a year and a half later ....

- I'm still alive. Go me.
- So is mom. Go her.
- Jay still works straight afternoons. I still work straight days.
- I'm still married. (See above for why)
- My daughter, son-in-law and granddaughters are living in Germany for two years while Aaron does his postdoc. I might forgive Aaron for this someday.
- Actually, we all know I won't.
- My son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and grandson now live in Cambridge, over an hour away.
- I still watch Kennedy and Julian - for now.
- Our family farm was sold. Instead of taking the money and buying shoes, lotsa shoes and the Lexus on my bucket list, I gave my share of the farm money to my brother in return for a paid off deed to his house that we've been living in for 8 years. We went from family renter to mortgage free home owner all within 30 seconds. The down side to this means -
- I still buy my shoes from Value Village.
- And I still drive a 13 year old Pontiac.
- We still have a trailer at the nudist resort but are becoming increasingly tired of the fishbowl existance that comes with trailer park living.
- Because of that, we spent half the past summer at the nude beach in Port Burwell. Odds are, we'll be selling the trailer this coming summer and going back to seagulls, waves and beach glass full time.
- I'm still president of the downtown Hamilton neighbourhood association. A few times a month I get to go to meetings and pretend to give a shit about things I really don't give a shit about.

I think that's it.