may 15, 2004 -- hot creek ranch

sigh.

so today i turned 40 fuckin years old. spending the weekend at HCR ... another week-long sabbatical. don't know if i'll be employed when i return, but right now i don't care. had a great fishing day. got it all right and gave a few sore lips to some old and new friends. "b" is here and i have to admit i'm not all that upset about having someone invade my private time here. nonetheless, i still get a four day solo stint later on. 

odd, but on the way up i thought of another who shares my same birthday, if not the number of years. this time it was with a smile rather than a sinking feeling of regret. time really does heal i suppose.

shared some wine tonight given to me by a good friend. 

all in all ... life's pretty damn good right about now.

m