2008...Ain't It Great

Happy New Year to y'all. So sorry, but I've been too fucked up with a cold for the past week to post. It kinda sucks because I'm one of those people that starts off a new year with a sense of optimism and hyper-motivation. In other words, I'm already thinking about all those things in my life that I'm going to achieve or complete in the coming 365 days. And getting sick kinda kills that.

The Swift family had a good NYE and NYD, all things considered. We spent part of last weekend in San Francisco visiting Robin's mom, her younger brother Jason and his wife Louise. We ended up coming home a day early because J and L couldn't handle Keeley making noise while they tried to sleep (at 9:30 at night). They didn't necessarily have to go anywhere the next morning; they're just a couple of boring old farts stuck in the bodies of 35-year-olds. So actually it was nice to part company with them a day early.

Then Robin caught a cold and I kept Keeley occupied for 2 days so Robin could rest and recover. She felt better enough by NYE to stay up and watch The 40-Year-Old Virgin and the ball drop from Times Square. She didn't feel better enough for me to get some, however.

And, of course, now both Keeley and I have the cold. And I'm here at work because I already called in sick on Monday to take care of Miss K while Robin rested.

Hopefully next week will be better!

I did want to share that we are now strongly considering moving to Texas. We can get a brand new house out there for less than $200K in Austin or the Dallas-FW areas! Booyeah! So now I'm starting to research the job possibilities and plan a trip to visit and check it out. I even applied for a graphics job in Dallas last night; I don't expect they'll respond, but it's a start. If anyone out there knows anything about either Austin or Dallas with regards to jobs for graphic artists, please comment or e-mail me. In fact, if anyone has any info on these two places at all, particularly if you happen to live in either, please comment or e-mail.

Have a nice weekend, y'all.