Family Life

I’m back to using contacts, about a month after losing one. It was a very routine visit, considering the past six months of tests and trials and experiments. The doctor was pretty optimistic about my general outlook and sent me on my way with instructions to see her in six months. So now I’m in [...]

Micah went to bed at about 9 tonight. This offers us an evening of unprecedented freedom. A couple of weeks ago we moved his crib upstairs, as far away from the rest of the family as possible, where he could cry to his heart’s content (OK, so that’s a somewhat contradictory turn of phrase). We [...]

These things just snowball out of control. It started with an idea I had to write down some family history. My brother kindly provided some web hosting space and set up a wiki for me. All I had to do was start typing, and learn a few of the software’s editing idiosyncrasies. Easy. A few [...]

I went to see the optometrist again today. I have a one-year paid membership at the local university clinic. Every time I go I’m attended by a new student, but I make sure I schedule my appointments so they always coincide with the same supervisor. That provides some continuity with my treatment. I like the [...]

We had our annual Gloria Music board meeting today. Imagine a long oak table, in a room paneled with dark wood. High-backed leather executive chairs surround the table, and there’s a leather blotter at each place. Notepad and pen lie on each blotter, with a glass in the corner. There are a couple of mints [...]