I swear that I always plan to update, but little things keep getting in the way. Maybe I should start carrying a notebook around again.

Family is doing well for the moment, though Dad's health is better some days and worse others. It looks like he's going to have to get his knees replaced soon. My brother and cousin helped me move recently and during the move his temporary prosthetic (sp?) eye popped out. Was both funny and odd at the same time.

The bf and I are doing well, though we had a recent breakdown in communication regarding the kink in our relationship. Hopefully things can be worked out this weekend when he's over.

Christmas is coming up soon and I have none of my gifts bought. Scaling back both on gifts and cards this year, though knowing me I'll end up going over budget. Mom and had a brief conversation on my studying Judaism and that I'm "seeking". I fully expect a two pronged attack from her and my sister regarding returning to the church. Then again maybe I'm not giving them enough credit. Either way, Christmas hasn't had religious meaning for me in years so celebrating with the family doesn't bother me. I am however going to put my mezzuzah up this weekend. Also might try to find a menorah and certainly go to Friday night services. I need to get more involved in Temple life again. Which means getting involved rather than sit on the edge.

I've been trying to get back to doing things I enjoy. So I've been doing some rp-ing on InsaneJournal.com and am making a character for an Earthdawn game a friend is running. Of course I'm playing an Elven Archer. :p

Hopefully things keep getting better.

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After realizing that I haven't done a good, solid update in a hella long time. So it's going to be one of those bulleted/lj-cut style updates. :)

Family:
Dad is doing really well since his bypass surgery. He's going to physical therapy twice a week and looks much better than he did before. Dad's driving again and it makes life a lot easier for all of us now that he can take himself where he wants to go. :)

Mom managed to dislocate her elbow at Buckeye Lake by trying to fall into the lake after her fish. :p All kidding aside, we're all glad that she hit the support post rather than actually fall into the water. Aside from some stiffness, she's fine.

My brother managed to get a screwdriver stuck in his eye, but the doctors think that they can save his sight as long as he follows directions and keeps it clean and covered.

Judaism:
I've been feeling like it's time to get back to studying, going to services, and call the Temple. I also need to write a letter of sorts to Mom and my sister to talk about my study of Judaism and possibly wanting to convert. I'm at the point where I can't imagine going forward without being open and honest with my family and myself.

Relationship:
D and I are back together and I think that while things aren't the same as before, we're talking more now which is good.

I'll add more after work. Morning all.

So, I drove up to Kent Ohio to go to Beta Psi's 3rd degree. And while it was good to see people I knew, by and large I felt pretty old. :) In fact I now have a great-great-great grand little. Did I mention I felt old? :p Was considering driving home tonight, but I've been up since 5am-ish so after driving over a curb (cut the turn short) I decided to suck it up and get a hotel room. they only had suites, so I got a bit of a break. Very tempted to use the whirlpool tub, but the bed is calling my name.

good night folks, gotta drive home in the am.

Earlier this fall I weighed in at 284, which is the most I've weighed in a while. By February I was down to around 279 and currently down to 266. I'm pretty pleased with myself and am loosing about two pounds a week. I'm using a combination of weight watchers online and sparkpeople.com, which seems to be working. If nothing else, it's forcing me to acknowledge what I'm eating. What I have to be careful of is not eating enough. I've got a bad habit of trying to cut too much out of my daily intake. I tend to be like "Hah! I didn't need all of my points/calories today!" which of course isn't good for the blood sugar, being a diabetic. Am hoping to get out and do some walking now that the weather is nice. Also considering getting a stationary bike for the apartment. Bill has suggested getting a bike and hitting the park, but I'll have work up to that.

I have however, not been able to stay awake for the life of me at work. Probably should get back to going to bed at a decent hour.

Tomorrow I will be 31. Honestly there are days where I think I'd forget my b-day if someone didn't remind me. I will be working and going to group. How exciting! ;) I am however going to a Cavs game on Saturday. Yay!

I seem to not update as much as I could, and that's partially due to the fact that I've been feeling rather blah lately. Not that anything is wrong per se, I've just been in a "not really caring about certain things" sort of mood. I guess you could say that avoidance has been very frequent for me lately. Things I don't want to do are being pushed back to the back burner which means that I actually end up doing more work than if I'd just done whatever it was the first time. Current assignment for the week is pulling my head out of my ass and getting stuff done.

I've been in a cooking mood lately, and interested in busting out the new slow cooker I got for Christmas from my parents. I'm thinking about doing pulled pork, potatoes, and green beans for the weekend. We'll see though.

Job is going well, aside from car problems due to cold weather I've been getting to work on time, which is a very good thing as I don't need more points! Vacation time has been submitted and I'm all set for the family and friends cruise in July. I'm really looking forward to it, but need to get my (and my nephew's) passport paperwork started. We'll be visiting CoCo/Cay Bahamas and Nassau.

Relationship is good, though I think I need to find a balance between boyfriend time, friend time, and going to Temple time. Sort of feels like I'm pulling in several different directions and not giving everyone my full attention. Or at least as much attention as I think I should be giving. David and I are going to a party on Saturday which should be fun. I'm glad I gave it a chance though, it's definitely been one of the highlights of the year. We also have profiles up on fetlife (if you're kink minded) which has been good for information and chatting with like minded people.

That's it for now, I'm off to watching Good Eats and/or Property Virgins on HGTV. :-D

I love my guild on Earthen Ring. And maybe one day, I'll have a high enough character to go raid other cities. :) Pretty much what happens, is if you can get together a group of your faction and kill all of the opposing faction's leaders you get a special mount.

Alea Iacta Est NYE '09

And on a completely unrelated note, I was hoping for a closer game in the Rose Bowl. Looks like the Big Ten isn't going to win a lot of it's bowl games this year.

Courtesy of raven_laughing Not quite sure how accurate it is, but I can certainly agree with parts of it. Winter Wickedness is coming up in February and I'm looking forward to it. Glad we got the tickets though, they don't have a lot left. In other news, I'm sick again and had to miss Hanukkah services tonight hopefully I can go to something tomorrow. Next week for certain. I have to go put the tree up for Mom on Sunday. Should be fun, haven't seen the parents in a week or two. I'm getting my old computer fixed up for them which means I'm going to be their permanent tech support help line. :)

The Five Love Languages

My primary love languages are probably
Physical Touch and Quality Time.

Complete set of results

Physical Touch:		9
Quality Time:		9
Acts of Service:		6
Words of Affirmation:		4
Receiving Gifts:		2

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Take the quiz

Not wanting send anyone off to feed the trolls who commented but, has anyone seen this? And when did "Wired" start covering politics?

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/sacramento-gop.html