Rant #3,355: Day By Day

I had a good weekend, and I know that I am getting better each and every day.

I really pushed myself on Sunday.

In the morning, I went to a local record show, and although I only spent about 45 minutes there, it was time well spent.

First and most important, I proved to myself that I could move around in a crowd pretty well, even with my cane in hand.

The place was packed with record collectors like me, I got there early, and I managed pretty well, moving around well and being able to worm my way through the crowd.

I found some really interesting records--one of which is at the top of this Rant--didn't spend too much money, but admittedly, it took me less than an hour to become pretty pooped.

I was looking through a row of records from a particular vendor, and I struck up a conversation with someone else doing the same thing.

We talked about records, but also spoke about our health, and after finishing about three rows of records from this particular vendor, I said to the fellow record collector, "I think I've had enough."

He replied, " Are you sure ... you didn't look at these other rows."

I said to him, " That's OK. I 'm tired," and he replied, "I completely understand."

I wished him luck, he wished me the same, and I left.

I really had had enough, but I proved to myself that I could do it.

About an hour after I came home, my family and I went out east to the Jamesport Brewery, which is about 90 minutes to two hours away from where we are.

It is at the end of Long Island, and we met my wife's two brothers and their spouses for a relaxing afternoon.

We managed to get there in less than an hour and a half, due to the overcast weather and the fact that we are a week before Memorial Day, so the roads were pretty empty.

It is a nice place to go, even if you don't imbibe, and we had a nice afternoon just socializing.

This was by far the longest trip I had made since resuming my driving a little more than a month ago, and I had absolutely no.problems at all handling the long drive, which was more than 100 miles round trip.

So everything went fine for me this Sunday, even though I was unhappy that the New York Knicks lost to the Indiana Pacers and are out of the NBA playoffs.

Injuries did them in ... and I have first-hand experience as to what injuries can do to not just the affected part of your body, but to your mental wellness and to your soul, so I do feel for them ...

But now it is baseball 24/7, and the New York Yankees are playing great baseball, winning their seventh straight game on Sunday.

I guess you can't have it all, but as far as myself, I am working hard to get it all, and Sunday proved that I am one step closer to doing just that.

I intend to defy the odds, and I simply feel that nothing will stand in my way.

There still is a lot of work to do, but I do believe that I can do it.

I know I sound like a broken record as I keep on saying this ... I might skip a little bit, but I won't break in my determination to get back as close to where I was prior to the accidents I had.

And each week, I prove to myself that I am on the right road, and if, like yesterday, that i have to drive over 100 miles to prove it to myself, then so be it.

I am more than up to the task.

I have a conference to cover for work, so I won't be at my normal perch tomorrow.

I will speak to you again on Wednesday.