Tired, Bobby, but a "good" tired, if you know what I mean.  Pain levels have
been through the roof the last couple of weeks, but the pain doc just shrugs
his shoulders.  I think he secretly wishes I would go away because none of
his "easy fix" modalities have been working.  Count your blessings that
you've aged with CP sans pain, eh?

The fly fishing season has started up again here, but I haven't been able to
tie of fish much of late due to pain and work.  I'm hoping both will settle
down with warmer weather coming on.

There's a guy in my church who lost the use of both legs and some upper-body
function in an industrial accident a couple years back.  He was really into
shooting sports (not necessarily hunting), but figured it was all over when
he went into the chair (as a matter of fact, he almost busted a cap on
himself due to the situational depression).

Anyway, this fellow, myself and an industrial designer have been working to
modify his rifles so that he can shoot from the chair with an unorthodox
hand position.  That's been really gratifying.  I think he's going to enter
the National Hi-Power Rifle competition at Camp Perry (on Lake Erie) this
spring.  I'm really stoked for him.  You know, it's one thing to have been
disabled since day one and quite another to become disabled in an instant.
I don't know which is worse or better, but it's neat to see the gimpish
world from more than one viewpoint.

The kids are doing fine.  Alex turned five last Sunday and Anna will turn
ten on Wednesday.  It's so gratifying to see your kids running and playing
and interacting with friends without all of the bullying, taunting and other
BS we had to put up with as kids.

The eldest, Adrienne, is finishing her freshman year at Eastern U. near
Philly.  She wanted to stay on campus through the summer and work as a tour
leader in the admissions office, but decided to come on home early next
month.  I remember thinking that she'd be homesick within the first week at
school, now I think she'll be homesick for school the first week she'll be
back here. LOL!

Laura's condition waxes and wanes.  She's still PCR negative (in remission),
but her immune system is really whacked out and she gets every little bug
that comes down the pike.  She had a CT scan yesterday for an "anomaly" they
found in her lung a couple weeks back.  Of course, we're on pins & needles
until the results come back.

Sounds like you and Joyce are thoroughly enjoying being Texans again.  I've
never visited Austin, but the pictures I've seen are beautiful--and, of
course, there's the music!  You left Memphis for Austin--for a musician,
that is some irony!

So, even with retirement, you still seem to have your fingers in the
academic/counseling pie.  You been writing or head-shrinking of late?

Well, gotta replace the probiscus  firmly on the grindstone and give the
taxpayers their due.  Hug those grandbabies for me.

Kyle

-----Original Message-----
From: BG Greer, PhD [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 11:07 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: News


In a message dated 4/18/2003 9:16:43 AM Central Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:


> Kyle "I sure like yellow more than orange" Cleveland
>
>

Hey UT Austin is burnt orange. But good advice to Anthony. How are you?

Bobby