by James McAllen | Jun 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
5 Hours. It’s an extra-inning baseball game. It’s a half a day of work. It’s the equivalent of the drive to Boston. But when you’re sitting in the waiting room as your wife is having brain surgery, it’s an eternity. Eternity has just begun. It’s been a 6 month...
by James McAllen | Jan 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s 3am. I can’t sleep. I haven’t slept properly in weeks. I fall asleep at 11pm, and I’m wide awake at 2am, mind racing, with no chance of going back to sleep. And so, I wander the hallways of my mind. i.e. — I go on Facebook. I’ve never been one to worry about the...
by James McAllen | Dec 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
I ruined Christmas — again Ok, not really. Well, kinda. Ok. A little background first. I’m not a big fan of Christmas. It’s the most stressful holiday imaginable. Not only do you have crowds, and traffic, and shopping and spending ridiculous amounts of money, you...
by James McAllen | Nov 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
apnea — from the Greek, apnoia, which means breathless. For those of you who follow my blog, you may have heard that I recently changed job locations; from Soho in Manhattan, to Orangeburg in Rockland County, NY. I know, right? What the hell is in Orangeburg? Well,...
by James McAllen | Oct 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I woke up on Friday morning, it was cold. Not bone-chilling cold; not winter cold, but just enough to make me dread the oncoming winter. I decided that staying in my sweats and lazing around the couch was the order of the day. I had ideas about going to the gym,...
