Quick and Random

Haven't really had time to blog the last couple of days, and I may not have time this weekend. Thus, I just wanted to write a quick little random post.

I feel pretty worn out these days. Work has been tough. I won't say any more, because I really shouldn't be complaining about having a steady job in this economy, but things have been tough. I keep finding myself thinking about September 5th, 2018. That's when I'll be making my last mortgage payment on the house. When that time comes, I might just be able to afford to change careers ( Or maybe not - still got pay for the kid's college education. We had stocked the kids 529's ( college funds ) pretty well, but they've really taken a beating lately. I might have to work at this job for a bunch more years after 2018 if the 529's don't recover a lot over the next 9 years ). I still think about getting into politics ( working for campaigns - not actually running for office ), or teaching, or writing, but none of that is going to happen until the mortgage is paid off.

Actually, if money was no object, I think my dream job would be working at a daycare center. I'd just love to work with little kids all day. Maybe I'll volunteer at a daycare center someday when I'm an old retired guy. All the little kids could call me "Gramps". That would be nice.

Hmm, that last line just reminded me of my Grandfather ( my Mom's Dad ). He was such a great guy. Perhaps I'll describe him in detail in another post ( he deserves more time than I have right now ), but let's just say that he was the kind of guy the everybody would call "Grandpa". Every little kid he met would just automatically call him "Grandpa". He died back in November of 1990. I still miss him sometimes. I really wish he could have met Ruth ( He would have really loved her! ), but Ruth and I didn't start dating until April of 1991. He would have really loved to meet Michael and Peter. He was so great with kids.

Speaking of people who are no longer with us, I was really sorry to hear about Dom DeLuise. I think my brother and me watched The Cannonball Run about 50 times when we were kids. We had taped it off of HBO, and we watched that thing over and over again. He was also in the opening scene of The Muppet Movie, so thinking of Dom Deluise always brings back a lot of good childhood memories.

RIP Dom. :(

Anyway, see ya all later. I'll be going to The Bronx Zoo with the family this weekend, so hopefully I'll have some cute photos to post next week.

Rich