Most people may think this a bit
late, but since my family is celebrating Christmas today, I think
it’s fine.
I’ve been a wee bit behind in blog
posts. Fortunately, as I only have one regular reader of this blog,
and about 6 who drop in for the moronic screenplays, so as long as I
get the annual Spants episode out by the first week of
November, I call a year a success.
Frankly, since August I have had
better things to do with my time.
Since moving to this frozen
wasteland, I have had precisely one day in which I did not see both
of my children, and that was when they took a trip to Billings to get
the Dot’s skull evaluated. Coming off a job in which I didn’t
see my complete family for 3 or more days at a time (despite living
in the same house as them), that’s saying something.
Speaking of the increasingly
expensive skull, the jury is still out. We hope to get some answers
by February. A dramatic shift in form was followed by an explosion
of development (including an apparent grasp of Universal
Precautions illustrated below), and we hope that this indicates that a surgery will fix
the developmental delays the Dot has long suffered. Fortunately, our
insurance here curb stomps the crappy coverage from my last job.
Speaking of juries, our Christmas
time has been plagued by a counter-suit and discovery motion from the
city of Ludowici involving the death of Cam, our beloved ’96
Toyota, at the hands of their police chief. Twenty-two pages of
stuff they think they need to know about us, including how often we
have “conjugal fellowship.” Anyone who really thinks they need
to know that can go conjugate themselves, as far as I’m concerned.
On to more pleasant subjects, the
Lump has developed a personality this year, and the ability to say
“creepy clown” when she gets to “C” in the ABC book
(seriously, the picture reminds me of the clown from IT). It
does come out more like “eeky lou,” but I think it’s cute.
She’s also walking and learning to climb, which frankly, may be
less pleasant to deal with than lawyers, but such is the growing
process. She also seems to share her Daddy’s fascination with all
things alien.
And in a related note, Monday will
tell us whether or not we have to buy a whole new set of baby
clothes, or if the Pepto Bismol explosion will be enough.
Along with the newest addition to
our family came the first subtraction. We bid farewell to our idiot
beagles Fritz and Kraut on the way to our new home in Montana. It
hurt, but they both found homes within 2 weeks, courtesy of the
Munising, MI animal shelter. I hope we see them on our vacation
there next year.
To borrow from a popular comedian,
the one word I would use to sum up my family’s life is:
interesting.
