Another day Outta the way!

Hey Y'all!
So what did ya think of tuesday? Mine wasn't too bad, slept till about 2:30 or so. Made phone calls and got on the puter for awhile. It was nice today and I still ain't well but I am getting close, so I bundled up in my leather jacket and took off for about a hour or so on the bike.

I went by the rockpile where I usta work and found out some interesting news. There has been so many people fired or quit that now they have contract workers doin what I usta do. I think that was the bosshole I usta work for's plan anyway. He is a dirty bastard. My lead man is still out there, but he is just kinda skating for right now. It was good to see some of my old coworkers and say howdy.

It shure was nice to get out and ride today. Helps clear the cobwebs out. I always have a better attitude when I've been out for a putt. After I got back, me and dad went for some popeye's chicken and red beans-N-rice. Now I am home just kinda takin' it easy. Not shure what this evening will bring. Probably just a lazy evening in front of the puter.

Y'all take care now, Ya hear?

I can tell this is gonna be a laid back week till friday!

Hey Y'all
Hope everyone is doin' well. Yea I can tell this is gonna be a laid back week cause ol' Cornbread has been makin it to bed at 3 in the morning and I slept till 3 this afternoon! I usually make it up by noon on nights like that, but here lately I have been a sleepin' fool. Maby it has something to do with being sick all last week and such. Which by the way I am a whole lot better since I have been taking care of myself. Still got a little hangin' on but not much.

I shure will be glad to hook up with my brothers and especially the boss and mama this weekend. There is a all weekend party going on in our area and our club is gonna have a compound there. I may sleep there, I might not. Haven't decided yet. If I decide to I'm gonna hafta buy a electric heater to go in my tent and abscond with some electricity from somewhere's. I just don't wanna get back down with being sick and it may still be a little cool at night there. Shure am lookin forwards to it after being couped up all this time. Can't hardly wait for friday to get here!

Restfull day

Well today was another day of rest. Only go outside for a occaisonal smoke and then to get me and dad dinner tonight. Did make it out this afternoon to the waffle house. Trying to stay inside and recouperate.

I haven't been riding the bike in so long I feel like a virgin again. Shure will be glad when I am better and some of those warm days come back. I am jonesin' for a ride. Here's a video I found that I think you will like. Some of you have got it on e-mail from me. This is the kinda biker I'd like to meet and hang out with! http://www.hawt.net/viewvideo.php?id=824

Well somehow life is good even if it ain't perfect right now. I guess if someone waits till life is perfect they will be waiting till the day they die. There ain't no perfect life till ya pass on and go meet the great Biker God in heaven. Till then dress for the road you are riding on or ya might get wet. It's all good. I'm wash and wear. Remember, no one truly dies till they are forgotten. Always remember your loved ones.

Take Care!

Saturday rainy day blues

Hey Y'all!
I made it last night to (club) church. I got my ass chewed out many times over for being there and being sick. I went out afterwards with the boss and mama but had to leave early cause my coughing was coming back with a vengance. Needed to get home and take some of my pills that I don't like to take while out cause they make me sleepy.

I didn't get to make it to the wedding but I called my V.P. who was there and I got to talk to the bride and groom as much as I could with my voice the way it is. It's raining and dreary today and I just don't need to be out in it.

Dad is gone to his girlfriends and I am here at the house with it raining and quiet. These are the days when I wish I had a signifigant other to keep company with. But since I don't I guess it's up to me to keep myself company.

I hope you all are doin' well. I wish the best for ya!

Getting better, for real this time

Howdy Y'all!
I know I have had some of you worried about my condition. Please don't worry, please. I am gonna be O.K. I have just had myself in a little bit of a jam thats all. Nothing Cornbread can't get thru. I do believe my chest is getting better. I am breathing easier and have been up and around. Me and dad had breakfast (brunch) at the waffle house this morning. I have been around town taking care of buisness. Tonight is (club) church and I plan on making it. There are some things going on this weekend that really require me to be there, but I have been talking with the boss and I think it's gonna be O.K. for me to get out of them. The bar I work at owners are getting married this weekend too, but I don't think I will attend. I need to take care of myself. I hope they ain't pissed at me. This really isn't the weekend to be taking off and laying low, but I am gonna have to force myself to, even if people get pissed. I stay in constant contact with the boss and he knows what is going on so that is a plus.

Well, I'm feeling chipper, I want you to feel the same way too!

