August 1, 2018

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August....not to be a Debbie Downer, but in the month of August, we lose 45 minutes of daylight.  and that means later tee times.  but since my week in the wilderness, I am not as motivated to golf.  something about being all by ones self...alone...just you...away from it all..that puts it all in perspective.....now I know what Matt Damon felt like when he faked  being on Mars for 7 years in  The Martian or what Tom Hanks felt like when he faked being on an island for 4 years in Castaway.  of course, when I hit 5 shots in the woods Sunday, it will feel like I am back in Canada.

Since I am done at work Friday, I am tying up loose ends before I leave.  I was talking to a coworker in the Chicago office we support and she gave me a card signed by the team thanking me for my efforts.  So unexpected and so wonderful.  I took the card to my desk and read the messages.  It really made my day, my week, my month.  Getting that card validated the work I put into my job, and it is nice to go out on that note. 

so...start off with what was easily the best day of my life, and add a card where a group of angels  wishes me well...it only makes the best better (see what I did there?).  how about that.  or as she says below...how bow dat  (fyi - she's a millionaire and we are not)


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