General Update...

• So, a lot of things have happened since the last non-Gumshoe update. I had my 1st year anniversary being the biggest, I guess. That's right, for all of you who had "under a year" in the pool (and were sure that me getting fired was gonna help you cash in), your tickets are no longer valid.
• My mom had some sort of heart scare. I say some sort not because I didn't listen to her talk about it, but because they're not sure what it was yet. Her pacemaker had to shock her heart into rhythem 5 times a couple weeks ago, but after looking at a lot of reasons why, they can't find anything. She doesn't seem to be too worried about it. I think she's sort of resigned to it being like this from here on out.
• I've started trying to talk to my dad. I say 'trying', because I really don't know what the hell to talk to him about now. We're stuck at "okay, we're talking now". I mean, he basically missed 2 years of my life. How do you catch him up on that? And how do I catch up on his life? I think it doesn't happen. But. I would be mad at myself if I didn't try.
• And what with my mom having to have tests done on her heart, and going to her doctor alone. I find a renewed sense of anger that my dad just walked out. At this point, I know it's not his fault and it's not really mom's either, but it sucks.
• The job is going well. It's nice feeling like you've done a good deal of work (and they are definitely working me hard) and getting that feeling of accomplishment. I missed that a lot when I was without work. When Friday comes, I'm back to feeling that moment of euphoria when I walk out the door and the weekend opens its arms to me like a freind telling me we can go anywhere.
• Starting to get my final assignments for this semester of class. I'll tell you, working and going to school at night is rougher than I thought. I'm very tired after classes Monday and Wednesday nights. And the weeks where I have Saturday class (like this Saturday coming up), it takes me until Thursday to feel awake and lively.
• A couple weeks ago, Dinah's parents visited. They came in Saturday and left Wednesday morning. I had class Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, so I saw very little of them. And what I did see of them was clouded by a tired haze of having just started a job and having a busy class load at the time.
• Next semester, it's Wednesday and Thursday classes. Just two classes. I'm excited. Commercial Law and Legal Technology. Which means I'm almost through with my program. Wow. It's actually gone pretty quickly.
• Chris Carpenter went down last week setting off an angry tirade that I made against the baseball gods on my fantasy baseball webboard. You see, I had tickets to see the Cards play the cubs at Wrigley, last Sunday. Carpenter was scheduled to pitch, but after he went down, the Cards switched to Todd Wellemeyer. And the baseball gods intervened and rained that game out. Apology accepted baseball gods.
• Gumshoe stuff is going to be more regular in the near future. I'm in good shape class-wise and I've figure out how to make my schedule work. So. Hopefully, I will be more on top of it.
• Finally saw Adventureland. It's a good movie. I really liked the way it looks at that confusing time after college (early to mid 20's are a weird time) and how it didn't shy away from the stupid things we all (or at least I did). It wasn't as funny as I thought it might be, but it was much more touching and thoughtful.