2014 is just around the corner and I can’t wait to see what
it brings. I just hope 2014 is as at
least as good as or better than 2013 has been. Of course 2013 had its challenges,
but through these challenges I have learned quite a bit about myself and the
world around me. These challenges
definitely made me a better person. My experiences with my family, music,
travel, and career all had challenges to overcome, but were all extremely
rewarding to me in the end. Over the
next few days I will discuss each of these important areas of my life.
Travel
I traveled more that I have in years in 2013. Thanks to surgery that I received in December
2010, I have slowly increased my ability to travel again without significant
pain and discomfort. Before the surgery,
I could not drive more than 30 minutes without significant back and let pain. Slowly I’ve made progress. Traveling again made me feel somewhat younger
for some reason. Maybe because it has
been several years since I had done much travel.
My family and I were able to drive back to Indiana for our
summer vacation. It was a fun trip. We took a different route to travel through
other areas of the country that we had not been to as a family. Once we
arrived, it was great to see my family again.
I don’t get to visit them enough.
It was also interesting to see how much the area has changed since I
left the area so many years ago. The new
interstate is a nice touch.
We took another family driving trip in November to Laredo,
TX. A large celebration for one of my
wife’s nieces. Again it was great to see most of my wife’s family again in her
hometown. It would have been even more
fun if we didn’t need to leave so quickly.
We were trying to get back home before a forecasted significant ice
storm arrived back at home. We slept for 3 hours after the party then drove
straight through.
I also traveled for business more this year than I had in
the past 20 years. The trips were mostly
to the east and west coasts. I was even
able to stay for a week on the beach in Boca Raton, Florida. I worked all day, then at night I took long
walks on the beach, had a great meal, and then enjoyed live music until
bedtime. The only thing that would have
made the trip better would to have had my family with me.
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