Micah Burkettes Place » Health & Fitness

New membership

Micah — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:32:26 +0000

I decided to get a new membership to a gym. It has been a long time since I have worked out and I actually miss it a lot. I have gotten out of shape lately, even though I work a lot and tend to do enough manual labor at home to keep me semi fit. I am not happy with that though and intend to fix it. I got a family membership in case my wife wants to go as well. Not that she needs it, she is as trim as can be, but you never know. She might like to go with me. We shall see.

She loved it

Micah — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:42:29 +0000

So I got my mom a cheese cake and of course she loved it. I have so much fun buying things for the women in my life. Of course I like to buy stuff for dad too sometimes, but you cannot always predict what dad may want. The man has everything. Mom on the other hand is easy to buy for. Just get her a cheese cake and she is the happiest person in the world. I don’t understand why men complain about women so much, when they are easy to please.

My sister is the same way. She loves cheese cake as much as mom does and is happy to get one. Don’t ask me why they just don’t buy themselves one more often, because that is a question I cannot answer. Probably because I do it for them. Of course they are always going on about their weight, so that might be it, but I doubt it. Doesn’t really matter because it gives me a reason to spoil them.

I hate fevers

Micah — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:50:43 +0000

I have been running a fever today and it’s driving me crazy. First the sweats, then the chills and all I want to do is sleep, but I can’t. If I go to sleep, I will be up all night. It is really annoying. The medicine the doctor gave me won’t kick in till tomorrow sometime, so I have to suffer through it. Blah, I hate being sick. I know what your thinking, men are all big babies when they are sick. You would be correct. I freely admit it. Time to go veg out on the couch now.

Doctors appointment

Micah — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:04:53 +0000

I really hate doctors, but I woke up with a swollen throat and lymph nodes and a fever. I hate being sick even more than I hate doctors, so I will go get some meds and take care of this. I can’t really afford to be out of work for too long. I hope it’s not strep throat though. I have had that before and it took forever to get rid of. The medicine for it didn’t really agree with me either. Oh well, I am off. Talk to you people later.

Learning About Home Schools

Micah — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:40:10 +0000

While getting a haircut today, I was sitting next to a nice woman, Gail, who was talking about home schooling with another woman in the waiting area. Not that I intended to eavesdrop, but they were talking across the room loudly and everyone could hear.

Turns out that she was having so much trouble with her public school about her son with ADHD and she could not afford a private school, that she withdrew him from school and is home schooling her son by herself. She had gone to college to be a teacher but had gotten married to someone in the military and they traveled so much that she could never take a job as a full time teacher.

Now they have settled in this area and their son is struggling with a lot of attention issues, which the teachers complain are disruptive. I thought that the schools were required to provide this child with the education suited to his needs. I do not agree with the idea that disruptive students must be sent home for homeschooling. Not every parent is equipped with the skills to teach their own children – many have jobs that they need to support their families and cannot stay home with their children.

I am going to have to get in touch with my local congressmen and see what is being done to help these children.

Belated Holiday Greeting

Micah — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:32:24 +0000

Got a nice card from an old friend today, Lindsay. She apologized for being late with the cards but she has had a lot going on at her house, so she wrote a nice long letter and enclosed it with the card.

Her husband was on his way home from work a couple of weeks before Christmas and some woman with two little kids on the car ran a stop sign and broadsided him. He has been in the hospital in traction since the accident. To top it all off, the woman who hit him did not have insurance.Of course, his car was totalled. Thankfully he was driving a big Mercury or his injuries could have been a lot worse.

I feel really bad for Lindsay and her family. Just when you least expect it, something catastrophic like this happens and your whole world grinds to a halt. Of curse, she is lucky that no one was killed. But that is small comfort when your husband is lying in a hospital bed and not able to work for an unknown length of time.

Star Wars Marathon

Micah — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:40:35 +0000

Not feeling very healthy today. I sure hope I don’t have the flu. I really don’t feel well at all. So today I’m staying home, sleeping on the couch, eating chicken noodle soup and keeping a big box of Puffs tissues close by. Sure glad I found a Star Wars marathon on cable today. That will make the time fly by, and if I fall asleep during the movie its no big deal.

Hot Enuff

Micah — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:14:29 +0000

Yes, it is hot enough for me. The temperature officially broke 100 degrees everywhere in Middle Tennessee. The weather report said that it felt like 125 degrees. Thankfully I was in an air conditioned office all day. I didn’t even want to go out lunch and deal with the heat – I just brown bagged it. We need a break from this heat – it’s only July. What on earth will August bring?

Cold Snap

Micah — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:31:39 +0000

The weather has been great – March has gone out like a lamb, so that saying has proven true once again. And the groundhog was right, too – we did have an early Spring. I am so glad to have this winter behind us and gone.

Although most of the week was warm days and days, we are having a little cold snap this weekend. It’s all good – you can’t mess with Mother Nature.

Todd Cerney Benefit Concert

Micah — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:03:20 +0000

Heading out in a couple of hours for the benefit concert downtown. The money raised will help a songwriter pay his medical expenses while he is fighting cancer. His outlook is not all that good, but he has a lot … Continue reading →