It’s Coffee and Chemo Hour!
After a three day weekend it’s now back to the daily routine. I was able to make my way over to Framingham to attend the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival and spend some time with some good friends. Unfortunately I didn’t catch much of the main stage performers due to just simply being tired. But with any Bluegrass event, all you really need to do is walk ten or twenty feet and there a handful of pickers just jamming right there in the hallways of the hotel.
I continue to be grateful for the support that just keeps coming. It’s fuels my power packs and maintains my motivation, determination, and resolve.
I’ve come to the conclusion that this conflict between me and Tawd is not a battle at all. Tawd doesn’t know any better. He’s just doing his job. What he was designed, for whatever reason, to do. It doesn’t even matter why. All that really matters is that I’d very much like the the space he’s occupying back to myself. So instead of a battle, its more like convincing this unwanted thing that it’s cozy place just isn’t cozy any longer. I wish he had somewhere else to go…like a halfway house for unwanted brain tumors where he could learn new skills and lead a productive existence. But his only option is an early demise…and the grim reaper of brain tumors has Tawd on the list.
It’s now the Coffee and Chemo hour. I have on some sweet ukulele music. Not so much the generally familiar Hawiian type, but more diverse and textured that that. I’d like to have a ukulele. It’s such a happy instument. It’d be a real challenge to play a bummer song on a ukulele. Think about it.
Ready for the day. Peace and love,
Rob
February 22nd, 2011 at 9:31 am
Hi ROB, glad to see you enjoyed the festival or what you saw of it. Aunt Mary Lou and I are thinking of you.
Now lets go KICK SOME TAWD
February 22nd, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Hi Rob-thinking of you and how your treatment is going-so far so good it seems
hang in there, Kiddo! You have a great attitude and determination to beat that Tawd outta your head!!
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Hey Rob,
Great news that everything is going as planned so far. We’ve been thinking of you guys often and wish you all the best.
It’s cold and boring here in the hood, nothing newsworthy to note. Please let me know if there is anything around the house that needs work. Your roof has fully melted so no worries with the ice dam.
Take care and stay strong. – B&N
February 23rd, 2011 at 5:44 pm
it was real nice to see you at joe val. gonna hook up with you real soon with the tickets to greyfox. i think that i may present the trophy at the foxhole. this will be a yearly thing, & should be presented there.
February 26th, 2011 at 1:25 am
Rob, it was wonderful seeing you at Joe Val and both Scott and I were so happy that you elected to stay the night, despite your obvious fatigue, to enjoy the people and music. Sorry to keep waking you up with visitors, anxious to see you! You really looked great and I loved seeing your sense of humor despite your ongoing problem with Tawd who definitely needs to find another place to stay besides your head. Shrink him good and give him a swift kick right out the door! 🙂 Keep strong and I hope we see you, Kasey and the kids soon! We miss and love you all –
Kim
February 28th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Dude – you’re stealing from that old Steve Martin bit where he talks about it being impossible to sing anything gloomy on a banjo. Classic stuff, if you’ve never heard it before. Glad to hear you’re keeping the good attitude!
March 1st, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Darn it! You are so dang funny (halfway house for unwanted brain tumors, indeed!)!