I haven't been posting like I've wanted to for a few reasons, the most important of which is my wife's constant demand for attention. She had her tonsils removed 10 days ago and she ran out of the prescribed pain killer yesterday (no refills). She seems to be able to eat solid food again, but then experiences throat pain a short time later. I don't know which of us is more miserable — her, with her pain or I, having to tend to her — I've been getting some excruciating headaches from the constant sleep interruptions. I haven't been this tired since my youngest son was in diapers.

We returned to Phoenix 2 days after going to Coolidge. Neither I nor my wife were comfortable staying at my parents' house. You've probably heard a phrase along the line of "you can never go home again" and I believe it's true. It's the house I grew up in for the first 13 years of my life, but it isn't my home and it never will be again.

As they say on the game shows, that's not all. Two of my nieces had strep throat and I caught a cold from someone and I think it was from my mother. We were staying in the bedroom that one of the nieces vacated for us, but the bed was too soft. I didn't sleep but a couple of hours per night for 2 nights. I had full access to my sister's computer, but I still had to wait until it wasn't being used.

I won't have any further access to the PC I'm on (the one that belongs to my wife's cousin) until this coming Monday. I really miss having 24/7 access to my own. I'm going to try to get caught up with email and other assorted items today so that I'll be able to concentrate on blogging next week.