Hello 2010
The first day of 2009, I was stiff and sore from falling down the stairs the night before (not because I was drinking, that happened before that). I also woke up with a skull-splitting migraine. I sent 2009 out with friends, playing Rock Band and drinking (not much, because I'm sick).
The year 2010, in which Jupiter shall turn into a star, is off to a rolling start. Yesterday was quiet after our guests left -- I played a lot of video games and used up half the Kleenex in the house1.
Today, I'm going to be going out and helping my mom buy a new iMac. This will either go very very smoothly or be very very painful. Wish me luck.
1. Okay, it was more like two-thirds of the Kleenex.
Family Miscellany
A few family-related updates:
1. Saw Transformers 2 last night with one of my future brother-in-laws. The verdict: fight scenes good, plot's awfully thin, and one really really bad continuity error (you don't go out the back door of the Smithsonian into a desert with mountains in the background and a bunch of parked C-141 Starlifters looking like they've been mothballed.) Predictable. Probably won't watch again.
2. Working with other future B.I.L. We're going to get a few iPhone apps rolled and on the App Store -- that's the plan, anyway. We're still trying to come up with a name. We've got 2-3 good ideas for software, and I'm trying to think of others.
3. Picked up Mooch's remains at the UPS depot yesterday. That was surreal and a little sad. My chubby little girl's been reduced to a pound of ash. I'll need to track down a classy little urn for her.
4. Mom's heart appears to be okay. EKG glitch gone, still some minor chest pain/pressure. They think it may be her gall bladder. Crazy stuff. She's starting to have lots of surgeries -- knee, bladder, bunions, etc. Pretty soon, my mom will be a cyborg.
5. Kate's back in NC, after coming home for the family camping trip this weekend. I'm missing her like crazy again, but I'm looking for upsides to this. Upside: I get to drive the Honda Fit while she's gone. Woo, gas savings.
Delays
So I've not been updating lately. The last month-and-some-change has been pretty tough. First there was Terry ending his own life. Then there was having to euthanize my cat/BFF. Last week, I found out that my sister-in-law has breast cancer and that it's metastasized. And then last night, mom gets admitted to the ER with chest pains (a blip on the EKG, enough to warrant a trip to her primary care this week).
So yeah, haven't been writing a lot lately. I'm sure you'll understand.
Upcoming, though: reviews of the Fibre Flare and Nite Rider USB Mi-Newt lights, my thoughts on Iran and North Korea, and other scintillating fun.
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