I plead The 5th

The Day after the 4th of July which by definition would make it the 5th of July I hear??? A very nice and quiet 4th, a great BBQ of dead cows and birds and breaking in the new old fashioned BBQ grill in style! Not using my state of the art Gas grill anymore the taste of Gas is not appealing to my palate anymore or my burp rate per minute. Had a very nice dinner with Terria and Brandon and enjoyed a surprise visit from Baby Aubrey, oh yeah Ty and Mandy showed up to...ouch, just kidding , but we talked about seeig her all day long and got the call that they would be coming by and we became instantly happy at the thought of seeing our precious baby Aubs. We hugged her and kissed her wetting her cheeks with our admiration and love for her. She is such a life changing elemment to us, gives us more reasons to stay healthy and be around to watch her grow into a young woman and enjoy her upbringing. What a journey we are preparing for knowing that our baby girl and son will soon depart and go on with their lives in the U.S. Army somewhere either here or abroad, it will be difficult for both Terria and I but we will become heroes of Skype for sure ,even if we have to buy them a damn laptop to do so. Trying to keep it all positive and will give us another reason to travel wherever they are. Speaking of Travel, we are really looking forward to our Texas junket, a chance for new ballparks and some history as well, traveling the great I-10 freeway system is always worth something if not laughs some historical entertainment. THe Dallas Experience will be a real adventure for me and Terria will also get to see an old College roomie as well as her second or theird favorite man in the world, Josh Hamilton, Larry fitzgerald might be 2 but for now I would put him at #3 until Football season comes around and we ride to Phoenix to watch him play. I know the heat will be high but i'm ready for it, working out and trying to get in tip top condition has and will help deal with it but the journey is never ending and it's oneday at a time for sure. Terria's Achilles injury has slowed her a bit but not stopped her from doing everyhting she wants to do, still in her boot until further notice we hope she has it off in time for the long trip to Texas? Again, very thankful for the life that we live and the things we are blessed to enjoy beyond the materialistic aspect of it all, being in a position to essentially do what we want whenever we want to is a good place to be, traveling is always a big thing with us, little trips, big trips just things being done together is really all that matter! So As we ventur eout and travel the country bit by bit our New York trip had tentatively been set for either next sppring or next summer, probably summer because Dodgers Spring training is always important to enjoy as well and that is a 7 hour drive away and easy to access. Thankful to terria for everything that she does and even doesn't do that makes me so very happy. It's hard to explain our rrealtionship at times, not many understand it and I don't even try to explain it at all, it just is so damn amazing to know that we can be who we are in life and share passions and support the passions of each other that do not mix with our own mutual likes or dislikes. We just flow and move along iwth the mutual respect and love that allows us to continually grow to newer elevated heights that really cannot be explained but rather enjoyed and savored like a nice meal and drink, very palatible and nourishing for the heart, mind and soul! We venture onward with our kids grown and doing their own thing and really not needing us for anything other than a sound board on occation but that's all part of the parenting thing that never takes a day off so we embrace our responsibilities as do so with love. Not much going on here at the workplace but the watching the clock slowly tick closer to 4 pm and a trip to the gym, sounds boring and tedious and at times truly is but thefact of the matter is that I have blessed genetically with some really slow acting metabolic capabilities and it is very easy for me to gain weight, consequently is easy to lose as well but not always easy to keep off and that's why the gym ritualistic visits to the gym are so important for my health both physically and mentally, to know that i'm trying to make a health choice here is just that, no more stagnation and no more sitting back and waiting, go get it done and wait for nothing or nobody! Being in a great place these days is awesome, realizing how blessed we are and appreciating it are even greater in my eyes. I look around the small sample size that is my office, my building , my friendsa nd family and see the various forms of crazy dysfunction and abnormal handling of life in general. So I sit back in wonderment nad won't judge it as good or bad but thank God that it Isn't my life that I see them living, maybe they think the same of me and that's cool in my book, to each their own as they say and thats what makes life so intersting. So i close with yet another Greg-ism, I'd rather be happy and poor, than an billionaire with sorrow and no substance! Good times and Good-bye for now- Saurus Out!