Honest, I'll try to increase my posting frequency to more than 4/year.
My sister visited Spokane last week. It was nice to hang for the week. She wants to come again, so I couldn't have been too much of a bore.
Quick life update for the uninformed ... Life is good. I just started a Russian class through the congregation. I'm jazzed and ready for the challenge, but my mouth is like a stubborn pouting child who refuses to play. After further consideration, I decided that Ukraine seems a more practical destination than the move to the tropics I was entertaining earlier, not least because I will likely be able to continue working for my current employer when I'm over there. I just bounced that idea of my boss today. I'm curious what he thinks.
Chest pains led me to get an inspection and now I have to see a cardiologist. They didn't really know what to make of the EKG results. My cholesterol checked out ok but the white blood cell count was high, whatever that means (infection? inflammation? leukemia?) Although I'm certainly out of shape, I eat reasonably healthy and don't exactly meet the usual risk criteria. The upshot, however, is that I've gone ballistic on the health-care regimen, eating all that expensive tasteless food and exercising regularly. My guess is it will pan out to nothing serious and I will simply have received a beneficial lifestyle kick. I'll probably even shed some of the excess baggage I picked up during the last couple years. All around a good experience. I recommend having heart problems if you get the chance. :)
One thing I've noticed lately is how easy it is to let self-oriented thoughts dominate brain-time. I find this has a negative impact on the quality and quantity I want to spend on others.