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Thank goodness it's February!

It's difficult to put into words what a lousy month January was [but I'll try :)].

It started out with me getting sick for a week, followed by hurting my neck the next week, which I am only now 95% recovered (but at least it is getting better), accompanied by a number of other little things which I'll just categorize as TMI.

In between all that, there was a long stretch of bitterly cold weather, for southern California that is (upper 30's), topped off with the deaths of 3 close acquaintances. Edie's brother being one of them, a wine drinking buddy, a second, and of course Dr. Terry Hamblin, who I give a great deal of thanks for all the help he provided me in dealing with my MCL.

I could go on and on, listing a few other things which have made this January a particularly memorable one, from a negative standpoint, but I think I'll just leave it that, and spare you any more of my whining.

It just seems the older I get, the more emphasis I tend place on the bad things that happen, when maybe I should be focusing on the good things instead.

I guess I need to work on that, as do a lot of others!

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