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There is light at the end of the tunnel... I will get over this cold crap and feel better.

I'm just really hoping that this will happen pretty quickly, like in the next coupla weeks.

Anyway, busy day at work, I was shunted into the console position when the tech that was supposed to be there called in sick... she was really pretty sick when she left yesterday, so it was no surprise. The only surprise of the day was that I felt well enough to go in. And I really didn't feel well enough to go in, it's just that I was so sure that the other tech was gonna call in. I probably felt about as bad as she did, I'm sure.

I got to do an ablation procedure today, a very interesting procedure where an inoperable tumor is heated with pinpoint accuracy to the point of killing it... and very little of the surrounding tissue. This one was very close to the heart, and you could see the heartbeat moving the probe....

I was supposed to be on call tonight, but we have a hungry tech who wanted it, so that was fine with me, of course.

After work, I went by Mom's apartment and gave them the keys; I looked around the apartment and found the plaque, "Wilma's Kitchen" that she had painted. I think that I'll hang it in my computer room.

Winter storm watch. Yep, tomorrow, right here in Kansas, USA in the middle of April. The bad stuff probably won't get quite to here, but really close.

I got to talk to Tyler for quite a while tonight, and that was really good. He and JD might be coming up to see their grandpa in Erie soon, and I hope to see them then. I just love being with my boys... they're such wonderful people, makes me wonder why I waste time being with mere mortals like the people that I work with.

But wait, that's not really fair to the people that I work with, is it? And they are all wonderful people too. Well, mostly.

I have a pretty damned happy life, y'know? All I have to do is think about it a little, and I can see how wonderful my friends are, how wonderful my wife is.... I could go on and on, but I don't want those of you who aren't so lucky to feel badly....

But I have to give myself some credit too... it really helps if you love the whole world... a good portion of the world will love you back. And the rest of them? Fuck 'em, they Just. Don't. Count.

Gimmee the love, and I will share it.

But really, not tonight... I need to get to bed, after I put a load of socks in the washer....