Just got back from the V.A. again

Not long after I made that last post I called the boss and run the whole thing by him. He sugested I go right then and not wait till tommorow. So that is what I did. I made the necisarry phone calls and split. I was having trouble breathing by the time I got there so they took me right in. I got a chest x-ray which shows that I do not have pnumonia! Yaaaaa! They gave me a breathing treatment to open up my chest and prescribed me a inhaler and told me to keep on the meds I am on. It's just gonna take awhile, thats all. Stupid me was feelin better after that breathing treatment and yep you guessed it. I waited a little while and tried to fire up a smoke. Damn was that a mistake! My lungs feel fried. I probbaly won't be puffin' no marlboro lights for a few more days. ( I want one so bad)

Welll thats whats up with me right now. I'm home so it's time to do a painkiller. I'll be gettin' sleepy after that................

Later!

still wonderin' what I should do

I just got off the Phone with my V.P. He was callin' to see how I am doin'. In some ways I am doin' better. but. (don't ya always hate the "but") The other day when I was at the V.A. they did not x-ray my chest to see if my lungs are filling up any. They just listened to my back in two places with a stehascope. I still ain't feelin' 100% and I am wondering if I need to go back up there and talk them into maby doin' some x-rays. This will be the third day of takin' those antibiotics and I am still coughing up junk and my chest feels tight. I do feel somewhat better, just weak. I ain't go much get up and go. I am a little concerned now. My V.P. says I sound worse than when I talked to him on tuesday. Man I hate this shit. I guess I should go ahead and admit it and say I shoulda took better care of myself in the first place. Maby I wouldn't be in this jam. Wish I could afford a regular doctor here in town instaed of depending on government health care. But then again I can't bitch. Government health care is better than no health care. I guess.

For all you working class who are paying out the ass for insurance, be glad ya got it to fall back on when ya need it.

Maby I will be alright ina few days. Don't know if I should give it some more time or if I should go on up to the V.A. tommorow before the weekend gets here. I just wanna get better thats all. Anybody got any sugestions?

Hey Y'all!

Been around the house most of the day. Got out on very short trips. One to take out the garbage, one to take something to the Bike shop just around the corner. And once to bring something home to eat. I washed clothes today between naps in the computer chair. Almost fell out of it twice cause I was knocked out asleep. Haven't been doin much of anything except trying to get healthy again. I've had the computer on but haven't been able to stay awake long enough to do much on it. This is a hard ass wooden chair I sit in, but it has been my bed today.

Here's something I spotted on bikernet.com a few days ago and thought it would make for something interesting here the blog. Have you ever been in a Bike accident? I have. Things happen quick. This isa link to a video that a girl posted of her bike accident. She had on a small helmet cam and was recording a ride when she got into the accident. Wanna see what it looks like from the riders perspective? click here: http://media.putfile.com/Accident96

y'all take care!

Got good drugs now

Hey Y'all I just woke up a few minutes ago. I finnaly got some sleep this afternoon. Made it to the V.A. this morning and they checked me out. The doc stuck his stehescope on my back and said must be bronchitus and I'm gonna need some antibiotics. He also prescribed me some loritab which is a pain killer and is supposed to help supress my cough. I am just glad I ain't got walkin pnumonia. I still can't lie down flat on my back cause when I do that stuff rolls outta my chest and chokes me, so I hafta sit up. I have only did one of those antibiotic pills so far. I hope it kills out my infection soon. Damn pills are big enough. I hafta take two a day.

Right now it seems all I wanna do is sleep. I was trying to watch the news with dad on T.V. and yea you guessed it. I coulden't hold my head up. Speakin of which, I think I am gonna crawl back in the bed for some more shut eye.

Y'all take care!

Can't take it no more

Called the V.A. tonight and found out the V.A. hospital I use has a emergency room. After talkin' with the tele "nite" nurse I was told to go there imediatly. There's only one problem with that. The hospital is almost 90 miles away and it's raining, nightime and I feel like shit. I told them I would go in the morning. They are concerned about the posibility of pnumonia factor. It's still up to me. All I have to do is tell them at the emergency room, I talked to a agent. Hopefully they can give me a shot or some pills or something to help me get better. I have been sick over a week now. I honestly don't think they will admit me to the hospital for overnight. At least I hope not anyway.

I'm off here man, Y'all have a good one!

