First, a belated hello to everyone, including the addition

mykeamend.

Where do I start?

First, I'm hooked on EQ for no reason whatsoever.

Second, I'm running behind on my story, mainly due to EQ, Spiderman, and my smother...er...mother.

Spiderman happened Wednesday night with

adagiogray. I hadn't seen it, and it's at the $1 theatre right now. It was ok, I liked the ending, and the Norman was cute. Always a plus.

My brother called a few days ago to tell me mom was in the hospital AGAIN. Told me he'd call back and update me the next day. I end up calling him the next day, since no one in my family thinks I really give a shit about tem. This is generally true, except when someone is seriously ill. Turns out mom has a pulmonary embolysm. For those of you not versed in such biology talk, that means she has four blood clots trapped in her lungs currently, and is in the hospital on oxygen and blood thinners. So, this leads me to believe that said blood clots were probably what was causing her so much pain a few weeks ago when I had to go home for her last round of hospital care.

Based on what I just got through reading, every one of you could use a hug. So...

BEARHUG

Oh yeah. I start doing volunteer food prep for Project OpenHand-Columbus next Thursday at 1:00. They called me while I was sleeping and

lotussilverfire woke me up to take the call.

And as an added bonus, after LARP, we all hit Hounddog's. That was fun. I miss going out with people and having a real social life.