So I finally decided tonight where I'm going to start, and I'm going to start with right now. Right now I'm in a hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the second day of a four-day trip. I'm hoping to play a little Doom 3 (in the spirit of Halloween) before I go to bed, but we'll see what happens.
There, that was easy. Now my blog is up to date. Though there are a few big things I should probably fill you in on (if you're still out there, anyone). First and foremost, I believe I mentioned something about Abee and I having a baby in the spring. I'm happy to announce that Adelaide Elizabeth Louden was born on May 6, 2008, and is already rapidly approaching her six-month "birthday." I suppose I should see if I can dig up a picture somewhere. Let me see if I can log into my home computer from here. . . yup. Ok, here is one of the most recent pictures I have, of the three of us before we went to this year's Purdue homecoming game (Adelaide stayed with my parents, but we dressed her for the occasion anyway). Don't ask me how the game went. You don't want to know, and I don't want to remember it.
Other than that, not a whole lot has changed. I'm still a First Officer at Chautauqua Airlines. I was hoping to upgrade to Captain by the end of this year, but then oil hit something like $1500 a barrel and the whole industry came to a screeching halt. There's always next year, or the year after. We never sold our condo, mostly because the banks were unwilling to work with us to get a short sale (that's where you sell it for less than you owe, and the bank eats the difference). Because of the baby, Abee quit her job (which was and is the plan all along) so the condo is now under foreclosure. At this point, we're happy to be rid of it any way we can. Because of all this, we're still staying with Abee's parents, which is going well. We have all of our stuff there now, and some of it is being used as a makeshift living room and office in the basement, the rest still in boxes. It's nice to have my desk and chair back, and I got a new computer. Our couch and home theater (minus a decent TV) and some walls and carpet that Abee's parents had put in make the area a comfortable area for us to hang out and play with Adelaide.
That should suffice for a decent update for now, certainly better than waiting till I have time to go into everything at once. I'm hoping now, with this off my shoulders, that I'll be able to just write short little bits of things that are going on or have happened in the past year. I wouldn't bet money on it just yet, but the odds are pretty good. Until next time . . . .
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2 comments:
I understand what you mean about wanting to write something, but it's too long, so you put it off, and suddenly there are months to write about, and it's all so overwhelming, and then you just kind of quit. And yeah, just picking back up on whatever day it is is the best way to do.
Part of my problem is figuring out what I want my blog to be about. It seems the most successful blogs focus on pretty much one thing. It would've worked for Sydney, but we're not there. So what now? Writing? Cats? What it is like to have a house? All the things I complain about? I just don't know.
Oh, and I think you did a nice update. And a great photo!
I actually prefer not limiting myself to a specific theme. It gives you more chances to write in general, and allows for more random people to stumble upon your blog (so that we can all get the recognition we so richly deserve).
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