Larry's Log

Weight Watchers is going good. I’m staying really close to the plan but I could do better. I’m down over six pounds overall. Yeah, that’s slow weight loss but that’s what I’m expecting. I figure as long as my weight continues to trend down I’m not in a huge hurry.
Altering my eating habits has had [...]

Seems I can’t make this a habit any more. I’ve started to write several times but things have gotten in the way. So let me try to get y’all caught up with me a bit.
I’m still unemployed, though there seeems to be some movement in the job market lately. I’ve been wanting to try to [...]

It’s difficult to hear regardless of where its found. I most likely have cancer. That’s the part you hear. Yeah, this is skin cancer and the doctor called it a carcenoma, not a melanoma, and it has been caught early so while it is most likely cancer it is also most likely fairly harmless. We’ll [...]

I was let go today.
While I needed the income I can’t say that I’m completely upset about this situation. Oh, I’m a little concerned about paying my bills but I honestly believe that there is something out there that I’m suppose to do and this was God’s way of giving me the opportunity to find [...]

Last night I attended what started out as an informal reunion of the Red Bank High School Class of 1973. It became a fairly formal and very well organized event that was attended by around 70 people. I was amazed by how this thing came together. But I guess I shouldn’t have been. We had [...]

It should have been easy. Even after spending all day trying to get it done I’ll still say it should have been easy. Two bolts hold it in place and two nuts for the wiring. The only snag is that you really can’t get it past clutch slave cylinder. Okay I took the slave cylinder [...]

Well, it’s been a little over a week since my first run. I’ve been fairly faithful with running as scheduled except for one day when I woke up with my legs just hurting too bad to go for a run. I went out again this afternoon.
I’m going to have to do something about this leg [...]

This morning I was going through my daily reads and found this quote over on Flutterby:
“Don’t be sorry. We are all dying Jack. It’s just that some of us are dying a little faster. The key is to not live your life as if you are already dead.”
It was from a weblog about a [...]

After reading Cat’s post on the Fat Ass 50K I made a commitment to myself to start running. I found the Cool Running.com article The Couch to 5k Plan and decided that building myself up to running three miles a day was doable even in my horrible physical condition. I needed to take care of [...]

Gerald is my father-in-law. He and my mother-in-law divorced when my wife was two and he just never was much in my wife’s life. He didn’t make promises to her he couldn’t keep and he didn’t reject her, he just wasn’t there. My mother-in-law wasn’t the only failed marriage he had, he was married at [...]

It’s after 10:00PM and I’m sitting in Laguardia waiting for morning. I missed my flight this afternoon by about 10 minutes. Actually, I probably could have made my flight had I not had a bag that needed checking.
Regardless of all that I’m stuck here for the night. My flight out tomorrow is at 6:00AM and [...]

About three weeks ago my son, who is a member of the Tennessee Army National Guard, found out that he will soon be heading to Camp Bucca in Iraq to help guard the camp. At that time he was told he would be stationed for between six to eight weeks someplace in the US to [...]

I guess I need to let y’all know I’m still kicking and I do intend to continue with this weblog but I just don’t seem to be able to find the time to write about the things that are interesting me and the trivial stuff just isn’t inspiring me to write. This post will be [...]

Things didn’t work out too well at Pipeline Contols and Services. Small companies need people with very broad skill sets. Mine didn’t stretch far enough.
I learned a few things the short time I was there and got the opportunity to work with some very good people. I wish them well. I’ll miss them.
I start Monday [...]

It has been a nice respite from travel but, for the most part, I’ve enjoyed my short trip back on the road. For the past three days I’ve been working at the Port of Tampa and staying in Ybor City. The flight down was pleasant enough and now I’m waiting in the Tampa Airport for [...]