"Home" Again

Originally posted on MySpace Blog

Well another holiday season has come and gone. I'm finding its end to be rather bittersweet.

With each trip I took to STL this past year, I found myself wondering more and more why I'm in the Twin Cities. I have some good friends here and my job is okay, but I'm not sure that's enough anymore. I guess it doesn't help that the past little while the job isn't quite what it used to be. I actually used to look forward to going into the office. Now I'd rather work from home as much as possible. As for the friends, I have about 3 or 4 good ones. They're all coworkers and we really don't do that much outside the office. I hang out with two of them outside of work more than the others and I enjoy those times but I dunno... When I go home and spend time with the old friends it just feels normal - like I never left. It's been 5.5 years and so much has changed over that time but it's still normal. I feel like I fit.
Oh yeah and then there's the family part. It sucks seeing the nephews and niece only a few times a year.

Anyhow, enough of that. Overall the trip was good. The flight down there sucked ass. I was supposed to leave Thursday night but that flight got cancelled due to fog. That direct flight turned into a Friday morning connection through Dallas... Skippy. I had the displeasure of sitting next to a bigger non-space conscious person. Here's the quick version: Ear wax, constant eating, taking over 1/3rd of my seat, ass grab and cleaning teeth. Yeah.... now I'd like to forget about that.
The first 4 days were just busy. Between birthday, Christmas, family (screaming insane kids) and friends, it was jam packed. Then the cold came. My mom was and still is pretty sick. My grandmother got sick too. Thankfully, I kept popping the cold-eze, drinking juice and water and I turned it into the 1 symptom a day cold. Now it's moved into the chest and I'm dealing with the cough. Too bad that never lasts one day. I took it easy a few days and did nothing, but others I did my best to stay out of the house and away from the sicker people. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see everyone but I swear the next time I'm in town we will get together. It's probably best anyhow. The days I stayed in helped and I wouldn't want to infect anyone. Those of you I did get to see, I had a great time and am glad that I got to spend time with you. :)

So now I'm home. The trip home was rather uneventful. It's nice to see the furkids again. Rufus is wacky as always but Otto does seem rather off. He's looking thin but when I weighed him he's at 9 lbs. Ahole was less than helpful but said he looked thin. Thankfully, when Stacia looked in on the kids she paid more attention to them but she confirmed that he was off. He is rather lethargic and just not right. He's missing the counters and stuff when he jumps. It's sad. I have an appointment for him tomorrow afternoon.

Well I should wrap this up. I gotta work in the morning (from home of course). I hope you all had a fabulous holiday season. Happy New Year to all.

Cheers,
Franz