I'm not dead yet......I think I'll go for a walk

There are simply some days for which you feel fortunate to be able to utter the words in the title. Today would be one of those days.

A friend recently asked me quite casually, "How's life?"

This ought to be a rather simple question to answer, yet I struggled and ended up simply answering 42. For those who have not read nor seen "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy," 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Don't worry if you don't get it--it's a geek thing.

Anyway the point is that I could not really give him an answer to "how is life?" because I quite honestly don't know. My life is in complete flux, and you really can't declare a winner or loser until the votes are counted (and recounted if Florida is involved). I could venture a guess that in the end I'll still be reasonably alive and healthy, so I suppose I could have answered, "It'll be good." But he probably would have questioned my ability to use proper English grammar, and I wouldn't want nobody think I wasn't learned good.

So rather than sitting down and specifically recounting what is and is not happening in the major areas of my life, I think I'll stick with my first answer which is 42, and go for a walk.