6/16/2011

Sent to the group on 6/16/2011

I have recently spoken with an old friend (by old I mean OLD, literally…LOL,) a little bit about college coursework, professors, and it initiated pleasant thoughts about the past. Now when I say OLD you need to take into consideration the source where it comes from, me. I’m talking about Melissa Thomas (MT for short in the rest of this week’s message,) and if you’ve been reading these messages awhile you’ll have the capability to note that Melissa has been talked about a time or two before, and if she is old then I am older (by a little over a year.) I feel like I am 22 years of age and if you find her to be older than that you may need to have your vision checked. Before I get too far let me tell you how you can see her page, http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=39514999. If you are lucky enough to know her already then the information I am about to tell you may seem a little repetitive. Twain’s quote comes into play here:

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up." -Mark Twain

I firmly believe Melissa lives by that, even though she probably never heard it before.

MT’s wisdom far exceeds that of an early 20’s person (she only looks that age,) and her personality and demeanor are much than a person of the age she appears. Sure she can be totally serious when the time calls for it, but more often than not she uses her intelligence to make a witty comeback or just leave you laughing. My Dad’s side of the family is like that, too. As far as I am concerned laughter is the best medicine for most situations. Melissa’s intellect is astounding also as she works at James A. Rhodes State College, and no MT is not a professor there (although that thought makes me grin.) She is an Admissions Counselor there, and if you are thinking about college anywhere I’d suggest talking with her. You will feel welcomed knowing her… trust me. Let’s just say her mind is quick as a fox, as the expression goes, and she could be a college professor if she wanted. Melissa is a remarkable person, and a fox reference could be used to describe more than just her sharp mind, if you catch my drift. I would love to have an interesting, amusing, and fun time hanging with her again soon, and I remember her middle name is Ann (WITH NO “E.”) Okay maybe you had to be there to find humor in that.

Nothing manmade or anybody, here on earth, is perfect, but using a scale of 0-1; I would give Melissa a .9 repeating on the overall generalization of quality being (composed of everything MT.) Be careful now, I have an on going argument with my high school Math teacher Mr. Bunn (http://www.facebook.com/bbjb49), Lee Wayand (my PSEO Calculus 151r boss over the internet as a HS senior: a class I never received credit for due to no participation after 12/5/1997,) and Dr. Tosh Bissau Data (an math instructor at OSU-Lima and I know not the correct spelling of his name) about whether.9 repeating is equal to one (1) or not. They all say that it is, and even though I’ve learned and done the theoretical proof that shows they are equal, in actuality I know that is a blatant falsehood! I’ve learned that one has to jump through hoops for education, in order to achieve good marks. If .999… can be classified as an equal to the number one (1) then Melissa Thomas is perfect. Work that backwards and it is obvious that the numbers are unequal. Even though they are not known by me in Melissa’s case every human has flaws.

Speaking of somebody who has one major imperfection I’ll introduce you to my friend Tom Prebis: http://www.facebook.com/tprebis. Despite the fact that we have opposing viewpoints politically speaking, which is fine, there is still another issue I have with him. Tom believes in a socialistic big government type system where the govt. decides who get what and how much. He believes in spreading the wealth, and is noted as saying that we should be able to have the same type of health care as “industrialized European countries” do. He believes that mandating what the American people do and the slaughter of innocent youth is okay. Hey that’s his opinion and he is entitled to it. I believe in working hard to get ahead for yourself, and it would be nice for you to donate to worthy causes if you exceed that which is required for you and your family. However, I believe that in this fabulous capitalistic country Uncle Sam needs to keep his hands out of the cookie jar and stay out of our personal lives as much as they can. Likewise I am entitled to it. Still some people think that I am a die hard Republican and only care what happens along party lines. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. I just want what’s best for this country.

