THE BACK OF THE MEDIC

Two Years Ago, A Light Went Out…

29 July 2006

… and my heart was broken, on July 28, 2004. That was the day my beloved soulmate of 19 years, Rory, was taken from me. Heaven welcomed Rory that fateful day. I sit here two years later, not knowing why my heart feels so heavy, when I know that he doesn’t hurt anymore. This year, [...]

Updates

26 July 2006

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Well, I am back to work, sort of. For my day job, I am working through a temp firm, at a local blood bank. Not quite what I want to do for a long time, but it is money at the moment. I am looking at other positions, and have one in mind specifically that [...]

Heat, heat, and more heat

22 July 2006

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Anyone in the Sacramento area will tell you that it gets hot here in the summer. Temps in the 90′s and occasionally in the 100′s are not uncommon in July and August. However, we have had 10 straight days of temps over 100. Right now, at 2:44 in the afternoon, it is already 108 today. [...]

Sadness and Loss

17 July 2006

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A little over weeks ago, a friend of mine and his wife had their first child together. This little guy was born at 28 weeks. He was actually doing very well for a preemie born at his gestation. A few days ago, he was diagnosed with a digestive complication that occurs in a lot of [...]

What if gasoline disappeared tomorrow?

15 July 2006

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At least in terms of you and I as consumers. Or if it suddenly went to, say, $10 a gallon. What would you do? I have had a chance to give this question some thought. My month-and-a-half experience without my car, courtesy that unlicensed, uninsured driver, made me keenly aware of mass transit. Could I [...]