Little sleep, too anxious

Soon the sun will be up and I'll have been awake for an hour or so. Family from Dallas arrives noonish and I can't wait. This Christmas is special. I'm excited and fruit dog (this term was coined by me some 20 years ago and means melancholy). A reveal: this may be our last Christmas in Peoria. 

I missed my calling this year. I should have kept the beard and bleached it white. Since picking up ALS, I have picked  up weight. All in my belly. I was told I'd lose weight. I was told to eat a lot. Add fat to my diet. Put mayo on everything. Leave it to the medical profession to get it wrong on nutrition. Never did they ask what I did for a living. Had they posed the question, they would have found out I burned more calories in an hour than the average middle aged man burned in a day. Once I quit working, as I followed their directions, my pant size had only one way to go- up. Now that the gut is staring me in the face, it's tough to get rid of it when I cannot exercise as I should. One consolation- It doesn't matter much that I can't see my shoes, I'm unable to tie them anyway. It's all good- I have a lot of big shirts. If you see me, feel free to call me a slacker. I'll recognize the sarcasm.

If you read my last post, you can see I don't give a darn about diet. Truthfully, most days  I do. Christmas time calls for exception. I'll set the Jazzy at a higher speed to burn more calories.

This week we received a month's supply of special herbs from China. We found a handful of clinics in China that have had some success in treating ALS patients- or maybe not. Rather than jump a plane to experience TCM, we bought herbs used in their treatment plan. If I show any measurable improvement that can be attributed to the tea, I plan to start learning Mandarin. I started the tea yesterday. Worst tasting crap ever ingested. Smells like chicken soup. Tastes like chicken shit, only worse. I guess Kids will be here in 4 hours. Can't wait. Whoa! I need a shower! Amy? whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.