Happy birthday to my sister LOLA! I just got a phone call from Marla who is almost like a sister to me. She's a longtime family friend who is staying at my mom's house to be there at night. She's the best and she has done so much for my mom. WELL, Marla just called me and said, "Tommy, you're not going to believe this"……I instantly got a pit in my stomach because she sounded so different and kind of raised her voice at me and I got nervous at what she was going to tell me. She continues and says, "Tommy, your mom got out of bed herself and was in the kitchen and she made herself toast and coffee"………HOLY BALLS! You don't understand how cool this is because for the longest time Marla helped my mom out of bed every single day. It's a frickin miracle what is going on with my mom.

Yesterday, after the show I drove to see my mom and then up to Escondido to run an errand, so I was on the freeway for a few hours and it gave me time to just THINK.  Sometimes, my mind gets so full of details and things to do that turning off the radio and just thinking helps me out.  90% of the time, I’m just singing really loud to the radio.  I got re-focused and I feel good.

I can’t wait for Friday.  I’m really nervous.   We do have a video presentation and then we’re on stage after that.  I’m so nervous about being on stage.   It’s one thing to talk on the air, but to see the people in front of you is really frightening and I’m already self conscious about my weight AND cameras are down below shooting up at me and all they see are my double and triple chins.   Man, now I just freaked myself out.  J  I just want to get through what we are doing on stage after the video.  Once I get through that, then it’s time to celebrate.

The race:   Holy balls, I have to run at the party.  Have I trained?   What do you think?  You know me.   I’m going to race Randy in the ballroom and we’re going to run about 80 yards or so.   I will talk trash today and tomorrow on the air and I will sound like Muhammad Ali before a fight, but I would much rather be at the bar eating a pizza than running.  Get close to the stage after the race, because you may win a thousand dollars.  J     I’m just going to let the electricity from the room and my adrenaline and my stupidity guide me during the race.    Crap, maybe I can put sugar in Randy’s gas tank and he won’t make it to the party?  Remember, TONYA HARDING?   J    Just kidding.  It will be fun.

I am just so happy my mom is doing so well.  Yesterday, the doctors were there and they didn’t have any explanation to why my mom is doing so well.  She’s up and walking around and picking up things now and going through drawers and she’s also very very very very MEAN.  Not mean as in mean, but now that she’s talking better and stronger SHE  HAS  STUFF  TO  SAY.  My mom doesn’t hold back.  Before she was just weak and couldn’t say it out loud.  NOT ANYMORE.  She just blurts it out.   If you are self conscious like me or whatever, you do not want to see my mom.  God bless my mom, but my mom tells it like it is no matter what.

Thank you again for listening and supporting the show for so many years.