Mortality and my friend Jack

I have the next 6 days off -- but it's only from the museum -- I still have to go to the college but only two days -- so I won't be updating this for awhile hopefully I will have something to say when I get back. Im not going anywhere I just have to burn up some comp time.
I thought about posting my finals on here but then I thought who wants to read a final if they aren't taking the test. Besides how would you know how you did?
My mind is still not focusing -- I think Im having a brush with my own mortality. I know I'm not immortal
at least not anymore --
but one of my officers is termanially ill -- I know that's sad.
He is this really cool older guy who you wouldn't think was as old as he is, he has a pony tail and all the other guys hate it -- I think because they're bald.
Having had hair almost to my ass at one point I don't mind it
The museum President thoought I would ask him to cut it -but I didn't
So any way back to the point he is dying I won't say from what -- but he has only about 6 months to live and is taking it very well.
He has decided that he is going to work until he can't. He has told the doctors that he doesn't want any treatment -- I'm not sure if that is the best choice but I admire him for not just handing his life in to the doctors and say that he quits.
I like that he is saying by God this is my life right up until the very last day and you aren't going to take it away from me until its done.
He's an old railroad breakman
meaning he road in the back of the train and would apply the breaks so the back end of the train didn't get whipped around turns and jump the tracks -- now computers do it -- but when he was younger that was his job
He knows the state senators here in this state personally and I have been with him when they come here and talk to him by name
-- it really gets at the "power elite people" around here too that they talk to him and have to be reminded of their names --
One thing he does I think is funny -- He'll be at work walking around and burst into song -- He told me once right after I started here that he knew the first two lines to 2000 songs -- I haven't heard him sing the same one yet.
Well to my friend Jack -- who will never read this -- I hope I have your conviction and desire to live if I have to face death I hope I can grit my teeth back at his and say Not now I'll come when I'm done. My strength to you in your fight Jack