We have electricity! Last night life went back to normal. I cooked supper. The 3 of us played EQ2. Travis and I watched 24 and then Heroes (probably the best episode to date) and then played more EQ2. May not be exciting, but it is my life and I like it.

Not the weekend I anticipated....

I had planned on going to do surveys for my temporary job all day Saturday. I got up early. Got dressed. Got my stuff together. Was out the door by 8:45am. Got in the car and realized my GPS wasn't turning on. No green power light. Nothing. So I went back inside to plug it into the main port to see if there was a ( Read more... )

Shane had arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle yesterday. As some of you will recall, there was a certain New Year's Eve party at Dan and Kerry's place a couple of years back. For unknown reasons, Shane, who was sober, jumped off the back porch. Unfortunately, he hit the hill at a bad angle and hurt his ankle. He has suffered with pain and ( Read more... )

Life is good.

Stray Kitty is home! I got a call from my pet sitter on Saturday evening. She said, "I think I saw your cat, but he ran from me. It's dark, and cold, and windy, and I can't find him, but I wanted you to know." I thanked her, but didn't get my hopes up. She is sort of flakey, and I don't think she would recognize my cat if I introduced ( Read more... )

Stray Kitty is missing. The last time I saw him was Friday night. I noticed he was gone Saturday afternoon. At first, I assumed he was sleeping somewhere, trying to stay warm. I left to go grocery shopping and when I came back, I mentioned to Travis how strange it was that Stray Kitty didn't come to greet me. We compared notes and realized neither ( Read more... )

RUSH will be touring this summer following the release of their new album May 1. As soon as I found out, I started making plans.

My first thought was to quit my job and follow them around the globe for 4 months. Once I realized that wasn't going to work, I checked the dates for Dallas, Indy and Seattle. I then got in touch with my brother, who ( Read more... )

Not a lot going on....

Let's see. St. Patrick's Day Shane was at Spring War. Travis and I went to a local Irish Pub that was hosting a sort of "block party." There were live bands, food, drinks, etc. We hung out for a couple of hours. We drank green beer and Pear Cider, sang, talked, laughed, had a good time. Between sets, they had on music over the ( Read more... )

I hit 40 last night. Travis and I got in a group. It was ok. I probably won't play much this weekend, as tomorrow is St. Pat's Day and Travis and I are going to a local Irish Pub for live music and beer. Sunday, Shane and I will probably go do something, as I leave Sunday night for Houston. I return Tuesday night. We leave Thursday after work for ( Read more... )

I hit level 39 last night. Yes, on EQ2. My equipment sucks, and I don't know how to group with her, as Travis and I have been getting all of our experience with just the two of us (and Shane helping when we need to kill a mob we can't take to finish a quest), but we are still having fun, and I guess that is what matters. I plan to hit 40 by the ( Read more... )

So, this will seem strange to most of you, but it made me feel all warm and fuzzy...

I had a patient on hospice services for 2 days. His daughter revoked our services to pursue other treatment. He died the next day. Even though he wasn't mine when he died, I looked up his obituary in the newspaper. The family had the following statement in his ( Read more... )