Lady V & Sir J... Ho-hum !!

Greetings to you all !!

It's another Tuesday, here in England... tho'.... I see one of my readers has logged in from China - so, I'm guessing it might already be Wednesday, where you live !! Anyhoo - you are all welcome..... wherever you live & breathe !!

Here, it's a cold & bright day.... there is stacks of cloud about, but - in the distance, I can make out the beach.... probably too cold for swimming !!

But - if you want to see the actual beach I'm talking about (sort of) then, watch the DVD of 'Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves'..... As the film ends, you can watch Bryan Adams singing the theme tune, while standing actually on the beach !! He is also filmed inland - at a local place..... but, the beach shots are fun !!

Oh well.......

Ah - the family.......

B has just gone out... she has an appointment at our local surgery, for a meeting & then, if she feels up to it, she is going into the gym, for a work out. Yesterday's trip was called off - it was late - especially with the car breaking down... so, she missed it !!  Never mind... she will soon get back into the swing of things !!

So - with ME at work, that just leaves J & I at home.... boy's day in !! No really.... J is here about, someplace.... and I'm here playing more music - nothing different there then !!

While I think about it... today's track of choice is 'Cyprus Avenue' by Van Morrison !! A little story.......

When my ex found me "surplus to requirements" and buggered off.... I agreed, as a one off - to send out any stuff she wanted & after that... everything left behind was mine.  by that, I didn't want her coming back every few weeks & asking for this, that or the other !! So - she sent a list.... and, with the help of a friend, we set about putting everything on the list, into these old style tea chests...... ready for ex-port !!

When we finished - I wrote on the side.... "The good guys always win - even in the '80s". What's that got to do with 'Cyprus Avenue'... well, one of the tapes she wanted back... well, I messed with it - just a bit... by altering the last track. I changed it to the above 'CA'... with it's brilliant last line.....

..... "It's too late to stop now !!"......... which, by that time, it was !! She had left me, for another guy & as far as I was concerned, there was no going back. Such fun....... especially when she wanted to know why her clothes were not in the tea chests !!  Simple really - they were not on the list !! Her loss, not mine...... !!

Tho', I was a good boy - and let a friend of her's come around a month or 2 later, to collect them.... well, the ones I hadn't thrown away or given to the Oxfam shop !! The moral of the story is simple... if you make a list, you better check it thru'...... oh well !!

Oh I love these old memories.... even if I can't remember what I did a week ago.... at least I have the old thoughts, to keep my little brain active !!

But... I mustn't dwell on what was, or what might have been.... My life, for what it's worth, has moved on & on... My ex Wife might be long gone, but I have my little B... My Wife & Dearest Friend & I love her sooooo very, very much !! We've been together 25 years now... and celebrate our 25th wedding thingy, next March !!  Wow... the good guys still win..... even in the new teens !!

Ok - I have to go to my clinic thingy tomorrow... my first stop there, since before Christmas !! Hopefully all will go well, tho'... well, it's been a little gap, since my last visit - so, as always, I'm a little apprehensive !! I know it will all go well - as long as I'm good... things will be fine !! I will keep you all up to date - just incase they find the "missing link" or something mad like that !!

The music of the moment... well, it's back to Roy harper's 'Me & My Woman'. The track of the day, a few hours back.... I'm just playing stuff at random & this just happens to be the track, that's on as I type......

Oh yes.... I'm getting some new Zeppelin shows, at some point soon...... My friend sent me an e-mail, to let me know they are in the pipeline.. or even the post - so, I'm looking forward to getting those !!

It seems like I'm getting 2 shows, from 1977...... one of my favourite years !! That should be great fun..... I will do a run thru' of them, when I eventually get them here & have chance to listen to them !!

I had a lovely e-mail from Lady V this morning.... her & her husband Sir J... well, as far as I can work out, they run part of the Allman's web site - the bit where you order up Cd's & stuff.... so, on Thursday - maybe Friday - this week, B is ordering my copy of the 2012 box
set !! I can't thank her enough for this chance - so, Lady V... when you get the order, please check it out..... I wouldn't want anything to go wrong !! the thought of getting all of the band's 2012 concerts, it's too amazing for words really !!

I was so happy last year, to get the 2011 Beacon Box set... and that was only 15 shows.... this new one, well - it's big & I've no idea how many shows there are actually in the box.... but, it's going to be bigger than the 2011 one !!  Oh.... sooooo much music & sooooo few brain cells to deal with all of the music !! Great stuff !!

It won't get here for a few months - but, the wait will be well worth it..... it will give me something to listen to, when I eventually get out of hospital !! It's one month, to the day, when I go back to the hospital & we decide what I'm going to have done...... a big
decision !!

In a nutshell.... I'm going to have surgery on my spine. This can be, as I understand it, done in I of 4 ways...

1) Surgery on my lower spine.
2) Surgery on the mid section of my spine.
3) Surgery on the top section of my spine...

or 4... all of the above.... in one big go !!

I can choose, with the surgeons advice, what to have done..... Maybe none at all, if the chances are bad, of screwing up the whole spinal cord and what have you !!  But, if I have the chance - I'm going for number 4... to get it all over with & take my chances with the
results !!

But - it won't be just my decision - B & the family have to have a say in this one... it's going to really bad, if things go wrong & the whole family need to be in involved with the final decision !! I'm "game on" for whatever comes my way - but, I have to think of the family & their thoughts on the subject !! Plus - The Lord is in my heart & I will pray for his guidance on this whole thing.... tho' I'm keen on number 4....... heck, why not !!

ME tells me, it's really going to hurt.... so, if it's going to hurt.... I may as well go for the whole job, in one go.... I don't want to look back at this, in a years time & wish I had had something else done !!  Let's get it done & dusted - I'm game, so let's do it !!

I'm not going to hold my breath, over all of this...... It was only a few months ago - less than that - when i was really happy, at the thought of not going back into the hospital again, in 2011... then, just a week or 2 later, I was stuck in there, again, for another 2 weeks !!
Bummer !!

Life is good.... we, as a family and on my own, will get thru' all of the above & come out smiling !!  If it hurts, well - I guess it will... but, what the heck... people have worse done and are, in many ways, worse off, than I ever will be.  Life is good & the love of my family keeps me going.... I love them to bits, I really do !!

Anyhoo.... for now, I will away. I read several blogs, by other people, around the World & I've not spent much time, looking at them lately, so... I'm going to spend the next couple of hours, reading their words & listening to some very loud music !!  Life is good.... until next time....

Bye Bye