Here he is, little Casey James Marion Fox, like I said earlier, he was born on the 24th, at 19:00. He weighed in at 7lbs, 2oz and was 19.75in long, or tall however you want to say it.
I told my sister she did a good job of incubating the little fella.
I am back in TX, drop my load of used rail road rails in Houston tomorrow. Who knows where I go from there.
BlackWolf
PS I used to be that cute, just ask my Mama if you don't belive me.
Howdy folks, so here is the skinny on my life, my sister finally gave birth. Yep, she went in for a c-section today. Her Due date was yesterday, and they found Jr. turned around trying to go out butt first today. So they just cut him out.
His name is Casey James Marion Fox, that makes him Casey version 3.0. Dad's nick-name was Casey. Its a story I can tell later.
He popped out at 19 inches long, 7lbs 2oz, at 19:02 central time. Very cool addition to my family. I am now again Uncle Casey to another wonderful creature.
Now to the superhero story, which is why I was going to sign on today and post anyway, but CJ popped out and that takes precedence.
I have many hero's in my life, one is my sister, anyone who can carry around the growing child for nine months is a hero.
One is my Uncle Marion who just kicked off, I am more like him then I like to admit.
My Mom who just got her leg cut off, and taught me unwavering faith that God will take care of us no matter what.
My mentor Norm Barden, who kicked off awhile ago, who taught me how to not be a Christian, but a representative of Christ.
John Wayne for teaching me how to be a man.
George Bush, Ronald Regan, Dr. Cox(Scrubs), Jack O'Neil(Stargate SG-1), Mr Oyler, and David Hasz for teaching leadership.
Samwise Gangee for sticking closer then a brother, even when Fido(yes I know its Frodo) didn't deserve it.
Superman for teaching truth, justice and the american way is not just a slogan.
Alan Cleaver, not only because he is a good friend, but also because he can operate those crane machines with wonderful precision. You know those games in truckstops and malls with the big glass box stuffed full of cool gadgets and toys, and for 50 cents a pop you can attempt to get those toys and/of gadgets. He is a master at it.
I am not, I suck at it, and really admire the talents of Alan Cleaver, you could even use the term "Jealous" and be accurate. I on one of my latest trips came upon one of this crane games, it was full of nylon stuffed Homer's. Yes stuffed "animals" in the shape and resemblance of Homer Simpson. I knew right off I had to have one of them. There was this great one of Homer as Radiation Man. I wanted him and I was bound to channel Alan's mad skills and get him. How much cooler of a representation of a superhero can you have ridding around in your truck.
So I put in fifty cents and as usually, perfect aim, but no luck on the crane machine. The claws just don't get tight enough, and I walked out of the store. But when I got back to my truck I knew I had to do this, how else could I prove myself a man. I have to get Homer or admit defeat in life.
So I go back into the store, pull out a dollar bill, place it in the machine and take my next two trys, the first moves Homer, still not picking him up but putting him into a more favorable position to be grabbed. The second try, screws that up and knocks him back down. I little kid walks up and is now staring at me. All the little hope and faith in his eyes that I can get him. I must not let down the little Mexican kid, I have to get this Homer. I put in another dollar while knowing the whole time I am just wasting it.
The third first try, I move Homer back into the favorable position, the second second try, or fifth try if you are counting sequetually, I drop the jaws of the crane, they slip around Homer and lift . . . I have done it. Homer is fully in the air, I hold my breath, knowing he will just fall on the way to the drop slot, I know it . . . what, he is going to make it . . . no, why, how, the luck of the almighty Cleaver is with me today. Radioactive Man Homer falls into the drop slot. Thinking that I should not have wasted my only good luck in months on Homer, but rather a Mega-Millions Lotto ticket, I pull Homer from the crane machine.
The little Mexican kids looks up to his new found hero with hope and wonderment in his eyes, with a twinkle in my eye, and an evil laugh I walk out of the store, while the Mexican kid crys. (Not really, but he was headed to Daddy, I know to make Daddy feel like a man and win him a Homer.)
I put Homer on my dash and drive down the road feeling really cool, like I am a real man, having defeated my enemy.
I decide to call Alan and tell him of my victory, and the honor he holds in my life. He does not answer, I am excited, I have never won anything from one of those vile machines, I have to call and brag to somebody. A pretty girl, what a great option, maybe she will fall for my mad skills and marry me for my newfound abilities. Wishful thinking I know, but even if it does not go that far, I can still tell her of my victory and feel good about myself.