The flu is a sadistic lover

This is a short one. Know how I was feelin' good today? It all went fine till about 9:30pm and I'm workin' at the bar. I get something to eat and a little while later I feel that frieght train runnin over me. It is all I could do to stand up. When I get to hurting and sick my breath comes out in short gasps cause I feel so bad. I gotta tell ya even my hair hurts. What a f'n rip off. I was feelin' so good today, still sick but feelin good. Right now that feelin' has gone to hell. I'm off to sleep if I can get any. haven't been doin' much of that either at least not good sleep. I cough too much. Damn!

If you are tired of hearing me piss and whine about feelin' bad, sorry. I am a big baby when I'm sick and know it.

The light at the end of the tunnel

Hey Y'all!
I seem to be getting a little better as of today. I went to the bar last night and helped out. It seems as each day passes I get a little better. I tell ya this bug thats going around isa trip. The way it hit me and everyone I talk to is like I got a cold for a few days and then started feelin better and then all of a sudden on thursday it took a turn for the worst and started whippin' my ass like a hurricane and has been doin so for a few days now. If I were smart I woulden't have been going out to the bar and helpin' out, but the owners are strapped for help right now and I told them I would be there. I haven't been this miserable in a long time. There were times I wished I was dead. Today I still have a cough and body aches and a stuffed up nose but I don't feel dizzy that much anymore. I can tell my body is overcoming it. I really am feelin' a whole lot better.

I have started cathching up on the blogs I have missed reading the last few days. I see my buddy Pheonix http://his-phoenix.blogspot.com/ Is dealin' with the bug too. Sorry to hear that. This bug is pretty harsh. I feel guilty going out in public and I know I have spread it to someone somewhere, But I had to be where I was at when I was at. Sometimes there is no one to take my place and people are counting on me. I see Grey Biker http://southerntwilight.com/blog/ is bored with the weather. It's funny cause dad was watchin the weather channel and was talkin' 'bout the weather up there being kinda yucky and cold. I know Grey biker hates the cold. Windfall woman http://www.windfallwoman.blogspot.com/seems in the same boat as G.B. about the weather where she is at. If your curious, click on the links in this post and they will tell ya all about it!

My best friend, drinking buddy and running partner when I was in the navy has started a blog. He's Woogaus http://woogaus.blogspot.com/ Check him out!

Later!

I'm still here, barely

Howdy folks! I know I have not been posting much latley. Well right now it's the weekend and the bar is going gangbusters. Cornbread has been and still is sick as hell with the flu, a cold or whatever it is. I did go to the bar tonight cause I told the owner I was gonna be there earlier in the week. I am gonna help him the rest of the way thru this weekend too. I have been so sick that if Mama had seen me I know she would insist I go home. I am a trooper though. If I tell someone something it would take alot for me not to come thru with it.

Y'all think about ol' cornbread the next few days. I won't be posting much cause I just don't plain damn feel like it. I'll be spending alot of time in the bed when I don't have to go and do stuff. Probably won't be on the 'puter much either. I am hurtin' pretty bad with whatever it is that is going around. It's really kickin' my ass hard. I don't wish it on nobody. I hate going out in public carrying this bug, but as circumstances have it, I have too. I just hope that whoever gets sick from being around me will have a speedy recovery.

Nite Y'all

Hump day

Well, The week is half over. My cold seems to be getting better. Been out riding for a little while today. Going to ride outta town tonight for a few hours and visit my (club) brother who owns the bar. Dads gone to his girlfriends and I am left to fend for myself.

Ya know even though I may be going thru problems in my life I feel free. Somehow I know things will work out.

Me and dad never made it to wall mart yesterday. I was knocked out sleepin when dad rolled in. I guess we will go tommorow. Shure do like it after we have been to ol' wally world. I get my fav-o-rite fruits and drinks to snack on. Shure makes life at the ol' 'puter more enjoyable. I am a fan of naval oranges if they are sweet. I love banana's too. and then there is the dried fruit. My fav-o-rite is dried pineapple, after that apricots and rasins. Yummy. Don't get me wrong, I do the junk food thing. It's just the natural stuff turns me on. Still got some boiled P-nuts in the fridge, Think I'm goin' to go indulge a little!

Y'all take care!

On the wings of a eagle

The enemployment people called today. I think I might have screwed myself outta getting my unemployment by being too honest and not smart enough. Thats a habit ol' cornbread has that I often screw myself over with. Honesty. Ya know if I was more shrewd and smarter about things in life, I would probably be better off. I'll know soon if I will get that unemployment or not. supposidly within five days. But I ain't got my hopes up.

