No, I haven't dropped off the face of the Earth. Last semester, especially the end of it, was just that hectic that anything not directly contributing to the completion of classwork had to be removed from the schedule. Luckily this semester looks, so far, like I'll have a bit more wiggle room. Let me fill you in on what has been going on.
Over Christmas break my family and took to the air. Our first destination was Southern California. There we spent time visiting my dad's family, meaning the 3 uncles, 2 aunts, cousin and grandmother that I had not seen in 12 years. This is the grandmother who, if you will remember, was in and out of the hospital all through last fall. She is doing better, she's at home and walking a bit, but she still has a long way to go. While we were in California we also visited my grandfather, who, we found out on Christmas, had to check into the hospital because his leukemia was making him weak and he wound up coming down with a bit of pneumonia. The leukemia thing was news to me. It's a mild form (chronic not acute) so there's not too much cause for alarm. Still, all I could think was that 3 out of 4 of my grandparents have or have had some form of cancer...that just bodes so well for me.
Anyhow, after Christmas in California we hopped over to El Paso, TX for New Years. There we spent time with my mom's family. We were also able to go all over the place seeing the missions, heading out to old Mesilla and Carlsbad Caverns, mostly places I'd been before (except for the missions) but this time I was able to fully appreciate them.
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