It has been almost 5 months since I last posted to this blog. A lot has happened in that time. We've taken 3 family vacations to Disneyland (July, August, & November). I've completed my per-requisites for bariatric surgery and have submitted them to insurance for approval. Another college semester has begun and is now nearing completion. I guess not that much has really happened but it just seems like a lot.
Home life seems to be going ok. Amy has a growth around her thyroid. Biopsies have been inconclusive. Her thyroid is working normally and she doesn't want it cut out because she doesn't want to be on medicine for the rest of her life. I agree with her but if it turns out to be cancer, I don't want her to die because she doesn't want to take a pill. I want her around and I'm sure Elizabeth wants her around for a long time to come yet. Amy is researching everything and trying to wrap her head around it and make a decision. It depresses her and makes her angry. I wish I could do something to make it easier for her. I'll support whatever she wants to do.
Elizabeth is more amazing everyday. Just thinking about her makes me happy. She is turning into such a big kid already. Disneyland is quickly becoming one of her favorite places (who can blame her) and she doesn't understand why we just can't visit there all the time. She wants to help mom make dinner and play games with her on the Wii, even if her coordination & timing is still not very good. And she just wants to be with us all the time, which is ok by me. I do love taking her to the mall and watching her play with others in the kid's corral. She's a social butterfly and loves the attention but she is also good natured and shares and plays well with others. I wish I was as good of a person sometimes.
I'm gearing up to run a Dungeons & Dragons game for the 1st time in 10 years. Part of it is a feeling of nostalgia I've had lately which has been fueled by eBay. I've been able to buy some items I lost from my childhood and now feel a need to play with them. The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh is one of the adventure modules I remember most fondly from my early days of playing D&D and now I've bought the series and plan to run it for some friends who have never played the adventures. I hope I get it right and can make them feel the same way I did when I first set foot in the haunted mansion and then the shock of discovering the truth. I also bought a set of Traveller rules that are about 30 years old. I owned these in the early 80s and a friend borrowed them and never returned them. I don't know if I will get around to running a game but I thought it was always the best science fiction RPG on the market. Maybe someday...
I guess that's about it for now. Life is challenging but good. I feel mostly happy and look forward to the holiday season and what it brings with family and friends. I will try not to let this go so long again.
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