Originally published at Unimatrix Two.

By the time April rolled around, I was pretty worried about several things. My savings were depleting and I hadn’t found a new job. Mom was in a rehab center in North Carolina 4 hours away from me because of her latest mini-stroke, and getting to see my girlfriend only every other weekend was becoming ( Read more... )

Technicon 27 started with our water heater cracking open ( Read more... )

Okay! I'm tanned, rested, and ready. Well, not tanned, and after the weekend I can't say I'm rested. But I'm ready to catch up a bit!

On June 13th, Starr and I got married in the atrium of Senara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. yubbie was kind enough to officiate for us, and we had a gathering of blood relatives and a few friends ( Read more... )

The first folks I asked for transport to Roanoke had other commitments, and that's completely understandable: this all happened on pretty short notice. I was getting a little panicky about finding someone ( Read more... )

Okay, quick recap of the last ten days: Starr's doing really well. She's had to do a lot more physical labor than someone who'd just left the hospital should, but since I was working my butt off as well, I really couldn't relieve her of the necessity ( Read more... )

Langley is closed for the day, which surprises me. There's a dusting of snow outside, but it sure isn't anything I couldn't drive through. Perhaps the bridge-tunnels are unsafe. Our e-mail notification system is a tease, though: "Check Sunday at 7pm." 7pm Sunday: "Not sure. Check Monday at 5am." 5am Monday: "We're definitely closed until Monday at ( Read more... )

I feel guilty when I let Twitter do most of my LiveJournal updating for several days. It doesn't help that my DSL, which was working fine for a while, died again over the weekend. They'll come by on Friday to look at it. Cox Cable, folks, I'm telling you now ( Read more... )

Someday I will learn to keep a stash of ibuprofen at my desk ( Read more... )

Things to do today, in random order:

1) Have large breakfast so I don't mope all day.

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My Mom's back in the hospital. The blood thinner she had been prescribed caused some internal bleeding; it seems to have stopped, and she'll probably be out again by the weekend. But... oy ( Read more... )