Silent Nights

Hello again, my friends...it has been a while since we crossed paths, has it not? Perhaps you were wondering where the posts have gone, and perhaps you blame me for that, but alas, it is not so simple. For the most devastating of events has happened to my free time over the last three weeks--December.

I know, I know...I should have seen it coming. But when the last minutes of November 30 ticked away (and unlike most people, I literally see the changeover for every day), I truly never saw December coming. The whirlwind of family visits. The travelling. The gift purchasing. The joke gift preparations. The conscious decision not to buy a Christmas tree (even this takes time). Wrapping all of the newly-purchased gifts, which for any man can be quite a chore. Oh, and eating. Way too much eating.

But is this my true reason for not posting over the last 23 days? For anyone that has been in contact with me, you know that it is not. The real reason for the delay in this post is that it is currently being typed on a brand new Apple iMac G5. A transcendence has taken place over the last two weeks, oh yes indeed.

I've been saving up for this purchase for quite some time (basically since my own personal version of The Ring started in January), and it is truly an exciting time for this particular computer geek. Even if Kelly's father has repeatedly warned me that the Mac World is basically in league with the devil himself.

I could share more details, but for now let's just say that most of the (considerable) setup/transfer work is done, and I expect to resume normal degrees of posting and e-mailing over the next couple of weeks. For those that I have been late in getting back to, please accept my apologies!

In a quick wedding news update, I am very pleased to announce that Cliff Seals, a good friend of mine here in Greensboro, has agreed to join the wedding party and become a groomsman in March. He (along with Kevin and Dirk) have been great friends of mine at UG for some time now. So thanks to Cliff, and I'm sure that all of you will enjoy getting to meet him!

Oh, and in case you are wondering, Sydney's little round belly is growing rounder by the day.