So… sometimes I walk around with a word circulating in my brain without knowing why. Today… the word was ‘verge’…as  in ‘on the verge’ .. It came to me on my run and stuck with me all morning. I finally wrote it down on my trusty palm device.. to get it out of my head.

 

 On the verge of what ?  ..When it came to me I was standing in the sand pit.. thinking about the times I would bring Sam and Gabe here to play in the sand . I was wondering what it meant. On the verge of tears ? on the verge of a breakdown ? On the verge of depression ? Actually.. weird  as it sounds.. It seemed like I was on the verge of something good ? On the verge of happiness ? a  breakthrough ? Acceptance ? Dunno.. I wondered about it all day. It’s funny how your subconscious tries to talk to you…

 Today was pretty packed .. I started with a 7:30 call with my bosses which is always interesting.. I was barely awake after another 4 hour sleep.

I came downstairs to find Max asleep on the couch.. He was down here trying to escape the heat.   Neither of us function very well above 75 degrees.

The Voices kids were all in the kitchen eating ready to go in to work.. Breakfast has become a big deal around our house..

 

  I went out for a run in the woods with Chai.. It was a beautiful,  hot morning.. As I ran through the high field up  behind our  house I was thinking of all the times I ran that route before Sam’s passing.. sometime I’d be preoccupied with work.. other time’s I’d be blissfully mindless and happy. I realized that today  I was   almost  happy. That’s real progress.

 
Work was busy as usual. One cool thing that happened was that I had an hour meeting with some folks at the Discovery Channel  brainstorming about ideas for getting kids hooked on science Maybe something will come of our conversation. One of the guys I was talking to used to be the side kick for the original TV Mr. Wizard, Don Hebert  from the 70’s through 80’s (actually Hebert  was the third of 3 TV Wizards…he died last June at age 89)   I think I want to be Mr. Wizard when I grow up.

Mr. Wizard in the 60’s

 

Mr Wizard in the 90’s

The rest of my day was packed with meetings..  actually.. most of them pretty interesting..  I even managed ot squeeze in getting a new badge for IBM.. always a momentus event becuae you get to see your progrssion in the picutures.. I like my new picture…

Around 5 Diane called me to invite me out for a veggie sushi date.. We met up at Sakuras,  We had a nice quiet  dinner.. which is a rarity these days with all the activity in our lives.. After dinner, Diane drove home.. and I went out to meet my friends Camil. Bob and Marie for a quick beer.

 

I made it home just before 9 and the house was packed with kids again .. I think we have 10 sleeping here tonight.. It’s very nice…lots of music.. lots of goofiness.

 

intersting water spot ???

Tomorrow Diane and I are off to Omega institute for a seminar.. I’ll be writing from there for the next 3 days.. hope they have an internet connection. We’ll see. Until then.. g’nite all. G’nite Sam.

-me