bye bye Poppy!

I am a firm believer that when people pass on... they typically say good bye to loved ones. I experienced this first hand with my father when I was a child. I won't go in to that story but I will tell you that I saw him in the grocery store and he winked at me... turned around and walked out to his car and left.

I was leaving the grocery store on Wednesday and a B25 Airplane was circling the HEB. Now you tell me why an antique WW II airplane would be circling a grocery store :-) The B25 plane was the first plane Poppy flew and at his burial one did a fly by and circled the burial site several times.

I know that Poppy was flying that plane and was saying goodbye to me.

love,

Ted

Weddings, Winter, Kids, Blessings

The wedding went off without a hitch and very very fun! Terri, Corley, Valerie and others worked hard to make it all happen. Big Thanks to my good friend Todd who came down early from Tennessee to help us get ready! Really couldn't have done it without him.

We are looking at a little lake house and our offer has been accepted; we ran in to a few snags but nothing too terrible. I think Todd put it best when he said that little house has been there a long time and will prolly be there another 50 years without too much effort.

I am really excited about this, with a little bit of anxiety around the cost :-)

Sara is doing so well - her last semester of college is coming up and she is just growing up every time I turn around.

I got a letter back from Everett; he was moved to Huntsville where I am much more likely to visit him -- I hope he is doing well.

Hep C treatment continues to be effective...

peace :-)

Ted

life's evolution and wedding bells

It has been a very active and emotional 30 - 60 days... now I am focussing on the fact that my beautiful 26 yr old daughter Corley is marrying Casey on Sunday 10/10/10. It is exciting... friends coming in to witness and share the event; all the kids seem to be pretty darn happy.

I bet Sara is not too far away from taking similar steps and then...

Oh well, I really enjoy watching my life go by and comparing it to all my other previous experiences.

Hep C treatment still effective at week 16!

Today I am suppose to work on the Corvair with Scott, the most experienced Corvair mechanic in all of Texas... at least that I know!

I am up early looking for potential problems with the casino opening in Maryland today; but that is work -- I will do that for a while and then get to work on the Corvair so Corley and Casey can drive it in their wedding.

Things are ok right now - treatment still makes me feel sick a lot but it is not as bad as last time.

I wrote my friend Everett a letter, he is in prison down in South Texas ... I feel for the guy but he knows there are consequences.

all for now! Have a great day.

Well I said goodbye to Poppy yesterday; it was ok. His son Mark commented to me that he had him for a long time and he had to be greatful for the time he had. It was nice to see Bonnie and she told me that he loved me like a son and it made me feel good. There is still a burial at Fort Sam Houston where there should be a 21 gun salute and a missing man flyover.

I need to be at that...

My kids are well rounded and have handled this loss very maturely.

Ted

The Colonel

One of my heroes died today. He was a father, husband, grandfather and friend - He was simply 'The Colonel' in my world and he stood for what ever was right -- he did not accept anything less. I learned a lot from him over the years, most of which I learned after he was no longer my father in law. He was a great man -

RIP Colonel - I hope to be 1/2 the man you were!

Ted Tullos

Hi -

Well I continue to do ok as far as the treatment is concerned; somtimes I feel like dammit and sometimes I do not - I get tired quickly, very quickly - and the tired feeling is not a yawn but my muscles and body just feel extremely fatigued very suddenly.

I need to go give blood for labs this week that will check my viral load again but as of 8 weeks the virus was no longer detectable.

The things I am doing like going to the dermatologist, praying, staying busy and stuff like that really helping me maintain ... especially going to see Jean Lyons.

All for now!

the weeks drag on...

I continue to work, traveling for work is difficult although it does require me to focus on acheiving results which seems to work pretty well for me.

However, it is difficult to participate socially with others when I am traveling for work because I am so tired all the time.

Oh well that is where I am today --

8 weeks in

It has been hard, very hard to stay on this therapy but I have done it at the doctor's insistence. I finally got some reward today in that the virus is undetectable in my system at 8 weeks. That is very good news... now if I can just settle in for the next 40 weeks!

Time to get this thing going again and make it useful -

On interferon again and gosh it sucks! It some dark stuff!

I would say my relationship is in jeopardy and would hate to project the outcome. By three o'clock in the afternoon I am typically fatigued but can not rest. I am losing weight at an alarming rate and I itch ALL the time. I just feel like crap, miserable I tell you!

I have found the perfect combo for a good night's sleep though and that really helps.

All for now - 3 weeks into 48 weeks of hell :-)

Here we are again... waiting for Spring! It won't be too long but it is tough waiting for it.

The annual trip to the lake is about a month away, Todd comes down and the boat comes out!

Yee Hah!

Work is going well, in the new house which I love -

All for now :-)