Today I am busy washing clothes for me and dad, going by the accountants office in a few minutes to turn in my tax info so I can get my taxes done. I won't be getting much back I am shure, but every little bit helps. We need to make a trip to wall-mart and dad mentioned something about going this afternoon. Sometimes I wonder when I usta find time to work.

I chose the eagle today for a pic cause the eagle is supposed to represent what is good and honest and forthright, As well as being free. I like eagles.

Howdy Folk's!

Well It's been awhile since I posted. I did my buisness outta town on saturday and sunday. The whole state came together for "church". We took our cages cause of the weather. I am glad cause ol' cornbread is half dead with a cold. I haven't been feelin 100% thats why I haven't posted since I got back to town.

One of our brothers who is on duty in Iraq got to come home for a few days. We got to see him tonight. It shure was good and I look forwards to his return soon.

I'm doin' good. dealin with this cold and still lookin' for a job I think I might like. Something is bound to turn up sooner or later. Everything else in life seems sweet. Me and dad are getting along fine. The club is going great.

Well when most people read this it will be valentines day. I got nothing special to say about it. I personally think it's overrated unless your a kid or have a signifigant other. Me? I have neither, so I guess I don't have to worry about it.

Hope your day is a good one!!

Hooray It's Friday!

Church tonight! No it's not what you are thinking.....
For those of you who stop by often you would know that "church" is our club meeting. We don't sing hyms, hold hands, roll around on the floor, pass snakes around the room, None of that shit. We talk buisness. It's closed and private and for patcholders only. What is said in there , what is seen in there and what is done in there stays right there. We never discuss what goes on in church except among ourseleves. I will say it is a good time to be close to your brothers.

Tommorow I will be out of commision for a day or two. Got buisness to attend to out of town. I look forwards to checking all the blogs that I read reguarly to see what all has gone on when I get back. Grey Biker, Keep um strait will ya? And I'll say it again. Just go get ya a damn mouse! (ya gotta read his blog http://southerntwilight.com/blog/ to find out what I am talking about)

Keep the faith, and rubber side down!

Thursday blues

Been in one of them funky moods today. I'm trying for unemployment and have a fight on my hands. I know what a lot of you are thinking. "ya got fired ya never gonna get it" Well we never know about these things and I have no love for the bastard who fired me. If it creates a moment of hassle for him, because he has to stop what he is doin' to deal with my ass and unemployment, It's worth it.

There was a dept of labor hearing today and I can't find out the results till probably monday. I was just ina funk about it all and thinking of my job situation and some of my bills coming due. Had to put out alot on the bike yesterday and of course gas is out the roof these days. I got the money to cover it. But damn I hate spending when there isn't much commin in. It will all be better one day and this will all be behind me. It ain't my first rodeo and probably won't be my last. That is why I never get into debt anymore than I have to. Life has taught me that there are no certainties and it can change in the blink of an eye. For the better or worse.

I haven't posted cause I have been in a bummer mood and don't like to get on here when I am feelin' that way. I think tonight I may be comming out of it a little. I spent alot of time asleep today which as you all well know is unusuall for me. I am always on the run. On a bright note me and dad have been talking and getting a little closer than we have been in awhile. Adversity does that to a relationship sometimes. Thats a good thing. We needed that.

Well anyhow, I know we all got problems, but ain't life good? It all comes out in the wash and hey it's the hard times that make the good times taste sweet!

Y'all take care!

Back from my cousin's place

Stopped by the package store and got the best. I am shure I will make Grey biker proud when I drop a bottle off to my (club) brother who owns a bar and has never tried any.
I got turned on to gentleman jack a few years back by one of my best friends who is also a club brother down in Florida. It ain't cheap liqour and ya don't go doin' shots of it. I guess ya could, but it would be a waste. I enjoy sipping mine.

Made the trip to see my cousin's wife. She was exuahsted understandably so. We got to visit and hang out some. I rode her around town today taking care of buisness and we had lunch too. Went out to where my cousin is burried and saw the gravesite. She gave me one of my cousin's bandana's that looks like a rebel flag. I have it proudly up on the wall over my computer desk.

Tomorow I got to drop the bike off early to get some service done on it. I am gonna give this new wrench a shot at it since he seems to know what he is doin'.

Still lookin for a steady job.

Just a slice of the life!

Well Y'all take care now, Ya hear?

Sunday gone

Another Cornbread weekend shot to hell!

