Category: Diary
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Day 068 – Boca Raton, FL > Miami, FL
It was great spending time with my cousin Brendan and get to know him a little better. He is working on finishing up the end of college before figuring out what to do next. He told me that women offer their number to him, uninvited, at least once a week while he works at the restaurant. He…
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Day 067 – Boca Raton, FL – New tire, stoner food and sleep
Not a lot happened today. Brendan brought me to a bike shop so I could get a new tire and then out to lunch at a place called Munchiez that caters to the stoner set. Being close to Florida Atlantic University is a smart business decision. As you probably have guessed it features pictures of Bob…
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Day 066 – Fort Pierce, FL > Boca Raton, FL
Not the best sleeping decision, but it’s funny in retrospect. I decided to pull off on the side of the road at Little Mud Creek and try and sleep in my most favorite chair for a couple of hours instead of going through all of the effort to pitch a tent. There was a paved…
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Day 065 – Melbourne, FL > Fort Pierce, FL
Monday fun day and it’s time to resume the ride. After a breakfast of chicken, donuts and coffee and repacking the bicycle it was time to see if I could still pedal my big rig down the road. I have full confidence that my Aunt Helen will be fine even though she has said repeatedly she…
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Day 060-064 – Melbourne, FL – Memorial Service
The past couple of days leading up to my Uncle’s memorial service have been a blur of planning and dealing with immediate concerns. The silver lining of his passing has been chance to see a lot more family. On Tuesday my Aunt Irene came down and surprised my Aunt Helen. She was also here a few weeks ago…
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Day 059 – Melbourne, FL – Passing On
Today was hard. My Uncle Pino was sleeping most of the morning with his CPAP mask on and communicated very little. He wasn’t able to speak, I think due to a dry throat, yesterday and wasn’t even trying to speak today, but he did open his eyes and nod his head. Late in the morning his physicians…
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Day 056 – Melbourne, FL – Setback
I called my Aunt last night from Lynn’s house to see how she and my Uncle were doing and it sounded like they had a good night. Their friends came over with a delivery from Duffy’s, a restaurant chain that make really good ribs, and they had a good view of the city’s firework show from…
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Day 055 – Melbourne, FL – 4th of JULY!
Happy Birthday America! 238 and showing your age, but I think there still a lot left in ya! I finally got to see my cousin Lynn and her family today! I met her at Coco Beach, one of the locations of an MTV True Life episode I worked on about young people addicted to tanning. It…
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Day 053-054 – Melbourne Beach, FL
My uncle is continuing to get stronger! Yesterday me and my Aunt went over to the rehabilitation facility to talk to the head nurse about some concerns she and Uncle had when he was there previously. He really liked working with the physiotherapy staff, but had issues with the support staff communicating clearly about medications and…
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Day 052 – Melbourne, FL – Hospital Time
Happy July 1st. I woke up today and headed out to the hospital with my Aunt after lunch. I’m not a fan of hospitals since I feel like they are a place of sickness and dying more than a place of healing and health. It is a view of my own making reinforced by the…