Thought it Might Take Longer..

Wow, only a few entries into my blogging career, and I can't figure out what to write about.  I have heard about writers block, but never understood it.  I can remember not being able to come up with words to write before, but it was usually because I was under the gun to get a research paper done or something like that.

So let's see, I could write about how it seems lately that a lot of people I care about in my life are sick, or have passed.  How I don't quite know why some people have to suffer through terrible illnesses, or are full of life that is then cut tragically short.  All the while there are others that don't seem to value life enough to live it every single day.  I could tell you all about how my Mom, who is one of my heroes, exudes life.  She is in a wheelchair, and yet seems to be much more capable than I find myself on many days.  How my Dad (another one of my heroes), works harder than any other human being I have ever known, and he is retired!  How Friends of the family have recently passed way too soon, or have had brain surgery, or things like that.  Nah, I don't want to write about that....

How about I write about how difficult it is to be in a blended family, especially when it comes to holidays.  How hard it is to get Joey, Corey, and Lauren to all come over to decorate gingerbread houses with their busy schedules (Corey actually postponed coming over because there are some "Very important fights on that night")  I had no idea!  Just kidding Corey, thought it was a unique excuse.  Joey actually said "Oh Yea, I forgot about those", (like "Man, I'm glad Corey remembered so I don't miss them.")   I could tell you about trying to arrange a time to go see my parents with Joey, Corey, Lauren and Keara all in tow.  How we need to coordinate all this with Keara's Dad, and the boys Mom.  I could talk about the actual gift giving part of Christmas.  The guilt most parents feel about not being able to buy everything their kids wants is exponentially more difficult when you factor in step-children and ex-spouses.  On one hand, you want to make sure you get a good gift, but you don't want to duplicate anything, or give a gift that either overshadows the one your ex-spouse gives, or for that matter gets blown away by the gift they give.  It's a tough racket, and all the while, the only thing everyone wants in return is to spend time with all the kids.  That is the toughest part, but I will do my best to try and make everyone happy.  Nope that isn't fun to write about either.....

I know, I could write about the Broncos firing Josh McDaniels.  How I have always been on the side of the coaches in these situations.  It always seems the coach is ousted when the team is doing bad, even though they are not the ones throwing interceptions, missing tackles, fumbling, all the stuff that goes against a team when they are down.  How this time I think it's different.  I really liked the way Josh started out.  He ran the team to make sure that he had people on the field that wanted to be there, thus attempting to ensure the previous examples wouldn't lead to his downfall.  He made some tough personnel changes, and tried to make sure everyone was pulling in the same direction.  This was all well and good, then my feelings changed.  I still like Josh, but if you look at the games leading to his demise, there was a trend.  We started the game offensivly cramming the ball down the oppositions throat on our way to pay-dirt, getting the momentum, playing well.  Then the other team made adjustments.  They changed things on the fly and were able to stop us in our tracks.  Then we did the opposite, we didn't make adjustments to their changes.  That falls directly on the coaching.  So even though I like Josh, I see what happened there, and support the team I love.  No, I don't want to cover that either, everyone is talking about that right now.....

Well, maybe if I think about it a little longer I will find something to write about, until then.....

Peace,

Woody