Xanga...you without me is like Harold Melvin without the Blue Notes...you ain't going anywhere.

Christmas season has really sucked.  Last Monday my dad had his surgery to insert a fistula in his arm and a catheter in his chest.  He had to have the catheter put in right away because the doctor deemed that it was necessary to begin kidney dialysis ASAP.  So the very next day I had to haul him to the closest clinic that could get him in for dialysis and that was about 65 miles from my home.  Last Tuesday I was going to take him in my Blazer however my car had other thoughts.  I went to start it but it didn't start.  My diagnostics said it was the starter.  So I took my dad in his car and I roamed the city for Christmas presents.  I get home later in the day and try to start my car but it wouldn't start and my thoughts were still on the starter.  I figured that I could come online and look at a few places online to price one to save a few bucks.  That didn't go as to plan because my computer wouldn't open up windows.  Every time it was get close, the damn thing would reset.  So the next morning I was supposed to take my dad to the dialysis place but I woke up with a horrible fever.  It was 103.  Luckily my aunt took him.  I stayed at home and called a garage because I wasn't going to go out in the cold and mess around with my car.  The guy comes with his wrecker and asks for the keys.  I hand them over and he goes outside and starts it right up.  Damn.  He took it in and he said that the starter was shot as well as my battery.  With those being replaced as well as a tow to the garage, I was out $435.  The computer still didn't work so on Christmas Eve day a guy came and picked it up to work on it.  I still haven't received any word on what was wrong but of course the holidays happened as did a bunch of snow and ice.   Christmas was spent with my parents and aunt.  Saturday and Sunday I spent figuring out how to use my presents without a computer.  Today, while my dad is in dialysis, I am at a public library a few blocks from my old private school and the funny thing is that I have run into a couple of my teachers.  Oh and when I tried to add a pulse on this computer, I was blocked from the pulse feature because it contained "sexual content".

I don't know when I am going to be getting my computer but it will be sometime.  So I just wanted to give you an update on my life in case you cared.  And I wish you all a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.