God Bless You & Keep You Kay-Kay

An beautiful sunset tonight as the sun set over the mountains... a very appropriate sunset as it was as if God was saying "my shining light is here with me." I found out last night, that my friend Jim's wife, Kay-Kay, passed away last week. She was such a wonderful and spunky person and we became instant friends from the moment we met. I couldn't have picked a better wife for my friend Jim (from Alabama). I saw them last year when I was out there for Labor Day weekend, it was my first (and only thus far) trip to Alabama. Both Jim & Kay-Kay have had chronic, serious health problems. Kay had multiple health problems and had been a nurse by training, so seeing her get hooked up at home to an IV and wheel it around wasn't surprising. And she has stood by Jim as he had a brain aneurism that resulted in a large side of his skull being removed, and then just this past year he lost (at least) one of his feet due to complications from blood clots in his legs. They used to joke about being in ICU together (for different reasons, but at the same time). Please keep my friend Jim in your thoughts and prayers, this will definitey be a tough time for him. They had both hoped to get well enough to come back over to Hawaii for a visit.

On the work side... it was another busy day, I only saw 3-4 clients today, but had to spend quite a bit of time familiarizing myself with my list of clients, reviewing their notes and such, but technically, I'm supposed to see 10 more clients over the next two days, and tomorrow afternoon I have to staff a case, and then Friday morning is blown with staff meetings. It doesn't leave much time for appointments! At some point, I need to sit down with my calendar and figure out where the time goes in this position. I don't feel like I am wasting any time, and like today, I think I had 15 minutes to grab something for lunch.

On a good note... I did get up and I took the dogs for a quick 1 mile walk this morning... picking up the speed... they didn't know what to think when I wouldn't let them stop at every bush for a sniff and a smell. *smiles*

On another note... wow... was it hazy today! We had a lot of VOG (Volcanic fog). It was so thick I could barely see Honolulu on my drive home, and I couldn't see Diamond Head from my apartment!

My friends Bette & Walt should be in Kona tonight... I hope the VOG isn't TOO bad for them there... and that it doesn't cause any respiratory problems for them. A lot of people get sinus headaches with the VOG and those with Asthma have increased difficulties.

Okay... signing off!

Aloha!
- Kris