Well, since Kyle was fussing at me that I don't update my xanga anymore, I thought I'd go ahead and do that (HA!)

Emily turned three months on Thursday, so in just a few short hours, we'll go collect her from daycare and get her pictures taken...thankfully, I'm off work, so I have a free and clear and hopefully peaceful day away from that, before starting a trek of six straight fun days before vacation...and, of course, the NCAA tournament starts then too (strange that I'd be off for that - hmmm).

Let's see, what has happened since I last updated way back in October.

Well, obviously the big one was the birth of my daughter on the 9th of December...Emily Frances continues to astound, amuse and amaze me every day...people always say your world is turned upside down with the birth of a child, and it's true.

Last month, my mom had a heart attack and quintuple (yes, five) bypass surgery...she's home in Emporia and slowly recovering after a return visit to the hospital...this of course came in the month one year after my father passed away, so naturally, saying I was afraid would be a colossal understatement.

Work of course continues to be a place that I spend forty hours a week and end up largely unsatisfied...I enjoy the people there for the most part, but...change may be coming...we'll see.

I'm also struck by the irony of life in that a lot of things that I'd looked at as ideals and perfection have changed into concerns and worries...it also strikes me as bizarre that when my work life was going well, my personal life was chaos, but now that the personal life is stable and normal, work is chaos.

Anyway, think that's enough meanderings for one night...won't promise another update real soon, but probably less than five months from now.