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I'm ready for a nap :) I've been back in Portland for a while now, and Joy joined me two weeks ago. A week after that we headed to Boise to grab Airika from her grandparents. Currently we're all crowded into a large hotel room while we figure out two things: how long my work will keep me here, and if its long enough, where will we live. We're hoping to get into a townhouse or something out here within a month...

Welly well... What a busy weekend. Had a lot of fun BBQ'ing with friends on Friday night. I went home for the weekend for my daughters 13th birthday... Wow.. 13... How things have change. Considering all she has been through, she has turned out to be a wonderful young woman and I am very proud of her. Joy and I threw her a birthday party at a skating rink, per her request...

Sorry I haven't posted for a while, but it seems life got scary and complicated. While working in Florida, doctors discovered my mother had 2 arteries in her heart nearly completely blocked, and they took her in for an emergency double bypass. I flew home from Florida for three weeks to be with her and help her as she needed. She is still recovering and we are certainly glad that she survived the ordeal.

I got to see Tori Amos tonite! It's her second stop on her Sinsuality tour, in Orlando, Florida. I tried to get tickets to her first show in Clearwater but it was totally sold out. She put on a great show, as always, stopping in the middle for "Tori's Piano Bar" during which she performed two covers (see the set list below...) It was just Tori and her piano, no band backing her up. I've seen her perform probably 10 times and I think I've only seen her with her band maybe 4 times, and I enjoy her with her band but its a much more intimate experience when its her with her instruments. The venue was quite small which also added a lot to a terrific show.