I actually couldn’t care less about politics or the party system. I just like to get on Tom’s nerves, because he fails over and over to give valid reasons that back his statements;

1.) “Obama will go down in history as the greatest president this country has ever seen.”
2.) “I saw it in his eyes, when I actually shook his hand and looked into his eyes, he (Obama) is a compassionate man.”
-both by Tom Prebis

I’ll leave you with a saying from the page of Hazel Delacruz, http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000907965549&sk=info,

Trying times are not the time to stop trying!

Thank you so much for being my friend. If you suggest your friends for me that would really be great. Can you also please invite your friends to join my Facebook group, "The Rest is Up to You” (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480?) Please share this message!


~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
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2/26/2010

Good day and I am sorry that I have not been updating this as often as I should be. Too concerned with staying healthy and getting back into the routine of things am I? No, but it is time consuming.I am now riding the exercise bike fast and furiously a few time per week. In 30 minutes I am getting 8.7 miles covered, and typically I continue that for a second 30 minutes as a cooling down mechanism (That's one hour riding that results in about 17 miles.) Yesterday, though, I rode the Schwinn Airdyne exercise bicycle for 100 minutes (that's 1 hour and 40 minutes,) but I cooled down emmensely those last 20 minutes. Overall I covered 25.5 miles, and burnt 660 calories. That left me tired... but no pain no gain, right! I am instructed by doctors and medical professionals to not lift > 30 lbs., but my day will come when I can sign up at the YMCA again. I hear patience is a virtue? It is not often prevalent in me :-). Oh well... I've been active on Facebook, and trying to get my message out there. I have developed a group called, The Rest is Up to You, and I encourage you to join that group. I send out a motivational email, that includes at least one famous person's quote, about once a week o all members that joined prior to sent time of the email. There is upwards of about 600 people who receive email currently. I am always open to the idea of getting a service elsewhere, but funds are an issue and facebook is free. If you join or not please invite all of your friends to join also. I want to positively affect as many lives as possible. And please visit my website: www.mattschroeder.org and/or email me: matt@mattschroeder.org . Thank you.

1/22/2010

It has been awhile, but I have not had vast time to do this. Be assured though everything transplant related is going great and my cousin who donated the kidney is doing fabulous as well. He is back to work and everything. My immune system was knocked out for the surgery, and the bad part about that is I have to wear a surgical mask whenever I go in public to prevent infection. I hve to be a masked man only until February 18. So far there is no sign of rejection, and I hope to keep it that way for the next 50 years at least. I figure by hen they will have artificial kidneys that people can get. We have the best medicl technology and advances in this country.

1/13/2010

My sister and her family are coming here this afternoon. I guess Rob will not be here until Saturday, because he has to work. Lisa and her three boys will be here later today though. I will have an opportunity to help mold the three little kids who range in age from five and a half to the youngest who turns two on April 29.

1/12//2010

An older (significantly old:-) friend called just to see how I was doing after surgery. I don'ut know if she works for her husband or what she is doing. I went to the clinic at UC today for my kidney. Everything went super, and my next appointment is not until four weeks from yesterday!

1/2/2010

Happy New Year everbody. 2009 is over, and it is time to start the last year of another decade. Yesterday, January first, was a Friday, and iit seems rather odd. The start of the new year would seem much better being on a Monday, because the work week starts then, too. It does seem like the weekend came a little bit early, and today is only Saturday. On Tuesday I went to my first basketball game: St. Henry vs. Kalida, but today marks my first Coluimbus Grove Bulldogs game.

12/26/2009

It's the day after Christmas, but we are still in the holiday season. I checked out the ads in the newspaper this weekend and was startled at how early stores were opening today. I guess there are many returns or exchanges of gifts people received from the jolly man who wears the red suit. Many customers are also out spending cash that they received from relatives. There are some bowl games on today, but the Buckeyes do not play until next Friday January 1, which is also the first year of the next decade. Or some still argue that it is the last year of the previous decade. I do not know for sure, but tend to coincide with the belief that it is the beginning of the last year of a decade. It is all contingent on how they began to track time with a calender. Did they start with one or zero? What do you think?