Here’s your damn blog!

Originally posted on MySpace Blog

Quit whining already! Okay, just kidding...

It's cold and snowy. I'm surprised I haven't keeled over and died yet. I got back from St. Louis last Tuesday evening to find the door between the house and garage wide open. Stupid people who came to look at the house didn't even close it correctly. My heat must have been cranking from sometime on Friday and it just couldn't keep up. The house was 45 degrees when I walked in. My poor kitties! Since then, the heater just hasn't been quite right. I think I need to have it looked at. Bleh! It snowed about 7 inches yesterday during the day. I shoveled twice. It's amazing how I always forget how evil shoveling is. It is fun and all at first. Then you start getting a little numb and sweaty. Then when you walk into the house the temp change kills you. I would buy a snow blower but I wasn't planning on being in the house for the leaves - let alone snow.

Anyhow, my trip to St. Louis for Turkey day was good. Family as always can drive you a little batty, but I managed to have some time to myself and with some friends. Funny thing - while I was there I got an email from that foreign guy I went on 2 dates with a while back. Back in late Sept. or early Oct. I told him I didn't think we were a good match. So he emails me, asking me if I still feel the same way and do I think it is something we can work on. Work on?! I don't get it. What is there to work on?! We had 2 dates and really nothing in common. So weird. I haven't replied and I'm not sure I even want to (knowing what little I know about him, it is almost an invitation to prolong the conversation.)
Now, back to the trip... The nephews and niece are cute as ever. I hate living away from them sometimes. As for what a few of you are really wondering about (the real reason I went home instead of the folks coming here), yes I got to see that guy again. I saw him twice and I had a great time. It's still very surreal - to be reunited with someone who was such a huge part of your life and is becoming that again, if not already. I won't dwell any further on it to spare you all...

As for work, that big project that was killing me lightened up. We hired a contractor to help out with the excess workload, so I went into my Thanksgiving mini-vaca thinking that things were going to be okay on that front. It turns out while I was away, the guy we hired had a health scare related to his heart. I'm not exactly sure what happened but he was hospitalized last week and is rumored to be returning this week. He's a really nice guy. He was already in a bad situation with previously being laid off and apparently so was his wife and they have kids - last thing they need is health problems and medical bills. I hope he's okay - for his sake not my workload :P

Anyhow, there's the update I know some of you have been looking for. I'm going back to cleaning and playing WoW - yeah dorky, I know. But that's why you all love me!

Cheers,
Franz