Still waiting...

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I know that we did here. Meghan and Cliff came over on Christmas Eve for dinner and some present-opening. Then Meghan came back on Christmas morning while Cliff went to his mother's house and we opened the rest of our presents. John made a delicious waffle breakfast.

Next year, we'll have to do the Christmas eve dinner at both homes (ours and in-laws) because Christmas day will be at Meghan and Cliff's house. One doesn't want to bring home all those baby toys, etc after opening them. Yes, I did say baby. Meghan is expecting in July. I think I'm more excited than she is. As soon as it was official, I had to buy her her first baby clothes. They don't know the gender yet but that will come in February. They're looking for a bigger place on the other side of the river to make it easier for both to get to work.

Bill has been home the past few days and it's been nice having him here. He had PRK surgery in October and it's still strange seeing him without glasses. His last pair were black rims and he reminded me of Elvis Costello. He's been doing well in State College and has been getting more requests to do camera work.

I haven't started the trial yet. I'm a little disappointed but then again not too. I was supposed to have tests two weeks ago and then start treatment the week of Christmas. I still had so much Christmas stuff to get done that I was somewhat relieved to have the time. I need to call the doctor's office this coming week and find out what's going on. The only thing I can think of is that for insurance purposes they want to wait until the first of the year.

We're all getting ready to go out to lunch today at Max's Allegheny Tavern (German) on the north side of Pittsburgh. Then we're going to the Carnegie Science Museum to see the train exhibit they put up every year. It's pretty phenomenal. I'll try to take pictures.

I wanted to take the time here to tell someone very special to me how much she has meant to me this past year. Maria, the president of NationalLink, has been one of my biggest supporters. It has been a great comfort knowing she was there to listen whenever I needed to talk. She would also take work off of me when the pressure became too great and understood that I needed to work to keep my mind off of things that were happening. She and Lori worked around my schedule and insisted at times that I take time off so that I wouldn't get too tired. My entire team and myself along with everyone else at NationalLink miss you greatly. I wish you good luck in whatever you do.

Well...time to get this show on the road. Merry Christmas everyone!