You may know that our youngest, David, has a mild form of autism. He's a freshman this year and it's the first year he's been on a team for the Special Olympics. He usually participates in the individual tournaments. During the weekely practices, he's been a little half-hearted in his commitment. We have discussed it with him and told him that he has to finish basketball season because he promised his team, but he doesn't have to participate in the other sports if he doesn't want to.
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I believe completely in capitalism and that one should be able to keep the fruits of one's labor, but there are some corporations out there that are twisting this into something evil.

100,000 job cuts were announced last week. The same week that ExxonMobil annouced yet another year of record profits...not revenues, but profits. The cost of oil is down, yet gas prices are going up again. When oil prices were at record highs, these are the companies that claimed the high gas prices...

We got good news today. I had an appointment with my endocrinologist and everything is looking good. The best part is that I don't have to do the radioactive iodine treatment again! That was 10 times worse than surgery. I obviously have some good karma built up.

So, I got some blood drawn to make sure those levels are where they should be. And, except for my follow-ups with the surgeon, I don't have anything else until my 6 month follow up in July. That's when I'll get...

I own up to being a Texas snob...you know the type, you can't find anything better than you can find it in Texas. I will stick to that with a few exceptions. One of which, Texas has no mountains. Well, neither does Oklahoma, but they're closer to the foothills and it gives a good mountainous illusion.

We just got back from Beavers Bend Resort in SE Oklahoma. And I have to say, it's my favorite place to camp behind a couple locations in Montana.

The cabins are resonably...

I feel like I talk about this all of the time, so please bear with me.

I got the all clear from the surgeon last week, so I'm back to all general activies. I also need to do some exercises to get the strength back in my left shoulder. I see the surgeon again in February. I'm pretty impressed that he's keeping such a close eye on me.

We have an appointment with the endocinologist on Jan 20th. She'll probably do bloodwork to make sure there isn't any thyroglobulin...