Last time I posted was from New Jersey, visiting my father for Thanksgiving. It's been so long that prior to today I'd not even seen the new LJ Update page that some of my friends have been bitching about. Contrary to what my silence since then may have implied, I have not died, nor have I been hiding under a rock. I have been really crazy busy.

( I'll try to keep to highlights. )

So I guess I ought to mention what we're doing up here and all. Context is a good thing.

radiantbaby and I have been alternating holidays at our parents' places: one at her parents', one at mine. Since my parents separated recently, though, we hadn't spent a holiday up here with my father in NJ. Sure, we visited once for a quick weekend, but that was rushed ( Read more... )