June 22, 2009 10:40 PM

41 years! Who da thunk it!

We has a quiet celebration with some of the family at a local restaurant after my son-in-law's pinning ceremony wherein he was promoted to captain at his local fire station. Of course it's a volunteer position but it does not diminish the amount of effort and preparation that he put in to pass the written test and the oral cross examination that were part of the promotion process. Today is also his birthday.

Therefore, we went to the restaurant to celebrate all three events. They nicely seated us in a separate room with no other people around which made the whole thing doable. I find that I can't seem to eat as much as before either. Some bread, a taste of the appetizer, and most of the entree are as much as I can handle. I watched my almost 13 year old grandson down lots of bread, the appetizer, the entree, and follow it up with a big ice cream sundae! Ah, those were the days...

That was the highlight of the day. After 41 years your ability to party all night kind of diminishes and all night becomes more like all evening. Next thing you know, it will turn into early evening - but we have a few years to go before we hit that plateau.

I have survived the day and am now steeling myself to get up at 5:00 on Wednesday to get to the clinic. It seems like old times.

It really does seem great to be able to participate in a few more things...

Bob