Yikes, half a year passes like nothing.
Lots of things have happened:

• Aki bailed on school (he was crashing and burning academically) but is now working at a technologist job that uses his talents very well, is adequately paid, he's happy and is solving problems for his boss. He moved out for a little while but first my mom didn't want anyone ( Read more... )

Believe it or not, I am here most days for a quick troll through my Friends page ( Read more... )

... is about all I can say for now.
Once there was this little baby I could hold in both hands, and now there's a man living in my house who calls me "Dad".
I'm so proud of him in so many ways, and he is still surprising me in new ones.

Happy birthday, Akito.

(and no, I won't embarass him with a picture!)

Last night I took Aki out on his 18th birthday (Eighteen! Once there was this little baby I could hold in two hands, now there's a man living in my house who calls me Dad....) for dinner and a preview screening of the remake of Red Dawn (I scored tickets in a promotion by Monday magazine).

The inestimable sabotabby has taken apart the original here: Read more... )

Ooooff, what a month it's been. I was looking forward to a good ten days off during the Xmas-New Years bit but halfway through it Body thought it should get even for all the stress Brain had been placing on it all fall and I fell ill from a terrible cold that's going around. That was over two weeks ago and I'm still an exhausted, brain-dead snot ( Read more... )

Oh dear, and another month slips by. It has been such a busy year, at least since May, and there are only a few weeks left in 2011 ( Read more... )

Yes, been a while, hasn't it... Among other things ( Read more... )

Busy times indeed. What's been going on...

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Far too long since my last post, but it was a busy month or six weeks in there. I eked out some of my vacation and took most Fridays off, I suppose I could get used to a four-day week but certainly not as much gets done ( Read more... )

Took a short vacation. Lianne was on her way back from Ontario, and we agreed to meet up in Vancouver and go to Nelson for a couple of days. Which I did, and we did, and it was pretty nice. I'd forgotten how far it was to get there - a good eight hours driving but once we got there it was worth it. We went up to a hot springs a few km north of the ( Read more... )