Damn me.

I find that life keeps getting in the way of things. I'm too busy to blog regularly. Ugh.

Part of the reason I'm adding this post now is so that Blogger doesn't deactivate my account. :-)

Well then.

All in all, life is pretty good. Kids are doing well. Max's potty training is coming along pretty well (what a good boy!), and Cleo almost has the alphabet down pat. They're great little kids.

Nadine's job keeps her busy. Mine does as well. We have a new director (whom thus far has shown himself to be a micromanaging twit), a new team manager (a really nice guy), and a couple of open positions (one of which I may apply for, to see if I get get a promotion and a raise). Reminds me of that commercial from the mid-'90s, about the kid who chirps, "I wanna claw my way up to middle management." *sigh*

Happy holidays and all that.

ugh.

Work has been INSANE lately. We've had production issues up the wazoo, and a lot of us have been putting in crazy hours. And I just went on-call for a week (knock-on-wood). Gah!

Things are going well at home: Max is a great little monkey (he just turned 3) and Cleo is a beautiful little ball of nearly-walking mischief (who just turned 1). And when she sleeps through the night (which is part of the time), things are that much better. My parents were in town for a few days a couple of weeks ago, and that mostly went well. The kids were happy to see "Grammie and Grampie," and I think my folks were happy to connect with 2/3 of their grandchildren, whom they see an average of once a year.

If I were better about such things, I'd blog with the regularity I'd had back in 2003-4, when I was kickin' it old-school with emacs on my friend's server, and bitching about politics. Now life is just too busy. (Aah, I've been saying that for years.)

The kitchen in finally renovated. Pictures...someday. :-)

The new job is good, just BUSY. Did I mention how freaking busy it was?

How lame am I? I'm almost done reading Gravity's Rainbow. I started it... what, 10 years ago? Only finally in earnest nearly 2 years ago? Wonders never cease. Strangely enough, I picked up Pynchon's newest doorst--.. er, Against The Day, hardcover, for 7 bucks, brand new.

Like I have any freaking time to read for fun anymore.

Whaaaah.

OK, back to work. Bleah.

it's been a while...

OK, it's been nearly two years since I last blogged with any regularity. So long, in fact, that Blogger (Google) froze out my old blog. Fortunately I was able to snag the same name, adding only a hyphen.

So, yeah, I'm back.

So, what's happened?

- My wife and I had our 2nd (and final) child, a daughter. She's almost a year old now, and her brother is almost three. What an adventure.

- I was laid off from my job at the financial services company. I got a new job exactly one month later, only to decide that it wasn't the right fit. So I left and am pretty happy in my new position.

- Our home renovations are humming along -- the kitchen is done.