THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE WEEKS

Do you remember how sometimes Seinfeld was called the "show about nothing? Well, I might be taking a cue from Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and company this week. I have a list on my computer of things I am going to write about each week---some obvious, some not so....This is not one of those. The past seven days have been crazy to the point that I have no idea what to write about this week.

Maybe...just maybe I'm thinking about things too much this week. After all, it would be rather big-headed of me to think that reading this blog each week would be a highlight of anyone's time. That's not putting me down, but there are simply more important fish to fry in the world.

But, in any case....I pondered and I pondered....then I pondered some more....Music? Naah, the CMA Awards are coming up, and I've got a few music-related posts to write over the next few weeks. Sports?....Well, didn't I do that just recently? Maybe I could get really issue-oriented and talk about something like health care reform...Well, I did that and I didn't lose any friends about it, that I know of, but I've said what I think, and there's no need to revisit it again!

Wait a minute....I could reminisce about things from my childhoo---ok, I did that before...just a few weeks ago, and I appreciate all the comments I did get from that one. I could talk about the leaves changing, and it getting cooler than it has---Stop me if you've heard that one before....

The next few weeks are some of the most meaningful times of the year for me, and I guarantee that you will hear about it...and then some....So, I'm just going to pause and reflect and close this week's "MLOG"...(short for mini-log), and end this week's extemporaneous (betcha didn't know I knew that word, did you?) column by speaking about someone very close to me---in fact, the closest of all. I guarantee you she is probably sitting down at her desk on the other side of the same house I am in as I am writing as of this moment. It's someone who is working her you-know-what off right now, and has the past couple of years to get to where she is at career-wise. It's someone who has been very supportive of her husband who can almost be compared to the leaf at the beginning of the film FORREST GUMP---wondering what he is going to do next, and clinging to what he has always done-----hoping that he is still going to be able to stay in the game.

In case you didn't connect the dots, the person is my wife, Shannon. I love you,honey, even if I don't say it as much as I should.....