It's been a while...

Sorry 'bout that.

Esperanza went off to her new home just great, but then Kaylee got sick. It's called Famlial Shar Pei Fever, and if you want the details, you can read about it here.

She's doing OK now, but it means that she has a very good chance of dying of kidney failure before she's six. She's three now.

So we've been taking a lot of time with our family lately, just hanging out and doing some stuff that needs to be done to make sure Kaylee will have as long and happy a life for as long as we've got her.

In addition, Jeff starts a new job next week - in town, so no more 1.5 hour commutes to and from Dayton. It's in my office building, so I expect to be taken out to lunch on a regular basis. :) It's with a private firm, so the total hours will probably end up being tha same, but at least he won't be so far away in an emergency. And the money's better, of course.