Rant #3,865: Fun

Today is the 14th day of the new year, and I already can't wait for 2026 to end.

Too much going on, too much still to go on--treating that cancer on my head, my vision problems and some other health things--and I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

My wife went for a job interview the other day--it came totally out of the blue--and then they baited and switched her, with her going there for one job and them telling her it was for a totally different, unrelated position.

As you can imagine, that interview might have lasted five minutes, if not even less.

My son's job situation is still progressing, but I don't like the direction it is going in.

They promised him a certain amount of days and hours, they reneged on that even after I spoke with his employer about it, and go prove it, but I do believe he is being taken advantage of because he is a special needs person.

He also gave up a lot to take this job--including a 401k plan at his previous job--so I do believe that not only did they tell us tall tales about this job, but they kind of fibbed to him.

And he still awaits a job coach ...

Who knows when he will get one.

I have spoken to the supposedly appropriate parties about this, and they double talk beyond belief.

So who knows when he will get one--the job coach could help him in my son's current situation--

I have acted as his advocate, but he really needs someone to help him with a little more "thump" than I have.

Heck, I am only my son's father.

As for me, while I await my medical issues being taken care of, I actually feel fine, physically, mentally and emotionally, but I know that that is not the case, at least physically.

I would never know it if doctors didn't tell me that I have these things to take care of.

I had my yearly physical on Monday, so let's see what comes out of that.

Again, I feel fine, but I have learned over the years that one never knows what is percolating inside of them at any given moment.

Other than the things I have described to you the past few days, nothing much is really happening with myself or my family to talk about.

I re-reconnected with one of my old friends from Rochdale Village the other day.

We had previously reconnected a few years back, then somehow, I could not get in contact with him, but happily, he made himself known the other day to me, and we have re-reconnected with a couple of posts on Facebook.

He is a nice guy, a good person, and I do not think I will have the same problems with him as I had with that guy I knew in college.

Let's see what happens, but I am always open to reconnecting with anyone I knew from my childhood, or from any time in my life.

Not only do I still speak with people from my Rochdale Village years, but I do speak with one or two from other chapters in my life, too, so I am open to just about anyone reconnecting.

I think what happened the other day is an anomaly, and probably won't happen again.

It is just one of those things that you have to experience, and then take care of--

And I think I took care of it in the proper fashion.

Even in today's world, you have to be careful about such things, but I think that over the years, I have proven myself to be very loyal to people I was friendly with in the past.

And again, you can vehemently disagree with me on just about any topic--Mets or Yankees?--but as long as it is friendly and civil, it is OK.

When it crosses the line--as it did the other day--one has to do what one has to do--

And I did what had to be done.

Other than that, it is pretty much the status quo with me ... working, keeping up on things with my immediate family, and trying to stay busy.

Not the complete retired life, but as close to it as I can possibly come.

Fourteen days into the first month of the year, I am a bit dismayed about things, but we still have 351 days to go!

Maybe things will change, and change for the better.