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Executive Function
By lmhall | February 15, 2008
Here’s what we learned in the Garden this week:
The Executive Function of my frontal lobe appears to be diminishing. Last to develop, first to fade. God Help Me.
The frontal lobe of your brain houses your Memory Chamber and the Executive Function and controls your recall. Names, planning, managing distractions, and Multi-Tasking. Herein lies the problem. The Focus.
Add a little (d)icy weather to the mix and here we are! A precious hour was burned earlier this week chipping away and trying to break into the warehouse. I inhaled one can of de-icer and destroyed a brand new telescopic ice scraper. And no, I didn’t wear a mask, even though the label on the can suggested it.
Back to the frontal lobe. In a nutshell, evidently you can retard the shrinkage of your lobe and the fading of the functions with……DIET and EXERCISE!
The results of this week’s lobe research involved binging and interrupting the fitness schedule. New audio stimuli included sound effects. The crackle and crash of branches snapping, sounds of scraping, and frozen daggers falling from the sky. Where’s my nerve pills?
So, we practice gratitude and remember how lucky we are! We have power and have escaped the devastation of the last couple of weeks. Glory be to Jesus! (or whoever your higher power is)
Earlier this week, we received a message from one of our vendors in Memphis reporting that part of their warehouse was obliterated by the January storm that took over 60 lives.
So this would be a good time to salute our friends up north who are accustomed to the long and harsh winters. From the Winter Weather Wussies down here, We admire your strength and fortitude!
Also kudos to my friend Joel, who is a great guy and was dearly missed when he made a mid-life career change. Did he have any idea he’d be in FRONT of the camera, rather than behind it when he made the move? Now he’s in the hot seat and doing a great job.
And then: A Kind Word From A Client:
Thanks again for the necklace. It was very special to her and meant a lot to me (and to the other loved ones) that she had it on during the funeral and was buried with her. Splint (her beloved dog) is now with her always.
This has been a very terrible event in my life and I will always remember Kim and all the wonderful times that we spent together. She was truly one of my best friends, no matter how different she seemed. It seems to just now be hitting me.
One of our East Coast clients asked for your thoughts and prayers as she starts her journey into the Widow’s Club and her son mourns the loss of his father.
And finally, an email from my aunt regarding my grandmother’s ashes:
I was intending to send a small container of ashes out there that can be kept or scattered….so that a little of Nelda would be with her Missouri family….I think that she would like that…..love d
My reply: “Maybe we should take her to Branson!”
She loved that place!
Today’s Fitness Tip: Avoid consuming cabbage and fried food before strenuous exercise.
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