On June 10, Dr Bob was shaky from a hangover and had to go to work to do an operation. Bill W gave him a beer to stop the shakes so Dr Bob could perform.

After the operation , Dr Bob disappeared. Bill W and Lois thought he was out on a drinking spree, but Dr Bob came home a few hours later, sober. He had been out making amends to those that he had harmed. (He had been reluctant previously, worried about his reputation) Dr Bob never drank again. The beer Bill W gave him was his last drink, and the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous was born that day, June 10, 1935.

Happy 90th Birthday AA! I plan on being here for your 100th! One Day At A Time!

Mu poinciana tree, rich, when I planted it with two finger sized sticks. Is in full bloom. The canopy is so tall I can’t even trim it anymore. This may become a problem this hurricane season.

But in the meantime, it’s very orange and very beautiful.

Have a great week!

A little more deep and I might have scored 100!

I was awake last night, thinking “I’m not sleeping well, this is jumbled. I don’t think anyone ever taught me how to sleep, because I’m not doing it right.”

I worked late last night, which was quite unusual. I came home and then basically went straight to bed.

Also, my HRV is off. Nobody on earth can explain HRV. I mean, I can explain it, but it has no meaning.

So anyway, I’m off to work on another typical day. Hope you have a wonderful day as well!

I don’t think I’m going to make it, I haven’t been reading like last year, because I’ve been studying. And when I do finish a book, I don’t put the book on Goodreads.

Oh, nevermind , I’ve already made it! LOL! I went to check to see how poorly I was doing and (Gomer Pyle) Surprise! Surprise!

I had no idea. To me that’s funny.

Have a great day!

Little dog gets lost on an Australian island, survives more than a year, makes it home safely.

This is a warm, fuzzy and entertaining story you can read here. Worth the read!

Here it’s raining hard. The water helps the yard. Rain will stop today, clearing up tomorrow. Then you’ll hear me say how I hate to mow.

The previous paragraph is my attempt at a poem. Really bad…

Have a great day!

it was quite a quiet weekend. I stidied and did the budderfield 800 meter sea swim

They gave us old, damaged awards from 2023. I guess they thought no one would notice.. It looks like they’ve been in the trunk of somebody’s car for two years.

Also, I studied.

90%, fairly significant milestone, I think. Bit I know that last 10% is really big!

Happy Monday, happy month of June, welcome to the 2025 Hurricane Season.

Have a great day and week!!!

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Work wants my divorce papers for my upcoming retirement. So I dug them out to take to work today. I’m taking the whole folders, (giant envelopes) I don’t want to open them.

Last night I didn’t sleep well. The monkey mind was very active, talking s*** in my head.

This morning I listened to the same 5 minute guided meditation three or four times because I couldn’t hear it because of the monkey mind talking in my head. Distracting

Sometimes I can control it, other times it seems I can’t. Is there any benefits of the monkey mind? Do you even know what it is? Is this voice, MY voice, chattering in my head. “You’re going to run out of gas” ” Nobody likes you.” “Don’t forget to pick up the gallon of milk on the way home” “you’re going to be fired today.”

it seems like the mind just wants to generate thoughts. That’s all it does, generate thoughts. It doesn’t care if it generates helpful thoughts or harmful thoughts, it just wants to generate thoughts. Endlessly. My job is to be aware that my thoughts are not me, and gradually learn to control my thoughts instead of letting my thoughts control me. That way we contain the monkey mind.