BeRekah Morris is the first to answer the phone, and in my excitement I splurt out "I got to tell you something!!!", but as I finish that line and hear her say with mild excitement "What?" I realize I had not fully verbalized my statement correctly. I had dropped the "tell" which made the "got to" and "you" slur together and sound a lot like "got you", so it sounded on her end like "I got you something!!!" with a whole ton of excitement behind it, thus her mild excitement in her answer.
I was crushed, I wanted Homer of myself, but I had just given it away. I can ignore a little mexican boy crying his heart out, but a pretty girl, what is a guy to do.
So upon my arrival home I wrote a cute note and left Radioactive Man Homer in her car for her to find the next morning, sad, but satisfied that God had taken this as a learning lesson on "Pride comes before the Fall"
I did after that get a call back from Alan and told him about "Accidently giving away a superhero." and how I had channeled his skills in the process of acquiring said superhero.
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OK so its not that bad, but sometimes it seems it. I am taking sleep and drive time and spending it with my family, thus leaving me driving long distances while sleepy. Not good, so far I have been able to do it fine, I just need to get a couple real good nights of sleep to catch up. Tonight is going to be one of them.
Mom gets out of the Rehab Hospital on Saturday, that is great news.
My Uncle's family is working through the detail of the death of my Uncle.
It would be good for you all to make some plans for death, get term life insurance and let everyone know that and how and where everything is to go. There is no fighting over my Uncles money, thats cause he had none, so try to be nice to those you leave behinde.
I am tired, and have recently been longing for someone to care about, I guess that is cause of all the stuff going on.
Well thats the update, sorry for the long pause and the shortness of detail, but its about all the energy I have.
BlackWolf
PS a good strong stiff drink would do me good about now.
If you ever have to call your Mom and tell her that her brother is dead, find someone else to do it.
Being the patriarch of the family is not something I wanted to do this soon, and currently it sucks.
BlackWolf
PS I hate the french, but on rare occasion they do deserve some credit, on rare occasion.
PPS In case none of the above made sense to you, my Uncle died.
The news from best to worst.
It is official, I have deffinutly been to OR now. Saw the man, the myth, the legend, Jason Womack, and to top it off also saw Michael Haver, how freaking lucky and just by the visit, cool am I?
Mom is coming out of the drugs, Dad is pretty happy about that. The quitting smoking seems to be going well for her, of course its not like she can just run outside anytime she wants now to get one.
Ok so that was not funny, at least not yet. I will be in Colorado tomorrow and see her again. That will be good.
My sister got fired, or temporarily laid off till she is not pregnant anymore. So that is as it is, she was a bit emo about it, she packed a couple bags and headed to Colorado to be with Mom so that is good I will see her tomorrow as well and that will be good for both of us.
My Uncle developed a low grade infection in his blood, probably from his lungs. It has affected his heart, on and off he is having an irregular heart beat. That part of my family signed a DNR for him, for now.
BlackWolf
PS if you have a loaded truck do not do double the speed limit down Hwy 22 from just south of Hebo, OR off the 101 to Grand Ronda. Trust me, its bad enough empty.
You can now call my Mom "Stumpy". Actually you should hold off for awhile on that, wait till she thinks its ok. She got her right leg cut off just above the knee, everything went as well as it could have. A lot of thanks go out to you and your prayers.
As far as my Uncle, he is doing well, an infection started somewhere in his body, and has moved into his blood stream, they put him back on Parallactic, and he is also back on full Dialysis, and Ventilator. The Tractotomy will have to wait, and they opened back up his stomach to check and see if the infection was in there so they have to go about slowly closing that back up as well. It was not in his guts, nor in his legs, so I suppose they will have to monitor him the next few days and see if they can find it and all that. Other then being on the verge of death, he seems to be doing well.
Thanks for the prayers once again, they mean a lot to my family and I.
I am in Portland tonight, drop there and in Tillamook tomorrow, and they who knows where from there.
BlackWolf
PS for those of you who are directionally challenged both those cities I listed are in the North West corner of Oregon, which is on the west coast of the United States of America, tucked between the lousy state of California, and the "so so" state of Washington. South of CA is the baja penicillia of Mexico, which just had a hurricane hit it. And to the North of WA is the good part of Canada, the french are lazy and not a lot of them made that far.
BlackWolf
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