From the trenches

I'm finally able to climb out of bed for extended periods of time and I wanted to peek in and say hello.  We are, in fact, still alive over here.  It's been quite a while since I posted; I've had the worst two weeks of my life, if you'll allow me that bit of melodrama.

I'm sure you all know by now, but in case you don't, my father passed away and the three of us travelled back to Ohio to say goodbye and make arrangements for his funeral, and in the meantime caught a nasty stomach bug followed by Influenza B.  I've never been so sick in my 25 years of life, and now I know why people get the flu shot.  Sign me up for 3 next year, please.  I don't mean to be dramatic but I have no idea where I can even look to being catching up on our real-life, let alone our blog.  I'll be back soon, though, since this is a little bit like therapy for me.

In the interim please keep us in your thoughts- specifically that we could catch a break soon.  That would be nice.  Normalcy would be great but I don't want to ask for too much.