Well, here we are. Had a busy month. Where to begin? What to tell? It’s all pretty much the same song and dance.

We’re still not pregnant. Heidi went to get implanted last Wednesday, and the embryos did not do so well. I guess if you’ve been frozen for about a month, that tends to lower your chances. So, they are giving these last embryos more of a chance, and they had some that were already blastocysts that they are thawing. Our next attempt is on Saturday at 9 am. I’m thrilled! Really.. I am. I’ll be very tired, but thrilled. Problem is, this is our last try. After this we will need to do another harvesting. Problems with that are (1) We are not sure if insurance still will cover us, and (2) Not sure Heidi can take it.

My Linux woes are over for the most part. At least in the “major” sense. I have finally grabbed on, and started to ride the wave that is Linux. I’ve never had so much fun racking my brain just to get sound working right. :) lol But, with 100% control comes a bit of an untamed nature. :) Just the way I like it. I’m diving into Perl code and PHP now. Finally getting back to my calling of coding. I swear! I’ve wasted years of my life running the other path. The path of the darkside — that of management. It feels good to be back in the pilot’s seat again.

We got pleasant news back regarding our tax return for this year. So, we will finally be out of debt, and perhaps I will even get a new computer. Wouldn’t that be smashing? :) (Yes, it would!) You may be wondering about the early post. So unlike me to emerge from my coffin so early in the day. Well, we are getting a new roof done. Let me tell ya! Someone scraping your roof can give you some strange dreams! I fought back every urge to run out there screaming, “What are you doing?!? We didn’t want our roof done! You’ve got the wrong house!” If it were April 1st, I would have.

So, there you have it. I’ll try to be more diligent about updating this thing. Take care out there!

Oh yeah! Smoking. Forgot to tell you about that. Well, I’m not doing as well as *some* people. But, I am not smoking a damn pack a day. I had some cigarettes on Tuesday night when we went to visit Drew and Cyn. But, not since then, and not so much before then. But, since I did, I can’t really say I’ve been quit for how many ever days. But, I’ve been MOSTLY quit.

…Well, I think that’s exactly what I did last night. If you know me, you know that while I’m a pretty easy goin’ calm fellow, I can never get the voices in my head to just shut up for two seconds! lol. Well, not really voices per se… Well… So, anyway I think I reached a boiling point (again) last night. Thank god I had my loving wife and my scotch to help me through it. Heidi is so understanding and helpful with me and my mental breakdowns… I don’t think I’ve been in a groove for years now. It always seems that we are running around like chickens with our heads lopped off. Anyhow, I feel I’ve got a reasonable grasp for the moment, so that’s good.

Business is SLOW. That’s probably good, but still you never want to see business slow down. We just got some new products, and will be putting them on the site soon. Whoopie.

I’m on day 14 of being a non-smoker. I’m enjoying not waking up in the middle of the night having an asthma attack… Yes, I have asthma. Pretty stupid to smoke, eh? Well, for the record smoking was here first! It’s the asthma that should have to leave! Been smoking 15 years! Can you believe that crap! That’s over half of my life. Holy schnikies! Anyhoo, this is the end of my “second week” which is reported to be more difficult than average, and I confirm it indeed is. The next milestone is the second month, which, you guessed it, is reported to be tougher than average (the last time I quit (for 3 months) it was). I’m using the patch, and boy is my skin ever irritated. Vile things.

So, that’s the news, and I’m outa here.