Middle of August

It's the middle of August....the hottest part of the year...
We've had some days in July that were truly brutal as far as the heat is concerned...Temps way over 90 for days in a row....and humidity and weather changes (storms) to go right along with it....
Aaaarrrggghhhh...
It was certainly giving me fits....the old legs were not my friends at all....aches, pain, cramps...etc..
But you know....I just kept at it....I try so hard to not let any of that get to me...Most days you wouldn't be able to tell if I was having a bad day or not...in the words of the old Rod Stewart song..."You Wear It Well"
I guess I have to attribute the majority of this to the fact that I keep my mind busy as much as I can....
I try to stay somewhat active....not near as much as I used to be....but I keep my mind going and that certainly helps me to not focus on the "issues at hand"
My last doc appointment at the Gastro doc....I discovered that I've now gained about 20 lbs. since my last visit three months ago....WHOA..!!
So...I have been extremely conscience of what I'm eating and I also found out, that the local YMCA has a program for physically challenged people...where they can go in and have use of the pool and there is an exercise program and this is all offered for free.
So, my wife and I are going to start in that program right after Labor day http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gify when they start it back up again.

But now with all that aside....As I said, I keep my mind busy and things have been very busy as of late....keeping active in my TM activism....We've been working in trying to get National TM Awareness Day legislation passed...and that has been a challenge so far...but we keep on.
Also, been working on all the things I needed to do to get the book published...and I just got a note the other day from the publisher that it will probably take about 6 months to get it in print....So, we wait for that...
Once it is published, I and many others that I know are going to be pushing this book...

We now have the International Disability Coalition website all revamped..
so I can now make any changes or anything at all, immediately....This makes things much nicer now...
I have been working on getting the IDC website cross linked with quite a few other sites....
I've been talking with Greg Sapp at the TM Network website...which is the one that I helped co-found....and we've decided to basically associate both sites together....and work as a team with various things....and one of them is that I've been trying to locate someone to use as a spokesperson for both of the groups...
I do have someone in mind and I'm supposed to talk to them in the next couple of days...so we'll see how that goes.

My carvings have slowed down a bit lately...but that's only because of all the other things that I've been working on....
I've made myself a personal commitment to get back on my carvings and try to get a few made up and post them on one of the online websites, to sell.

I did get a pretty cool little bit of news lately...some good friends of my wife and I...I made the husband a walking stick and the wife, a birdhouse with one of my spirit carvings on the top of it.....and they just told me recently, that they hung the birdhouse out in their yard in a tree and a bird actually took up residence in it...and now has babies..
I just thought that was pretty cool...

Anyway, TM wise....status quo.. Good days, bad days...what more is there to say...I've said it all over and over in the past...
Probably one of the things that bothers me the most now....I mean after all, I've gotten over all the mental problems I was having with me not being to do all the things I used to be able to...and am now channeling to the things that I can do....
but I still sleep like crap.
I can take a pain pill right before bed...I've even tried taking a valium right before bed.....and I still wake up so early (usually about 3 or 4 am) because my legs are bothering me so bad...they are stiff and achy....
So, I get up and start moving around and working out all the kinks and so on....and usually by noon, they are in operating order..

So...for my music selection today....since I already mentioned Rod Stewart and You Wear It Well....I figured I might as well post that one....


So that's all for now folks.....

Till Next Time......