HAD MY EYES CHECKED AND MORE

This is a shot of my house and I am refurbishing the exterior wood working. As you can see by the light color of the wood on the very right (to the right of our 16' Indian ladder) that the wood I worked on has a much richer color. This is the project that I started this past weekend. As I have to do a solar project tomorrow in Dixon, my time to get this project done is passing. Also, I have to pick up another gallon of this stuff before I can do any more.

Alright, so yesterday I went to the VA hospital in Albuquerque to have my eyes checked so I can get a new pair of glasses. Well actually Linda and I went. Now a number of you are thinking why in the world would I go to the VA with all the bad publicity they got back when that ass from Texas was pretending to be president. Well lets face it, Walter Reed was really in bad shape and Bush really didn't give a shit about our troops. But the fact is, that in the years I have been involved with the VA I have gotten good care and the staff at the local Embudo Clinic, Espanola Clinic and at the VA hospital have been great and helpful. As many of you know, I am more into wholistic healing so when I say that I have gotten really good service from the VA you know it has to be good to get my okay.

Anyway back to the eye exam. I got in only about ten minutes after my assigned 11am appointment which isn't all that bad. As for the exam, all I can say is that it was the most comprehensive exam that I have ever had and I have been wearing glasses for as long as I can remember. They had my eye so dilated that I had to wear two pairs of sun glasses on the way home. I was in the chair for over two hours and came out with a new pair of glasses and a clean bill of eye health. Although the rest of my day was shot and I am greatful for Linda driving, I left there totally amazed at the great exam I had. So if you know of a vet that is not taking advantage of what the government has available, please talk to them about getting signed up.

The only bummer about going to a VA hospital is seeing the men and women, both young and old that are skeletons of the people that they could have been had they not gone to some government contrived war. I personally believe that America has not had a legitimate reason to send its young people in harms way, since World War II. I don't mean everytime we had a mission because yes there were some legitimate incidents along the way. Korea and Viet Nam were the first is a long series of asinine wars. And look at what is going on as I write this, we still have troops in two countries that are sucking the lives out of your brave young soldiers.

These were Bush's wars and I think we should send him over there to straighten it all out. I mean after all he is the one who walked around playing fly boy in that uniform claiming to be "Comamnder in Chief", so lets see just how damn brave he really is.

Anyway, enough rambling from the desert. Hope you all had a good Halloween.

Terry R. Wolff