Rebooting

When a computer slows down, freezes, or generally starts behaving in a funky manner, we all know what to do: reboot! Well, this past week Chuck and I have been attempting to reboot our systems. Not because we were freezing up or had a virus. No, our reboot had to do with making some mental [...]

Counting our blessings

Chuck had his six-month CT scan this past Monday at City of Hope. It’s been on the calendar, and we’ve been doing these follow-ups for a while. But in a pattern that has become familiar, in the week or two leading up to these appointments & tests both Chuck and I start to exhibit some, [...]

Repercussions of war

He doesn’t talk about it much, but Chuck is a Vietnam War vet. He spent a year (1970-71) stationed in a place called Vung Tau. He was in the Navy, but was land-based for his entire tour (long story that involves among other things volunteering – which common wisdom says you never do in the [...]

Mud run fun followed by oozing puss-filled goodness

I did my first mud run last Saturday. It was a filthy blast. A mud run, for the uninitiated, is an obstacle course run that always includes, you guessed it, mud pits. Yesterday’s was the the Irvine Lake Mud Run, a 3.8 mile course along the banks of Irvine Lake in Orange County. We were [...]