Hello my friends, I decided that my long absence (and only partial attention to my friends) could use an explanation... so for those of you who are interested, here you go! This year has been full of many exciting and not so exciting new experiences for me. One of the exciting ones was my promotion that led me to move to Kent. Kent itself is not that great, but it's okay (lots of mountain views... and I mean THE mountain, our absolutely gorgeous Mt. Ranier - which by the way is the highest in the lower 48) and the rent is nothing to spit at. The exciting part is/was the job that has given me a challenge and made my work experience a whole lot less boring. It's also stressed the hell outta me and I've been sick a lot, but I welcome the excitement of a new place to work and a new team to lead. Sadly, it requires a hell of a lot more time at work... so when you see the status as "working hard" or "working my a** off" that's what that means. Unfortunately, the less exciting parts have been pretty big. In September of this year I found out that I had cancer. Lucky for me, it's one of those kinds that, if found quickly as mine was, is very easy to get rid of... so after a little surgery and some tender loving care at my mommy's house I was all better. However, I have been spending lots of time at the doctor's place and will probably continue to do so for some time... anyone else had an MRI that made you sick? NOT fun. It's been a crazy few months dealing with that... I also crashed my car back in June. I won't go into lots of details though I'm sure some of you aren't stupid... sorry, did I say SOME? ;0) Anyway, I'm still dealing with the repercussions of that brilliant endeavor and will probably keep on dealing with it for some time to come. The only positive thing I can claim is that I have a really pretty new car that makes me feel sexy when I drive it. =)=)=) There's more, there always is! But there are some things that a girl just doesn't talk about, some things that are too precious to mention. I hope that you all know that it hasn't always been a choice to not be around, though sometimes it is. There just aren't enough hours in the day! When they did the email conversion I lost a lot of messages, I still have a lot and I will try to get to them as I can - though I can't promise anything. I am trying to at least read them all! If you felt like I should have responded by now then write me again! (I don't know what I'm getting myself into by saying that! lol) But please know that with the backlog I choose not to respond to "what's up?", "ur hot" or similar notes. ;0) If you know me, then you know my feelings on that sort of thing! Happy Holidays to you all, I hope that all your dreams come true. Jennifer