I know: I've been awfully errant. I apologize, and I do thank those of you who have reached out to touch base and ensure that no calamity has befallen me and mine. To run the risk of a Jinx or a Voodoo curse, we are all fine.
Everyone in my house other than me has been sick; most have had a cough that would wake the dead and that has persisted for about a month now. That made for close to no sleep for a week or so, and lots of antibiotics in the house between sinus infections, pneumonia, and general bronchial unease (a rampant issue in this house). This too: my beautiful wife's grandmother, *this* close (mere weeks away) to her 100th birthday, has been in the hospital for a couple of weeks. She is on her last leg now...time is not her ally these days. She rather literally popped a gasket: high blood pressure caused a bleed in her brain. It's all pretty much down hill from there, if you're 100 years old.
We are, at the end of the day, however, fine. The sun rises and sets, and there is relative peace in our house, if not tranquility.
I have been taking copious bloggable notes and fully intend to visit them anon and get back to these writings.
In the meantime, I wanted to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving. This is one of my favorite holidays of the year. This, and Christmas. Not to mention December 8, which is National Brownie Day (believe it or not). Brownies are among the most perfect treats, and I have long held that they should be made in the old ice trays - the ones that were aluminum. Brownies should have all edges; it ought to be a law.
Another thing that ought to be brownie law: Never, ever, ever...put any kind of nut in a brownie. Chocolate chips are ok (in fact they're better than ok...they're yummy and not bad), but under penalty of brownie death: no frickin' nuts.
I intend today to undo much of the waist-melting that I've been striving at over the last couple of years, and I intend to enjoy doing so as much as possible. I hope you join me in my assault on skinny today. Tomorrow we can get back to the grind, should we be driven to it, or should we desire, but today: eat, drink, and be merry!
Happy Thanksgiving!
About Me
- SarcasticTestGuy
- I'm a life-long New Englander, father of 4 challenging kids (I know: I'm supposed to say "wonderful", but while that'd be true, technically speaking, it'd also be misleading), and fortunate husband to my favorite wife of more than 20 years. I've got over 20 years experience breaking things as a test engineer, quality engineer, reliability engineer, and most recently (and most enjoyably) a Product Safety / EMC Compliance Engineer. In the photo, I'm on the left.
Might as well just keep eating for the next four weeks and go on the diet after Christmas.
ReplyDeleteHope everyone manages to keep healthy now until Christmas is over at least. Poor Grammie...I'm sorry to hear she is ailing.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
I'm sorry to hear all the ills, there's been a lot of that around these parts too. Takes forever to get over; you start feeling well and it comes right back. And I'm so sorry to hear about Grandma. If it comes to it, I hope her passing is peaceful.
ReplyDeleteYes, the diet is out the window and I'm not going to pretend to try. It's food, all food, and drink, all the time until 2013.
Keep in touch! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
I was always so disappointed as a kid when I'd see a delicious looking brownie... and it'd only have nuts in it. That's not a dessert, that's just a lie.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving! I absolutely hate nuts in brownies. Really, I hate them in any dessert, at least a chocolate one. I hope everyone in your home gets healthy, and I'm sorry about your wife's grandma.
ReplyDeleteShannon at The Warrior Muse