I am not poor, I am not rich. I would say I am better off than most of the local friends that I have. I could probably afford a car if i needed one, which I don't. I am financially secure, let's just say that. I played my cards correctly in a financial sense in my 20's and 30's and for the most part my 40's as well.

Like most people I have some rather unique experiences in my life as well as thing that I think most people go through in their lives that aren't so unique. Lately, I have started to contemplate certain aspects of my life since I have started to live fully healthy for the first time in probably 30 years, as well as the fact that I am accepting certain aspects of being closer to 50 than I am to 40.

At the moment I am the champion of our local bowling league, it is going on 3 weeks now but this Thursday (my tomorrow) I face the toughest challenge that I have had to face in my most recent run with the belt. The guy I am up against is the only person in our league that has held the belt for a longer period of time than I have. I've had the belt more times than he has, but this is because I normally win the championship and then lost it a few weeks later.

I had to write about this because I just spent the past hour or so in a fruitless venture to attempt to put some items in my fridge that aren't terrible, processed garbage that doesn't really even qualify as food but somehow manages to have more carbs and sodium than you should likely have in a day.

A few days back I had to put Nadi in a position that she doesn't much care for. She was at the groomers. While she was there for a few hours I was at home without her and it occurred to me like it always does when I do this that in a few years' time every hour of every day of my life is going to be like this.

To some degree I think that kids get a pass as far as civil behavior is concerned because they are still learning how to behave. This doesn't mean that I think people's kids can or should be running around like wild banshees but we have to give them a little more patience than we do older folks who are supposed to know better.