Cosmo's Food for Thought

 So tomorrow is moving day!  No not the Cafe (although some wish I would, to a more visible location.  We are moving to a home to rent back in Cicero.  It's a small ranch & will give us some privacy & more importantly get us closer to our Daughter & Grand Kids.  The stress from the upcoming move & this down turn in business has taken its toll on me & Ella Mae.  She has endured  much in our 44 years together (43 as my wife).  We have had & are still on a 'journey'.  Now that we are almost to Medicare age I guess the wisdom kicks in & I for one begin to question some of my decisions through out our life.  It was with EM, Lindsay, Jeff & our Grandchildren in mind that I took on the running of this Cafe.  There are no 401's or company retirement plans for us, so I envisioned this Cafe picking up the slack from Social Security.  EM has worked all her life & up until last Spring, two jobs @ once.  There is not a more loyal, hard worki

   Well the ups & downs of operating this Cafe continue.  We had a couple of very good weeks and than a couple of not so good.  You would think I would be able to deal with that yo yo affect after 2 years, but unfortunately I'm not quite there yet.  I still continue the journey though & do not give up easily.  Maybe I am stubborn, proud, won't be defeated, or just simply love what I do & will persevere until I can't physically & must call it a day.  However, if God can keep me upright I won't stop until He gives me the word to.     It's almost Halloween & 'folks' can't find enough ways to spend money.  Now I am all for the 'kids' having fun, but as with everything we seem to do now a days, it has become another commercial economic engine & this one now takes us directly into Christmas.  Oh, Thanksgiving is just a 'pit stop' or 'bump' in the road for which 'folks' who are in the retail trade c