We are some very funny people at times, don't you think?

This may not be the day we had in mind but it is the one that God has given to us on this Wednesday, February 4, 2009, therefore, let us be glad in it! As I sit here at my desk before most folks are stirring this morning I am thinking about my doctor's visit coming up later this morning. It has been six months and I always become a little tense about these times of check-up and reevaluation. That's rather silly when you think about it. I'm a paying customer and this is a service being provided by a medical professional. Why should I be concerned if I have all my ducks in a row for this type of appointment? In the past I have held back on my coffee because I didn't want the caffeine to impact my blood pressure reading and get him all stirred up. I drink coffee every day. Who am I trying to kid? Maybe if I hold my breath when they weigh me it will show a good number. Okay, I was just joking on that one but you get the idea. We are some very funny people at times, don't you think?

The good news is that I don't really have much to talk to my doctor about today. I typically go loaded up with questions and comments regarding the latest diabetic studies and how they relate to my diagnosis. However, everything is pretty much going along according to plan. We are pretty much staying within the plus or minus goals for my blood sugar. I am pretty much maintaining my weight. I feel pretty much okay. And, generally speaking, I am pretty much getting along well and feel like God has blessed in the treatment plan I have followed and the lifestyle changes I have made. Perhaps part of our tension is based on the unknown. What new ailment might we discover today? What's going on inside my body that I might not be aware of? Precisely! Hey big dummy, that's the very reason you go to get yourself checked out! We are some very funny people at times, don't you think?

I think I may have figured out the reason we are running such huge deficits as a nation. Given the daily revelations of the fat cat democrats we are discovering to have been dodging their taxes over the years while at the same time they have bemoaned the fact that more of the little folks aren't doing their patriotic duty by paying more in taxes, .....Houston, I believe we have found the problem! Our greatest challenge is trying to get our economic house in order, therefore, it makes sense that the single most influential person confirmed to fix this very problem would turn out to be an admitted tax dodger! Now two more nominees have withdrawn along with the earlier exit of Governor Richardson, and we haven't even begun to hear all that I predict will eventually come out of the Chicago mess involving the recently deposed governor. (Mark my word on this one!) Is it time already to say: The more things change the more they stay the same? The mainstream media is still in the tank but I believe their need to sell copy will eventually wake them up to what thus far has been mostly a repainting of the decks and a rearranging of the deck chairs on the unsinkable Titanic! Okay, so I am serving up a little ironic sourness to go with your toast and jelly this morning. Think about all of this why I try to determine how much caffeine accumulates if you drink the same four cups but do so in quarter cup increments. We are some very funny people at times, don't you think? Have a great one and I'll see you next time with some more quarrelsome quips! May God bless. Amen. .......More later.