let's see. my dad died the day before thanksgiving. dec 13th is the anniversary of my mom's dad's death. my daughter is moving to TN this week - and is looking for someone to take care of a couple of cats for a few months. my wife is unhappy with me because of a decision i made. my younger boys are going to london so they'll be gone for most of the holiday. i've got something wrong with my stomach (i can't tell if it is inside or outside of it) that hurts. there's other family stuff, but i'm not comfortable talking about it here.

so it's not been a particularly joyful time, and the upcoming days are going to be stressful - family members unhappy with me, etc.

sigh

the day before thanksgiving, my dad died. it was unexpected - in fact, he was out on the farm, working with my brother.

the last week has been kind of a blur. I've not been feeling well physically the past few months anyways. And I've been under the weather emotionally as well. So right now, things are a bit hard.

i just mistook my own blog posting for someone else's.

i am really operating on half a cylander.

i brought the kids up to mvnu for the tri-state bible quizzing tourney. so far, they are 3-1. But they really need to buckle down to end up well in the tourney. There are 53 other teams !

i'm not as low - i got to see so many of my friends from nwo, swo, eo, co, and more that it helps.