Jeremy Herndon

My parents asked me to go with them to the tree farm today and help them to cut down their tree.  That is something they have done ever since they were first married, and now that they are getting on in years they need a little bit of help to do it.  Since I live nearby, I don’t mind doing it for them, it has been part of my heritage, to always go along ever since I was big enough to walk.  Bringing our own saw and going to the tree farm, picking out the “best” tree from the hundreds of “perfect” trees,  It doesn’t take long to saw the tree down, pay the farmer and tie it to the top of the car and tote it home.  That is a family tradition that means a lot to my parents, and I’m glad I’m around to help them maintain that tradition as long as they want to keep doing it.

I was saddened to hear that a teenager that suffered from bi-polar disorder committed suicide, while broadcasting it over webcam onto the live website called Justin.tv.  From what I understand, hundreds of people watched him take an overdose of prescription medicine and lie down on his bed.  It was not until someone noticed that he stopped breathing that authorities were killed - all of the viewers thought it was a joke!  How sad is that?  I would have hoped that someone would have called the authorities the minute he put the pills in his mouth.  Society seems to be really sliding downhill fast!

A couple of my friends that I haven’t seen in a few months came over yesterday afternoon, bringing food and the DVD of the most recent “Hulk” movie.  We pigged out on pizza, sub sandwiches and soda and watched the flick while eating popcorn.  Not the healthiest meal, I know, but we don’t do that very often and we had a lot of fun joking around while we ate.

It was a rainy day, so none of us felt guilty about the leaves that needed to be raked, we just hunkered down inside and had ourselves a day off - a very well deserved day off at that!

I wanted to take a minute to honor all of the men and women who are serving, or have served in our military.  I cannot even imagine for a moment how difficult it must be for you to have been separated from your loved ones and put into battle.  You have my appreciation and respect forever.  And for those of you who are currently serving in a battle area, my prayers are that you return home safely and soon.  You are not forgotten.

I sure hope you voted yesterday, because if not, it’s too late now!  I voted, I had to stand in line for an hour behind an elderly woman who had put on about a gallon of cologne - boy did she stink to high heaven!  I don’t know what it is with old people and their sense of smell going bad, but I sure wish they’d lay off the cologne!  Some of these scents are really overpowering and give me a headache, and that is what happened with me yesterday; by the time I got to vote I had a migraine headache and I ended up having to go home and take the day off of work.  I’m feeling better today thank goodness.