There just isn't enough of me to go around anymore, but that's a good thing. I just bought a new pair of shorts - they have a 38" waist. That's four inches less than the last pair of shorts I bought. Just thought I'd share a minor accomplishment.
BTW, more than one person has commented - it's feel good.
Count down - less than 16 hours until my sister ties the knot. I've finally met Blake and he seems to be quite a decent chap. We took a tour of their new house today - helping my sister to move her stuff in. It is a cute house - but needs some work.
That will be a good excercise in learning how to work together. It took Milady and I quite a while to figure out that she can:
1. Tell what to do
2. Tell me how to do it
3. Cannot tell me both.
I wonder if they will work out a similar set of operational guidelines.
During the rehersal tonight, Sis practiced a song that she is going to sing to my new brother-in-law. It is a surprise for him and he doesn't know about it. To test the sound system, I stood in for him while she sang. It was a very odd experience. Odd in a good way. I'm not sure I can explain, but while she was singing, I was close to her holding her hands and watching her face and especially her eyes. It was a very close moment for me - I saw her as a woman, not a pain-in-the-butt-pest. I saw her as an adult with a future, with plans, with love. I can't explain it, but it was a pretty neat experience.
He's one lucky guy. I just hope he realizes it.
I survived 2 weeks of bachelorhood. Actually, I enjoyed it. Other than not having the occasional hug and kiss from wife & kids, it was nice having the place to myself. I found that I was quite motivated to throw things away - but not too much. I'd hate to get in trouble.
I'm leaving tomorrow night to hook up with family for my sister's wedding. She is tying the knot this Saturday. June 25th, 2005. Now that I have written it down, I will have no reason to forget it in the future...riiiight.
This whole getting ready to go is pretty rotten. Usually I am traveling alone and Milady is at home caring for the ol' homestead. Not this time. Now I have to make sure the dog-fish-plants are cared for. The plants are watered. The garbage emptied, pay the bills that will be due in the next 2 weeks, etc. On top of that, I have a wish list that my family wants me to bring; things they forgot. Hmmm, maybe that's a good trend. They leave first, I get my own personal space, pick up what they need on the way out, and then go find them wherever they may be.
Works for me.
I just discovered that my site looks like gnarly in IE. Why didn't anyone tell me I had a huge booger hanging out on the tip of my proverbial nose? Oh, yeah, not many people read it. That's a good reason...
So, do I try to fix it or do I ignore the thing and hope it'll dry up and flake off?
Read today that NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has been working on a "skin" for robots that is touch sensitive. I don't know if they exposed the full truth of their breakthrough though. In reality, it seems that what they've developed was "foreskin". Don't believe me? Check out the video.
So it's been 41 days (give or take) since the last post. It's amazing how so unmotivated I can become to do something when it entails lots of work. For instance, this blog. After about 2 weeks, you want to post what's been happening, but it'll take so much time that you put it off. Then put it off again. And again.
Therefore, to get in the groove, I am goin to summarize the last 6 weeks thus:
That pretty much sums up the highlights. There were other things that happened, but I can't remember them right now. Besides, I'm done writing.
I'm back...for now.