“Being honest may not get you many friends, but it will always get you the right ones.” The best I can tell, this quote is attributed to John Lennon.    The art of being honest with friends can be tricky. Some are blessed with the art of diplomacy and can say pretty much anything, and you'll thank them for it. Most don't say anything, while others carry and dispense truth like a hammer.   IMHO If you want your relationships to be deep and meaningful, you must be honest. Just do it with love.

I know that everybody has a back story and very few of us have it easy, but if you work in the service industry, service is your most important product! If I come into your establishment to enjoy myself, please do not tarnish my enjoyment with your attitude. If you are busy, that's good for business and should make you feel positive.  

We have three orchid plants. We haven’t seen flowers in years — most likely not since the flowers when we first bought the plants.There is a large plant and two smaller ones.

It seems like this week has been a break out week for the weather. A few back to back days in the 50's. Is this the start of spring or a head fake? With Spring upon us it should be easier for Gotham members to meet in between there regular meeting for there "Triad". For those that are not familiar, a "traid" is a breakfast or a lunch meeting with one or two others from Gotham, could be from your group or from another group. This happens inbetween your regular Gotham group meetings. Its a great opoortunity to meet other members in a one on one or one on two setting.

Sunday night we celebrated the wedding of a close friend's daughter.  Our families have been friends since the bride and my daughter met in kindergarten.  That's a long time.  I literally watched this young woman grow up.  

My doctor urged me several years ago to log into and use the patient portal with his office. Not being techno savvy, I was hesitant to do so. But, after a lot of urging from him I did.  

Gotham's Annual Battle of the Bands

Sometimes life is a struggle. We are presented with issues that require us to think about, fix, and move on, yet encounter more issues. Or our technology is not working correctly, which prohibits you from doing anything.   It's been one of those weeks for me. After spending some time away, it has jolted me back. It seemed almost every task I needed to take care of took at least twice as long and sometimes three times as long. Even the simplest thing, which normally would take about ten minutes, took 3 hours.