June 20, 2009 11:00 PM

I was a little disappointed today that I could not attend my granddaughter's 4th birthday party. My wife did go for a while. However, my current situation is still a lot better than the alternative and I have to keep reminding myself to be grateful for what I do have. It's not often easy. Especially when I know that there is still such a long way to go here.

Tomorrow is my first Father's Day since I was diagnosed with my disease but no festivities are planned. Other family activities during the weekend have taken precedence. Nothing involving me but it keeps the family occupied such that there is no way that we can all get together tomorrow.

Oh, yes. I should provide an update on my filing with the disability insurance company to have disability check directly deposited to my account. Now recall that I sent in the forms right after Memorial Day. Yesterday, I get a letter from them saying that they cannot honor my request because I am not the main account owner. I find this hard to believe when, for years now, I have had the companies that I worked for deposit my paycheck by EFT without any problem. These people are a bunch of pips. They are almost impossible to work with. It's one thing to not have the convenience of direct deposit but it's a whole different story when you have to wait 5 business days for the check to clear. It makes no sense to me but it will give me another battle to fight and something to do. I guess that God wishes to keep me from getting completely bored.

I still feel fine and I'm kind of looking forward to the Wednesday doctor's visit to get an update as to how my blood counts are doing.

An early Happy Father's Day greeting to those of you to whom it applies...

Bob