Transitions

Again, a period of blogging inactivity. My apologies. It's been a sucky two weeks.

October 25: Brent, my wife's best friend, and a good friend to me, also, passed away.

October 29: Final day of my contract position. No new contract in sight. Drive the 300 kilometres home through a Prairie Blizzard, to arrive late for prayer vigil for Brent.

October 30: Pallbearer for Brent's funeral. An honour, but not a joy. Previous experience as pallbearer was in 1983, for my grandfather. Also an honour but not a joy.

October 31: Had a wonderful third Halloween with our son, despite bitterly cold temperatures. He went as Buzz Lightyear, in a costume made by my mother-in-law.

November 3: Alexander comes down with a cold. Doesn't sleep. My wife doesn't sleep. I don't sleep. This lasts three days.

November 7: Informed by aquaintance that a job is being offered. Accept job, details to come on start date - expected start date week of November 17. Details to follow.

November 8: Go to my wife's cousin's second birthday party. 6 year old cousin is sick, with some dreadful viral infection that my wife's aunt and uncle failed to warn us about.

November 10: In evening, my wife and my son start showing signs of virus that had afflicted aforementioned cousin. Much fun and fever and vomiting.

November 11: My wife's birthday. Much fun, fever and vomiting. A good time was had by all.

November 12: Son's fever peaks, and finally breaks in the wee hours.

Today: Wife still ill, son recovering but grumpy. Finally regains appetite. Has lost 1.5 of his 29.5 pounds. Still no official word on start date of new employment.

Posted by Squiddy at November 13, 2003 10:52 PM | TrackBack