Sticky day

Sticky day

05.10.04 (12:53 pm)   [edit]
It's humid and warm today, with thunderstorms rolling through . . . glad I'm working, for once. :wink:

I've had a busy past few days and again haven't been much interested in blogs or blogging. My apologies to everyone who has probably gotten used to my frequent comments on their blogs, as I just haven't been around much in the blogosphere of late. I promise to find the time to check in again soon . . .

Lets see, where to begin?

Firstly, my sister-in-law is doing much better. Her plasma count is back up in the normal range and her treatments have decreased accordingly. She's back home and things are somewhat returning to "normality" in both her home and mine. She won't be returning to her job teaching before the summer break and depending on how things are progressing with her pregnancy, perhaps not until the baby is born. (It's still a matter of wait-and-see as far as whether or not her blood disorder has had any affect on the fetal development, but we're hopeful and optimistic.)

Secondly, I went to court on Friday for bankruptcy. I know it's not a great thing to do, or to admit, but on the other hand I now have a chance to get my finances back in order. Much of the reason for my decision to file stems from the financial troubles of last year when my wife lost her job and our whole world spun off it's axis. I'm certainly not alone in having this problem in our current economy. I don't care what the spinmeisters in the government or their lapdog press says, things are not going fine with the economy. Proof of this can be demonstrated, I believe, in the record-setting number of bankruptcies filed in the past year. In fact the session I was in had at least 25 people all filing and that was before 10AM in the morning of that day. :evil:

What else? I've got a large paperback order to do at work and only 8 more days to complete it.

My wife had to work her "long weekend" of the month - once per month she ends up having to work 4 nights in a row; from Friday to Monday. So I've had a lot of time alone with my daughter . . . not to say that I don't love to spend time with her, but going to work today was a pleasant change. :wink:

Also, I decided to spoil her by getting her a first pet. We decided on a hamster because it's small, and because our landlord who lives downstairs is allergic to cats. I picked out a non-biting variety, which in retrospect perhaps wasn't the best choice as it's very tiny and very fast. But it's so cute! The exact variety is called a Robovorski and looks like a mouse with a very short tail. He's pretty tame, but definitely likes to poop when he's out of his cage - like on my shoulder. :roll: We're still looking for a name for him, but "Poop Machine" is moving up the list . . .

Anyway, R. is thrilled to have him and woke us up at 5:50 this morning because she wanted to play with him. :roll:

Here's a little picture of what he (we're assuming it's a he, but he's been too fast to try to sex - not that it really matters to anyone but him, or her) looks like:



Anyhow, that's what's going on . . . and why I still need a vacation. :roll: