2013 so far

The year of the flu, it seems like. Lots of sick people around. Good things, bad things, we have a lot of all of it right now, but at the same time I'm feeling peaceful. My wife took her retirement and that has definitely improved my quality of life. She is mellowed out like she hasn't been for years, and now we have time, so much time, that I didn't truly understand what I was missing before. I hope this to be a year of music, surfing, and the time that some things get figured out in our lives. One thing I'm starting to get, is there is no fixing everything, there is a lot of doing the best you can, and hoping it helps. I can now see that for one person, this will be one of the best years in their life and another will have one of the worst. I'm looking out at a gloomy horizon, when just a couple of days ago, we had some of the most perfect weather you could imagine anywhere. Maybe our life is like the weather, instead of feeling robbed by a overcast, rainy day, I should remember that this is exactly what makes the sunny days so beautiful.