July 7

We really had a great weekend. I moved the Cher OH kee to a spot right in the back yard by the pool. So the 140 was really invited to the party. Today is the 7th and 4 July is over. Today is also my son Matt's birthday. So the plane can still sit there because the party still goes on. Everything got rained out Fri. night. We did fireworks at midnight. My son stayed up all night. Then on Saturday we did it all again. Sunday I piddled around in the hangar. So now every night I just light a Tiki torch and the plane sits there and the party continues. Today I notice that everything needs mowed again. The airstrip takes about three hours. And everything else takes another three. Not counting bush- hogging or pastures. Looks like a possible M10 trip to Carolina may be coming up. Seems like there's plenty to do. How did I get it all done and still work full time? "Hey Lloyd, when you retire, what will you do"? I'll do whatever I want. Yea. In a year of retirement I have a little more insight into pacing myself. There's one thing I know. You can't just do "whatever you want". Everything in life is temporary. Personal. Situational. Cumulative. Relative. The hardest thing about getting what you want is finding out what you want. I don't want to live every day like I'm gonna die tomorrow. Sounds like too much work. But when the good times happen, I'd like to be there in the moment and live right then. Doesn't have to be spectacular stuff all the time. Last night I had a lot of fun just working on a bench I'm building. It was exactly what I wanted to do right then.