Living with MCL

I know I’ve blogged previously on how events tend to take on added significance, when you’ve been diagnosed with a terminal illness, but on a recent trip to Dallas, I learned it’s not just events that become more significant. I have also become more aware of my surroundings as well.

When I flew into the Dallas/Fort Worth airport (DFW) last week, I took notice of just how much open land there was.

Now I know that isn’t really news, nor is it something I never realized. I know there is plenty of open land in this country everywhere, even in California, but what I never really thought about was how little open land there was approaching the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), as compared to the approach into DFW.

What also caught my attention was how few golf course there were, visible from the air, as we approached DFW, compared to the number of golf courses, visible from the air, approaching LAX.

I would think, with all the open land surround DFW, I would have seen several golf courses, but I did not see a single golf course.

Even with all the people, homes, businesses, roads, in the LA area, which seems to create so much congestion, in the minds of many people, there are an almost endless supply of golf courses to play in the area.

Even within a 10 mile radius, in any directions from where I live, there are no less than 5 courses (not counting the private, par 3 or executive courses, which adds at least another 5 courses), and if you increase that radius to 15 miles, there are another 6 courses, that I can think of, and have played (again not counting the private, par 3 or executive courses, which adds an even greater number of courses).

And if you go beyond that distance, there are just countless courses. No matter where you live, in the LA/Long Beach are, you don’t have to drive far to play a round of golf.

So how can an area, so over populated as LA, find room for so many courses, yet an area like Dallas/Fort Worth, with so much surrounding open space, seem to have so few golf courses.

Just what do people do in Texas to amuse themselves? Doesn’t anyone play golf?

Inquiring minds want to know!

A couple of weeks ago, I started the paperwork to switch my aunts IRA, currently in a Floriday bank, to another bank in California.

When my aunt lived in Florida, she had executed a Durable Power of Attorney giving me authority over all her financial affairs, as well as executing a Living Will, so I thought I would have little trouble transferring her account.

What I didn’t realize was that Durable Power of Attorney, while it may have been valid in Florida, isn’t valid in the state of California. At least it doesn’t give me the authority to act on her behalf in regards to certain financial transactions, I thought it would.

So I just logged on to LegalZoom.com to execute a new Durable Power of Attorney for her to sign.

I also decided it would be a good idea to execute a new Living Will for Sylvia, since I doubt the one executed in Florida is valid in California. And while I’m at it, I plan on doing the same for Edie and me.

I would also suggest that everyone reading this post, re-evaluate your own situations, and make sure all your financial and health affairs are in order.

Even if think you’re invincible or in good health, you’d be surprised how quickly things can change.

After a near catastrophe on Friday, I was able to finally complete the upgrade to v2.1 of Wordpress blogging software, without a hitch.

I didn’t think I did anything differently today than I did yesterday, but obviously I must have. I only wish I knew what it was I did do differently.

I won’t worry about it too much though, instead I’ll get back to some real blogging.

This is certainly way off topic, but I thought this post from David Arenson on the Iraq war , was so fitting, it was worth posting a link to it here.

David has a great knack for writing, and I think he expresses almost perfectly how I, and I’m sure a great many more Americans, feel about this war and our political leaders.

It’s definitely worth a few minutes of your time!