Sleep came @ 4 a.m., and ended @ 9....Pretty good amount of sleep! Still it took me almost an hour to be able to get out of bed due to the pain. Wife got all her stuff loaded and is on her way to make her appointed rounds.

Well, it is officially here and I am one year older. Keep thinking back to former days when my dad was alive. Always on this day would come an early morning phone call with "happy birthday" song, and offerings of value and love along with grand wishes. He was such a good Father. I pray that I am be half the father he was. Always had a smile and note of encouragement. To be the man he was...Always there.

Have to go. Kids want to play in the water..