My life can be challenging at times.

It's already Wednesday. That came fast this week. And, we get to enjoy this July 30, 2014 for at least 24 hours. We don't need to give it a warm welcome, the weather is taking care of that on its own. I was talking to mom the other evening and I asked if she was watching the American Ninja Warrior competition. She said she wasn't sure what it was. I told her that she could find it on channel 5, that's the KALB NBC affiliate out of Alexandria, Louisiana which was one of the only clear channels we could get growing up. She switched over and began watching while I was on the phone. She informed me that the fellow had fallen. Before I thought I said, not yet, but, then I remembered they are on cable and we are on satellite. She actually saw what happened a split second ahead of me. I'll have to add that one to my list. I don't even get the results of a live event (which that one wasn't) until after the other guy. I then remembered that had happened one day while I was talking to my eldest son who got to inform me that my NASCAR driver's day had just ended in a fiery crash before they decided to let me see it too. It just seems like the odds are stacked against me some days. I bet if a tree fell in the woods it wouldn't make a sound until I had walked away. Now you see why my life can be challenging at times.

You don't have to send me a sympathy card. Who knows when I would get it, anyway? What's that? If that satellite delay problem is the worst one I have to deal with then I should consider myself to be blessed? Now that's 100% true. And, thanks so much for pointing that out. Here's the deal: When I am watching and not talking to anyone on the phone I am essentially oblivious that someone is ahead of me by 240 milliseconds and they know something .24 seconds sooner than I do. Sure, I may harbor just a touch of resentment that others know something nearly 1/4 of a second before I do, but facts are facts, and that signal, no matter how fast, still has to make it from that satellite up in the sky down to that dish on the side of my house and through the wiring into the converter box then onto our TV screen. And, don't even get me started about the voice synchronization issues. You know what I am talking about. That's when a live event has the voice feed and it doesn't quite match the person's mouth. That happens because they use two different sources for their feeds. One for video. One for voice. I try to pass it off as it being something like a bad ventriloquist at work. Now you see why my life can be challenging at times.

I'm scheduled to have my annual physical this coming Thursday morning. They have already moved it one time. The reason? My doctor became unavailable on the day I was originally scheduled. This occurred after they had doggedly tracked me down, bugged me a dozen times, to put A Day on the schedule. Okay already. I put one down. Will you be fasting? Of course. I know the routine. I got the first early morning appointment on that chosen day. I always try to do that because while fasting is no big deal, going without Community, now wait just a cotton picking minute! Now I had to choose another day. And, when I did, the first available was an hour later than the one I originally had. You remember that one. The one set up that had to be changed because the doctor decided he needed a long weekend or something. I know. We are conditioned to think he got called away to do emergency brain surgery or something. Who knows? They don't tell you. They just hang on the line until you succumb and submit to their commands. Life can be tough folks. As you can readily see, I'm not into whining, but, I have plenty of reasons should I ever decide to go down that path. Now you see why my life can be challenging at times. What's that? You will pray for the people that have to deal with me? Well thanks a lot. Y'all just have yourself one wonderful day and if my life can be wrestled back into something manageable, I'll catch up with you next time. May God bless. Amen.  ....More later.