how is 2011 going?

Hello friends,

I was just thinking about all of you this morning when I saw the beautiful snow falling in New York Central Park on the today show. I was hoping that no matter where you are you were getting out and enjoying the winter weather. Thanks for your updates and staying in touch.

So far it's been a busy 2011 for us and things seemed to be going quite well.

I finally submitted my edited manuscript PublishAmerica just this Wednesday. It was tough for me as I wanted to add and edit and add and add, but finally just thought enough was enough and it's my best writing that I can do at this time in my life. I hope it's not too wrought with errors and grammar problems. PublishAmerica doesn't help at all with the editing process. Now, I wait for them to do their formatting and cover design. Perhaps I'll be completed by 6 to 9 months from now. In the meantime I keep on writing and have completed more than 50 pages of a science fiction/SQL to the first, so far called "Sealand 1001". And I have also finished editing my memoirs of the first 25 years of my life. So writing is still a great therapeutic adventure for me each day. I would love to find a literary agent to represent me and give me some guidance. I've written several but no response. I guess I just keep trying at my leisure, I'm in no big hurry.

I got out of the house twice in the last week. I went to the Sony open, so far I've gone every year for the last 12 years. I go with a friend of mine, a retired Air Force major who was a college friend of mine. he takes very good care of me and we had a good time. I also went to the dentist on Tuesday so I am a little bit exhausted. Going out really is a challenge for me.

My son Christopher is back in school at the University of Hawaii in the middle of his junior year. He worked at Best Buy over the holidays as a seasonal worker, learned a lot from the experience. And now he just got a job with an Internet company called "Clearwire". I'm very proud of him, works hard and seems to be very responsible for a 20-year-old. He still spends one day a week with me, which we enjoy very much.

Mineko continues to work full-time. She's always busy and has so many things to do and worry about. But her strength is amazing and her love for me and each other is still very very strong.

My health seems to be pretty stable. I think it's all perspective. I have good days and bad days, but so does everyone. I do get bored sometimes, mostly that happens in the middle of the afternoon when I'm too tired to work on the computer, or uncomfortable for being the one position for too long. I'm grateful I can still do some things. I do wonder about the future, try to take each day as it comes. I have wonderful friends and caregivers.

Thanks for checking in and have a great week!
Rick

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