I don’t quite know how to begin this… Today, my father passed away. He had been fighting a long battle with cancer, and sadly, he lost this battle.

This update is quite surreal for me. When I started this website, the end-goal was: (1) To have a place to practice web development, and (2) To keep my father updated about things going on in my life. Of course, it was meant to keep family and friends updated. But, my father was the most loyal consumer of the content here.

My father has received quite a bit of correspondence of late. Many of his friends have sent their wishes for the best. I want to tell these friends that all of your names are familiar to me, as my father spoke rather fondly of all of you. I truly believe he valued all of his time with us all. I know all of us are the better for having spent time with him.

I have never spent a day without him in my life. He taught me all that I know, and any qualities I have are only a reflection of him. He taught me all of my firsts as a child. It was he who introduced me to the “digital age”. He was one of my first drinking buddies in Korea when we lived there. His advice was always trusted and sound, and he gave it without judgement. He was my first true friend. I feel so lucky to have a friend in my father, and to have known him well as both.

Now, as his candle goes out, mine burns dimmer. My life was forever changed today, and nothing will ever seem as colorful as it once did.

Dad, we’ll all miss you so much… Farewell, good friend…..

Ginger is back with us after a fight with the neighbors of who we gave her too. She had two pretty bad lacerations on her tongue which we had to take care of, but for the most part she is the same ol Ginger. Don’t know what we are going to do. They still fight, and we still have the same problems we had before, but we are just going to have to put up and shut up… Actually, I’m very glad she’s back. :)

Well, my damn car is in the shop right now. Not the vette – the Elantra… the 2001 Elantra… UGH! I swear, I have bad luck even with new cars… Anyway, I think I have figured out the trick with the Corvette – don’t drive it. :) Right now the vette is in the garage just resting. We don’t have insurance on it right now, so we can’t really take her for a spin.

In light of current events, Heidi and I have not had much of a chance to get things in order at the house. We are pretty much in the same place we were at the last update. Slowly but surely Heidi is getting things looking good. We have ordered most of our furniture and are awaiting delivery. I’m hoping we can have things in order around here by Christmas…

My dad has been transferred to an interim care facility where they are watching him more closely. Since my last update, it seems the morphine he was on for his pain has complicated things. The doctors think the morphine is affecting his mental capabilities. They have taken him off of the morphine and hopefully things will get better. Right now, he is dealing with this new situation, and he also has a large blood clot in his upper thigh. Unfortunately, only time will tell…