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Its my birthday today, turning 36. Been a crazy past year. A year ago today I was in Hawaii having a grand vacation, and are planning a new vacation back to Hawaii or some other tropical destination in the next six months. I've lost 52 pounds since I started dieting and excersing roughly a year ago. I feel so much better then and still plan to lose at least 48 more pounds.

I was one of 30ish people in the entire University that won the University's Staff of the year awar. I got a decent pay raise that helped cement the fact that I do great work here. However as I enter this 36th year, I will be getting glasses to deal with a stygmatism.

Me and Jackie have done several things this year including:

• Port Aransas Trip
• Austin Zoo
• Celtic Festival
• Sherwood Forest Faire
• Craig Furguson
• Flogging Molly at ACL Taping
• Cat Show
• Chicago Training Trip
• The Head and the Heart ACL Taping
• and lots more

Crazy year, but good.

Crazy past week, but things are much better now. I was stressed about a job offer and awaiting a counter offer from my current job. The counter offer came through and after weighing the pros and cons I decided to stay where I am. Funny thing about the whole process is that after its all said and done my take home isn't going to change much(due to adding Jackie to the insurance this year). 

Took the kitties to the vet, Arwen has a knot on her side that is changing shapes. I'm hoping it will run its course, but if it doesn't we may need to take her back to the vet. Missy and Cloud did okay and are pretty healthy. Missy may very early signs of kidney problems, so we need to watch her and take her back for a checkup in three months. I ordered a water fountain from Amazon and the running water should help encourage more drinking which will help her. Cloud is healthy, but didn't feel good Sunday from the annual shots he got. Hes mostly back to his cuddle self today.

I decided to get a 3DS since the price drop is coming and you get 20 free games with it if you register before the 11th. Some neat little apps on, but I have Zelda Ocarina of Time on its way from Amazon as well.

I'm tearing myself up this week and the past week with stress. I need to pull myself out of this.

With a job offer, and waiting for a counter-offer from my current position is minorly stressful, but exciting the same. However, It seems our cat Arwen, my sweet calico girl, has a sizeable lump on the back side of her abdomen. We scheduled to have her see a vet this Saturday, but I had to go do some research on the internet and it could be bad. I can't imagine my little kitty girl gone from my life. We have three cats and she is the most dear to me. I pray it is nothing major, and something simple.

My mind tends to wonder, and makes me wonder how I will fill the day something happens to her. Sometimes I wonder about the outcomes of things that have not passed as opposed to living in the now.

So I've been clearing out my childhood as I see it. I've long stopped buying things like comics, toys, even games and movies with a few exceptions.

I'm now nearing the point in the process to clear out my 3000 some odd comic book collection. I wish I could just sell it in one swoop, but it may be more worthwhile to slowly sell them over time. I suppose this is okay, and may be good, With all the ebay auctions I've had over the past six months, I've grown tired of all the postings and packaging and managing. Once I finish up this recent period of 100 free auction postings I may rest for a while and figure out how best to deal with the comics.

We've been watching BBC's Life, a really great series that we are finishing up this evening with the final episode about mammals.you should check the series out the visuals are simple amazing.

Watching Life actually, the BBC series. Hunters and Hunted, great series. I've been doing great with my fitness routine, cutting down my calories, sometimes by way to many. In December I got aggressive and started tracking everything and I've lost almost 13 pounds since then. Its hard sometimes, but I am feeling so much better. My workouts consist of mostly Kinect based games. Yourself Fitness and Dance Central. We've tried a few others, but they are not that entertaining. 

In March I'll be heading to Chicago for Drupalcon. This will be the first time I've gone out of state for a work training conference. Sadly Jackie is not coming since she is low on vacation days, and we are wanting to plan a new vacation for sometime later this year. Right now we are looking at cruise options, as well as a road trip to South Padre. I still have been found memories of Hawaii and the beaches. I think I prefer beach based vacations over skiing or the countryside. There's nothing better then sand beneath my feet and the waves washing over them.

Well I'm sitting in a JQuery seminar that I wish we could attend virtual in my cube. Sitting in a crappy chair, yet another thing to add to the pile. Lifes been tough the past few months. With Jackie's mother passing, stress at work, stress from Jackie's loathing of work, and this past week I found out I have a skin cancer on my forehead. Jackie's been leaning on me pretty hard, and I feel the wall that I am is starting to lean. Its nearing Christmas which is always the most financially worrisome time of the year.

I don't mind Christmas that much if we could just eliminate all the gift-giving crap that is more of a chore then anything else. I'm hoping Christmas break will relax things a bit, even though I will probably have some minor surgery to address the skin cancer.

I think I may have to do some job searching for a higher salary positioned. We are managing things alright, but things could be better, and Jackie could quit her job or find a new one If I had a higher salary. I'll have to start doing some searching and see what surfaces.

Finished up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 last night. Great fun game. I may tackle some of the online stuff this weekend, and then Left 4 Dead 2, Dragon Ages, and then some.