And the drum beat goes like this...

I wanted hours? I got hours!!

I worked 20 minutes shy of 60 flight hours so far this month. Folks, that a lot for my job. I have also been doing a lot of driving.
Stress has been high level, despite my efforts to vear away from it...

Not enough rest has worn me down. I cough, I sneeze, I blow my nose then I cough some more.

Time for a break?

Megan has the week off of school. I asked her where she'd like to go. "The world's your limit. (and my bank account...) So Megan, where to?

San Diego.

Ok. you got it. San Diego Zoo and maybe Sea World. I found a hotel and providing I can pick up the standby ticket that I ordered last minute, we'll fly down there tomorrow morning on Southwest.

Anything else?

For daddy to get better.

Yeah, I'd like that too. I've been worried about MB. Last week he overdosed on perscription blood pressure medication and ended up spending the entire week strapped to a bed in intensive care. I really thought he was going to die and I'd never get to speak with him again. It is so hard to watch someone do this to themselves when there isn't a darn thing you can do to stop it. At this point any attempt I make to talk with him would set him back. Therefore I haven't tried.

Today his parents took him to a halfway house. I pray for him and hope he stays there as long as possible instead of convincing himself he's all better and checks out in a week. He's been sick a long time. Severely depressed.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.

That's the version I know, but here's the original...

God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.