Happy New Years to One & All

December 31, 2017

Just wanted to take a moment to wish each of you a very Happy New Year's and hope 2018 brings you peace, joy, prosperity, and maybe even love :-)

I'm spending the day taking care of my sick son as it seems he has come down with a cold and than heading over to my daughters to babysit my adorable grandson Baby Jack as she attends a wedding with her fiance.

2017 has been an interesting year for me to say the least.

I've gotten to watch my grandson develop into this adorable little baby boy who loves to smile, laugh, get thrown into the air, and explore the world around him. Much better than he was just a little lump that ate, slept, and pooped. Now if I can just get him to start talking to me it would be cake, and i love me some good cake lol

My son went to Europe on a class trip for his senior year, he graduated high school with merit, and started university. To call me a proud father would be an understatement. I think I'm enjoying his first year at university more than I enjoyed my own lol

My daughter continues to make me smile every time I see her dealing with her son. The love she has for her little boy is beyond description. She has truly developed into a fine woman in her own right and both her mother and I take great pride in the lady she has become.

Work has been interesting in that at the early part of the year I was totally throwing myself into it and doing crazy hours but over the course of the summer I reigned it in and started to live my life as I should have all along: work to live and not live to work.

The dating front has been a mixed bag and that is all on me as I never really got my groove on and put myself out there till towards the end of summer, start of fall. Now I've put it on hold once again as getting involved with anyone at this point seems kind of senseless.

Health wise things started out fantastic with my high blood pressure being so under control and my A1C1 staying in the positive range and keeping me off any new medications. Of course as recent blog postings have come to show, not all is well in Marcusville........

I'm not going to rehash the recent events as they are all in prior posts other than to say I'm not going to let them define who I am or the path I'm going to take.

I used to have the following in my closing of every posting...."master the 35 yards wedge over a bunker" or some variety and I did master that shot this past summer......so now my new tag line is kick the tumors ass and live to be that old man who annoys people with "when I was younger........"

So here is hoping you raise a glass tonight of your favourite beverage to the New Year with someone near and dear to your heart and 2018 brings you nothing but good tidings.

My name is Marcus and 2017 was an interesting year and I'm planning on making 2018 even better between watching my kids and grandson grow up, to hitting the mid 80's consistently, to making cancer tap out in a submission hold, to maybe even meeting the perfectly imperfect one for me with whom I share my last first kiss. It's a new year so anything is possible!!!