, as so far, I seem to be in the clear. See there is something good about sex, drugs and rock n roll!

Still gorgeous up here. It’s like the perfect Fall, even though everyone would welcome some snow. I’m sure it’ll come soon, but for now, we’re loving the weather the way it is.

5:45 am now. Lori woke up at 5 which means I woke up at 5:01. I’ll head to the gym and then have calls at 10, 11:15 and 1. Ty is staying home again today to try to kick his cold.

That’s it, have a great day, GB.

Don’t believe any political ads on tv, it’s the silly season. They’ll say anything in their allotted 30 second ad to push your buttons and try to get your brain to think their opponent is bad. They all employ psychologists to try to design their words to trigger your brain. It’s actually a science. No way to fact check, as they’re just hoping because they said it, you’ll believe it. All you need to ask yourself is do you like the way New York, L.A., Chicago and Seattle are being run? If you do, vote Dem, if not, vote Republican. It’s that simple. It has nothing to do with Trump and frankly that’s all the Dems have, Trump bad. I can’t think of a single thing any Democrat has said that they’d do to make things better. Think about it.

Tough game yesterday with some horrible calls and no calls. Three key players were hurt on our side and one of them looks like he was hurt on purpose. Hope they’re all ok.

Ty is off today and still kicking his cold. So is Lori. Ty has his Zoom interview at noon,, and I have calls from 9 until probably 1 or so.

Nice outside, just about perfect. El Nino is here in full force meaning warmer than usual temps. Have a good Monday and be well and take care, God Bless.

Hoping we beat the 49’rs today! Game is at 2:25 this afternoon. Ty works from 7 until 1:30 so he’ll get to watch it. He’s trying to kick Lori’s cold or one he picked up somewhere, probably at work.

This morning at 10, Lori is getting her hair done with April in Glenwood. I think a few of the guys are coming over for the Bronco game. Lori made her famous meatloaf yesterday.

Meanwhile I’m 18 days into eating zero sugar, processed foods or gluten. I feel great and am down like nine pounds. This isn’t just something I thought I’d do, but rather a plan from my Superpower.com app after my bloodwork with over 120 markers came back. It says I’m very healthy with a score of 90/100 but tells you what you need to tweak to be at the optimum. I get another 50 or 60 markers that are more detailed probably this week. My biggest issue is my cholesterol, which is hereditary. Good news is all my inflammation markers are super low which is the real number to check. Anyhow, it’s working for me, and surprisingly I don’t miss sugar one single bit. Really wasn’t that hard to quit either. I’m lucky in that way, as I can pretty much stop or change anything instantly if I really want to. I just need a reason or goal to tell myself to do it. My metabolic age is 52 too, which is 18 years younger than my actual age!

It’s beautiful up here with temps in the low to mid 70’s during the day and the low 40’s, maybe high 30’s at night. It’s warmer than it should be for the first of October, but that’s the Super El Nino. We should get more snow than last year but the middle of winter should be mild, which we’ll gladly take.

Time to go, have a great Sunday and Go Broncos and God Bless.