It's actually amazing the things you see in everyday life. And vacation time can actually see even the slightest of events turn the humdrum into something memorable.

Not that vacation was actually humdrum, mind you.

Two things gleaned from this latest excursion into Corpus Christi: First glean was seeing me stopped at a stoplight and there was a bearded man sitting on a bench with a homeless sign. He didn't look all that bad, but it's possible that...

I woke up kind of early today. For me early is between 10AM and 11AM. I don't like to eat as soon as I wake up so, I usually have a cup of coffee - half decaf - with cinnamon and turmeric.

Before I even drink my coffee, I do about 10 minutes of stretching my body and toe touched. After I turn on the coffee pot, I turn on the laptop and the TV.

I don't spend a lot of time looking at nonsense on TV, I like King of Queens, Everybody Loves Raymond (not as much as I do),...

Funny how many different excuses, reasons if you will, for the same thing at different times you will tell me. Sometimes you will deny that you had already told me a different reason, other times, you will say you didn't want to tell me the real reason, or sometimes you will say it is both. I remember when you told me I pushed you to it, when referring to you cheating on me. Of course you also said originally it was three times that you and her had sex, than it was two, than one and finally you...

And just like that, he is gone. No warning, aside from his past behavior and comments, but that is his norm. In three and a half years, he was gone at least a third of it Back and forth between her and I. This was the longest stretch by far he stayed in one place, which I'm sure was due to the distance. It was also, I felt, the most positive time we spent together, with a few blow ups, but much more good than bad this time. I felt we had made some progress, and it's the idleness that started...