Not a whole lot going on this week. The most exciting thing that happened so far was that my friend Jim Benn was in town. There was a death in the family and he had to get here right away. It’s always hard dealing with death in your immediate family. I should know, I have had to deal with that specter twice and it is no fun. Anyway, I know he was trying to get back to Italy right away so I figured I wouldn’t see him while he was here. Tuesday night I receive a call about 10:30PM and it’s Jim! He’s stranded at the airport trying to catch a flight on stand-by. Pauly to the rescue! I hopped in the hot-rod and scooped him up from the airport. His only mistake was saying that he would buy me a drink. I was like yeah, right now! I ended up keeping the poor boy out until 2:30AM.

He did try again to catch a flight yesterday and I haven’t heard from him so I am assuming that he made his flight. That is unfortunate. I was hoping he would be around for the weekend so we could hang out! Oh well, maybe next time. Jim, my thoughts are with you. On a side note, one should never eat tuna salad before bed. No, my stomach is fine. It’s just that I’m sitting in my living room and the whole apartment smells like fish!

“Lord, have mercy, Jesus!” That is what my grandmother would say when there was something unexpected or stressful in her life. Let me just say, Lord have mercy, Jesus! I just got back from a run around the park. I haven’t exercised in two weeks and didn’t think it would be that tough. It probably would have been better if I wasn’t pretending to be a Hoover by eating everything in site. This is BBQ season and as you know, my trip south of the Mason-Dixon line didn’t help either. I made it around the park about two times which is about 1 ½ miles. I checked my pulse when I finished my run. My heart was beating so fast I could have powered a trailer home!

I have also been assessing the clutter factor of my apartment. I hate clutter, unfortunately my apartment is small compared with the junk I have accumulated. I think it’s that time of year again. You know what I mean. Spring cleaning! That’s when we gather all of the crap we have accumulated in the past year or more and allow people to pick and prod through our stuff in their determination to BUY our stuff. Yes, it’s time for the annual yard sale, garage sale, sidewalk sale or where ever you have room to display your crap. I did quite well last year and made over $100 just by selling junk I never use. We won’t mention the fact that that junk originally retailed for 3 times as much. Regardless of that, it’s out of my house! Anyone need an 8-track tape player that doesn't work?!