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As some of you may know, my fathre's "hospital adventure" started a month ago with a 'routine, simple surgery'
...and he's spent most of it since in ICU *sighs* - where he still is and still has a ways to go

this "adventure" has ran the gamut of many negatives & a few positives *sighs* - but SOMEhow he continues to push through
we're...
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Mini-novel : We rely so much on our own strength & will, god's whim & ways - coupled & sometimes doubled by the kindness of strangers & friend alike... this 'game' we're now facing we step ahead to slip behind, then something new changes the rules, the 'win situation,' or the game outright - chutes & ladders w/ the board changing & battery draining but...
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taking Th/Fr or Fr/Mo off & - somehow - getting to GF
rental car too spendy currently, but looks like possible cheap/charter to GF or TRF
...fathre out of '2nd step,' sewn-up, 'installed,' & still sedated - don't know wbc nor what next step(s) will be, but if he makes it through there's a lot of recovery on the horizon
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hard, life-altering decisions made, 1st 'step' in hard surgery complete - up to him to fight this, physically, ... or not... & hard road to follow

...is it bad I've never regretted a decision I've made, because of where it's led me ?

though, have I truly had to make a life-altering decision for another before now ?

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it's fairly "decent" temps today... for wintertide... and I would pop out & enjoy a bit of it...
BUT it's been raining/freezing rain(ing) most of the day - like it is as I type this *sighs*
yeh... not as much fun - and not worth the sick-potential *deep sigh*

ANYways & nonetheless... here's some Last Saturday Of The Year Randomness aka LSOTYR !!

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Self-betterment.
Becoming a better self.
The Bettering...

As I enter/have entered what I've come to dub this Third Iteration Of Self, I've encountered (self-)queries...
which, having mainly only myself to talk to, I've considered, re-considered, & mentally wrought into the ground...
or wrought into iron, on a few occasions, when it comes to it ( figuratively, of course ).

Direction...
or, perhaps...
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pre-paid this wknd for the car rental for ~2wks June 2020 (2nd & 3rd wk) ... I guess this means my GLO roadtrip is pretty much set in stone - only 6 mths away! *laughs* ...and that's likely as far as my roadtrip planning goes, other than vague destinations - any suggestions?

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In the long time since my last posting, a li'l somethin' came to me : "Be Someone Even The Gods Fear"
Just a li'l '2019 Wisdom,' I suppose... and I suppose it could also be misconstrued a little...
I don't necessarily mean fear-fear, but DO something & BE someone that's gonna make those gods notice you're there & wonder what you'll do next !...
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intriguing... my smrtphone won't work outside the US ( for calling/texting ), BUT as long as there's wi-fi, I discovered I can use my home phone service via my smrtphone to call or text - that's nice to know, should what I'm pondering for next year work out! :)

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1) Decent Day = Movie Day !
Weather's lows finally rose enough above pain-level where I got to enjoy the day outside yesterday :)
I hit up Arbor Lakes, wandered a bit, then hit the theatre & checked out :
Joker - brilliant ! an understandably violent & dramatic character study of a Joker many of us have been waiting for

Zombieland: Double Tap -...
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I traded the vest for leather jacket this am w/ the grim realization that this brutal "highs-in-low-50s" is just the start of even worse to come ... & at least 6 more mths of this shiite *sighs*