Rant #3,960: Sound Asleep

I guess you can say that I am feeling somewhat better ...

But I am just not right yet.

I am stuck in the house--out of necessity, take it from me--for the next few days, and I hope to improve enough by then to get out of the house, even for a brief spell.

I have set Sunday afternoon as my goal--when I plan to drive my son to work--and if I can do that, I can pick him up later that day too.

But that is simply something to think about right now, because if I had to do it today, I don't think I could do it.

I am still recuperating from Monday's major surgery, and I am just not there yet.

Next week is a big week for me.

On Monday, I will have my KUB scan to see how the area responded to the surgery, and on Tuesday, I have to have another procedure--this one is minor ... I keep on telling myself--so that I can really get back to where I should be.

This stuff never ends, but I hope I am on the road to real recovery by the middle of next week.

Now, as for the New York Knicks ...

I mean, what can you say about them that hasn't already been said?

They put on a remarkable comeback in Wednesday night's Finals game, where they were down at the half by 27 points, it got up to 29, and then, they pulled off a history-making comeback, and won the game by one point to take a 3-1 lead in the series over the San Antonio Spurs.

And where was I during all of this hoopla?

Asleep in my bed, that's where--

And that is why I know that I am not right just yet.

I hope to be able to watch the game, in full, on Saturday night, but I won't make promises ...

I just had two major surgeries, plus some major procedures, in the past 90 days or less, and I am just not there yet.

The body has to heal, and it is knocking me out for a loop, it really is.

What happened is that at halftime of Wednesday's game, I just decided I could not stay up.

I am under a lot of medication, which is probably making me whoozy to begin with.

So I went to sleep at sometime after 10 p.m.

I woke up at about 2 a.m., and the first thing I did was to go on my phone, looked up the score and--

BAM!

I had to find out everything I could about the comeback, read a story, looked up the stats, the usual stuff ...

And I don't think I nodded off again until it was probably 3 a.m., and I didn't wake up again until past 7:30 a.m.--

Only to get my daily newspaper, which didn't have the final score in it.

That is my life right now.

I am doing the best I can, but I simply cannot stay up so late with all this stuff going on inside me.

Yes, it is frustrating, it is depressing, and most importantly--

It is not me.

I have had a hell of a 2026--with the key word being "hell"--and as we approach the midway point of the year, I just have to hope that things get better in the year's second half.

I can't think any other way.

Have a great weekend, hopefully the Knicks will close this thing out on Saturday--I predicted the Knicks in six games, by the way--and I will hopefully speak to you again on Monday.

I have one more thing to say--

Go New York--

Go New York--

GO!!!!!!!!!!