An Unscheduled 4 Year Update

Yeah, I know, it's been 4 years since my last post. A lot of things have changed in my life in that time, but here's a short recap of the action: wife took a transfer to offices in Sacramento, allowing us to move out of the Bay Area and me to get out of the prison that was my previous job; we bought a house, just after everyone's money caught on fire in the recession, so the price was lowered; I went back to dealing poker in a card room, but the recession also meant that wifey's job evaporated.

We have been lucky, having been able to get a couple contract jobs for my wife, while holding onto enough savings that, with my income and tips, we have been able to keep the house (not that a lot of nails weren't bitten and hair wasn't pulled). Now, wifey's job prospects are looking up again, and we are looking for a return to a more normal household economy.

That's a nutshell.

Other things did happen: Mom and Dad came down from Canada for a visit; 3 Christmas' have passed; I turned 40 (in a doctor's office with pneumonia); we totaled one car, bought a new one - life goes on. If I had been keeping up with the blog, each of these would have been a significant post. I was looking though my older posts and can update a few of them - television programming still seems to be recovering from their reality TV addiction; G4 has improved, but I am now thinking that I have left their target demographic; I still hate Hayden Christiansen and George Lucas for raping my childhood; and there is a kinder gentler president.

Looking at everything, things are ok right now - when our household recession is finally over, I am sure I will post more, but until then, everything seems to be alright. :)