Friday...
Yes today is Friday and to be honest the only thing I'm really looking forward to is going to sleep tonight. That's real damn sad...How come when you get older, sleep is like the best thing ever invented? And when you're younger, you act like it's a death sentence. When you become older, you actually crave those naps that little kids get in school... You start to wonder how many cups of coffee can you drink in a day. And pretty soon, you find yourself going to Rite aid and buying Excedrin PM and Tylenol Pm just to get some damn rest at night. The life of an insomniac is not that good. Or maybe I have a sleep disorder or something... Who knows...

I had to listen to Otis this morning. Don't know why...Otis always brings a sense of nostalgia with his music. Reminiscent of better and simpler times. Something about his voice and the melodies of his songs are so soothing...One of my very favorites is Cigarettes and Coffee. Not one of the most known Otis Redding songs, but one of the most profound. It tells a story of a man and a woman who are great friends and lovers and they're not really doing anything, just smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee. Up late talking about everything and he's just wanting to be with her. Man I love that song. Not too many Otis Reddings out there anymore. Never really found anyone that could cover his songs. Only person I can think of is maybe Sam Cooke or Al Green. Actually Rod Stewart didn't do too bad with his cover of Sitting on the Dock of the Bay. But there's only one Otis. Only one Marvin, only one Minnie, only one Roberta, only one Teddie, only one Billie, only one Curtis, only one Barry, only one Stevie, only one Teena, only one Phyllis... It would be real sad if yall didn't know the last names, but most likely if you're over 25 you know those names intimately...

Otis got me through many of a night and many of a day. Today is no exception. Today is one of those days. One of those days where my past memories will haunt me. All of those old songs have some sort of memory tied to them. I guess that's why we keep listening to them...Helps us to remember....

God Never Ceases to Amaze Me...
Why is it that when you are blessed with a good thing, something bad always seems to happen? Never fails. But what I'm beginning to learn in my old age is that blessings come in many shapes and sizes. And what you think is something negative really ends up being something positive. God never ceases to amaze me. For he always has a plan. And just when you think that you're down, something always picks you back up. Life is full of lessons. Good and bad ones. And while we may regret the events, we never regret the lessons. And I continue to believe that there is a lesson to be learned everyday. Some of those lessons are what I call "repeats." I've already learned them, but sometimes I need to learn them again. I just hope that God is patient with me.