December doldrums

Hello my far-flung family!

The days are passing swiftly on toward the new year. Some days are more full than others and threaten to overwhelm me. Other days I barely have enough going on to keep out of trouble. Somehow a little voice in my head tells me that I should not admit things like this in an open forum, for fear of being put to work, but to heck with the little voices! They get their way too often.

I am still working on homework for this semester, but at least my big group project is behind now. That was a 30+ page survey of a local company's "knowledge management" activities, that ended with our recommendations to the company. It was a strain, to say the least. Somehow I ended up doing most of the research and writing, and had many late nights over the past two weeks trying to bring it together. I still ended working on it until 4:30 am the day after it was due in order to get it in. I wonder sometimes why I am paying for this torture, but at least I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. This semester is officially over in one more week, and then I have just one more to go. I expect to finish in May of next year. After that, who knows? Maybe I will actually get a job!

Susan and Megan went out the other day and picked up a christmas tree, so I guess the christmas season has now begun. We have such a small little living room that I really wonder where in the heck we are going to fit it.

As a family, we are spending less and less time together these days. With Zachary working at Fred Meyer and Megan being a social butterfly, they are not often home for long. And when they are they are usually talking with friends on the phone and computer, or making plans to leave again. We have to fight to get their attention for very long, but enjoy it when we do. They are both very interesting to talk with, albeit testy at times.

Zack wants to get his eyebrow pierced (a big negatory on that one, good buddy), and is angling to buy a car (save your money, son!). He has a film showing in the AIFF tomorrow, but is disdainful of it and doesn't even want to go to it. I, being the proud parent, will go anyway.

Meg doesn't seem to have many interests outside of her social life these days. Oh, she is involved in band and the other usual school stuff, but when she gets home it is messenging, TV, and telephone. I think it is she and her friends that keeps the electronics industry excited.

I had hoped to show you their latest school picture, but our scanner is so bad that I couldn't bear to post them. I will try another time. In the meanwhile, you can check out a photo from an outing at a lake near Big Lake last year.



GTG now. I still have several papers to write. Hope you are all well. Post some pictures!

Love, Jed