Mare egrets mouse two ewes

A bit belated - it's been a busy couple days of ennui. I'm hoping for better, next year. Too many missing family members for a good season - we passed on most Christmas music, and it was very low key on the "gift giving" or "graft providing" part. My wife's sister died a few months ago, and having the middle son in jail didn't help matters much either. Our karma should be well balanced though, I'm in hopes of some good stuff coming our way. Although, as any Blackjack player knows, a long streak of losses doesn't add up to a long streak of winning coming your way.

We had hoped to go see "The Polar Express" today. Or yesterday. But it's too much effort. Tomorrow is the sentencing day for the kid - it's throwing a pall over our lives. Even if the results of tomorrow's government messing with our lives comes with him staying in jail for some period of time, at least the other shoe will have settled and we'll know. Right now it's been two months of wondering how bad the end will be.

I'm looking forward to spring. I'm in hopes this will be a great year where we'll get things moving and have a fresh start.

Life stinks - then you keep living...