Well it's after 2:30 am and I just rolled in from the bar. We had a quiet night. It was karaoke night. Yep ya heard it right, we had karaoke during the superbowl. Ya gotta understand this place is way out in the sticks and there is only two t.v's at the bar itself. They were on the superbowl. See this place is more of a country juke joint. If ya want sports, ya gotta go to the sports bars in town. Tonight was understandably slow cause of the superbowl, but there were some good karaoke singers.

I am taking off tommorow for the other side of georgia to see my cousin's wife. I coulden't make the funeral because I had commited to work and didn't wanna go back on my word. I think she understands. I may not have been able to see my cousins body before he was buried, but my concern is with the living. The dead I can do nothing about. I ain't jesus and I don't raise the dead. The living however I can comfort and console and show my respect by being there, even if it is a little late.

Life may not be perfect by a long shot, but it is good!

I'm a busy man this weekend!

This pic has nothing to do with the post, but I liked it so here ya go!

The bar job is going good. I have been working the door and doin' clean up at the end of the night. I am a wore out puppy right now. It's after 5 am and I just made it in a minute ago. It's cold as a witches tit. I was on the bike riding thru the star filled morning cause when I left the house on it yesterday morning we had a run to do with the club. On the way back from the run I went strait to work at the bar.

The Boss and Mama and my V.P. and his wife came out there tonight and shot pool. It was so good to see them. Mama has made a commitment to not party as much as she usta and I am proud of her. I love her and support her no matter what but, It makes me feel good that she knows when it's time to slow down a little and take care of herself.

Man I got clothes going in the dryer right now and I am headed for a hot shower and then bed. I'll probably sleep till noon or better today. I got a few things to do before going into work tonight at 7pm. I have been up quite awhile with little sleep, so I know when I crash I'm gonna crash hard. I'm lookin' forwards to it. I know I haven't been around in a day or so, but truthfully I have been too damn busy to get on the computer and do much more than check to see if I have e-mails. And I have been doin' that quickly.

Well Y'all take care!

Good day with sad news

Pic borrowed from bikernet.com

The pic has nothing to do with the post. I just liked it thats all..........

Today I got sad news. My cousin who has been sick and was improving had to go on life support recently. My dad got a call and they were supposed to pull the plug this morning. I am waiting to hear when and if he has died. I shed a few tears this morning when I heard the news cause he is the last of my real Mommas family (outside of another cousin who doesn't speak to anyone) That is really left. I have a aunt over there but the last I heard she was dying of cancer and nobody on this side of the family knows whats up. My cousin who was on life support was really the only one I would visit over there on the other side of Georgia. For me he is the last of my Nanny P.'s (grandmother) legacy over there. He is the one who took care of her after my uncle passed and he has all of her stuff stored in his other house. I am not interested in the stuff, It's just he is the last real part of my family that is over there. His wife is very special to me too.

I filled out a aplication today at a harley dealership. I don't know if anything will come of it or not. Tonight when I got my fortune cookie it read : "Your career is moving more and more towards service to others" I thought that was kinda interesting.

Tonight one of my (club) brothers wife who is Korean helped me get a bottle of soju. It's a korean drink. I heard the boss and Mama talkin' about it and I wanted to try some. I ain't a big drinker. Two shots and I don't care for anymore of any kind of liquor. We'll see how it goes with this stuff. It's kinda like saki or maby vodka.

Y'all take care!

Temp, part-time work

Well Cornbread will be workin' temporarly back in the bars again.

A friend who owns a bar way out in the sticks knew I wasn't workin' so they aproached me about a job on the weekends. It is hard for me to do much on the weekends since I am so involved with the club. I told her I could do it off and on temporarly. I'll be checkin' I.D.'s and bouncin' and some clean up at the end of the night. I haven't done that in awhile and bar life can be like a soap opera at times. It will give me some cash money for a few days work. There are some real redneck types that visit that place. I can't carry weapons on me now incase things turn really ugly cause ol' cornbread has been in trouble in the past. Besides doin' that kinda work it's best not to have artillary sometimes. They do have a stage with live bands, but there ain't no chicken wire up there.

I was out late till the wee hours of the mornin' again last night. finnaly made it up today at 1pm. Called around about some other jobs and they basically blew me off. I did get the bike washed today though! It was horrible filthy. It's not super clean now, but at least I can see thru the windsheild. Saturday the club has a run outta town, but I should make it back intime to go to work at the saloon.

Well, Y'all take care!