Received Sun, 2 Oct 2005 22:34:58 -0600 from Jeff Seal <jseal [at] stochasticaphelion [dot] com>

The Job Status

In spite of the incredible opportunity for ownership in a company, I
fear for my employment future. Summer has been a harsh mistress for
us and we are now in a bleak time. This has been building for the
last couple of months. It is almost as if there is some evil force
fouling our efforts. With this kind of luck, you'd lose your soul at
the BlackJack table in under 5 minutes. It is a right miserable time
for everyone. Stress like I had never before thought of is now my
daily cancer, eating me at all times. We may have enough funds to
stretch to the end of November. After that, well... Christmas in a
new home will be quite a ride. Timing is the key. If you want a
shitty go at things, I recommend loading your life with lots and lots
of major events all at the same time. Calamity will be your milk,
and bitterness your sugar. Fear then, is now my constant companion.
It sits on my shoulders like a darkness that no light can conquer and
a weight like a millstone around my neck.

Received Sun, 2 Oct 2005 22:22:21 -0600 from Jeff Seal <jseal [at] stochasticaphelion [dot] com>

The Grandma Status

Rae's grandmother lives around the corner from us in a just-for-old-
people type place. Rae takes care of her. Well, as fate would have
it, we did not have enough going on it seems, so grandma managed to
get fairly severe breast cancer. Over the last month, my wife has
been struggling with this. It has involved many many trips, taking
grandma to different doctors. Finally, a couple of weeks ago, she
had a full mastectomy - removing both her breasts and much of the
muscle in her chest, lymph notes too. The amazing thing, is grandma
just turned 79. And she is made of steel. Like my wife. Grandma
would not take anything but Tylenol after the operation. Still never
has. She is doing great.

However, she is soon to start radiation treatments. What we just
learned however, is that when a person is undergoing radiation, you
cannot get near them because they are radioactive. This is
especially dangerous if you are, for example, pregnant. Grandmas
treatments will be 5 days a week for 6 weeks. That is a lot of
running around! And now Rae cannot do it. I hope grandma can ride a
scooter. HAAR! Yep, not funny. Have no idea yet how we are going
to solve this one. Time will tell.

Received Sun, 2 Oct 2005 22:16:14 -0600 from Jeff Seal <jseal [at] stochasticaphelion [dot] com>

The Wife Status

So, as if buying a new home was not enough excitement, we added to
the pleasure of the "hey, let's change everything in our life at
once" festival by getting pregnant. Yep. Rae is expecting out 3rd
child. She is about 10 weeks along, and, like last time, is very
very sick. It is a miserable time for us all. She was finally able
to get some medicine called Zofran, to help her from getting sick,
like last time. Each pill is over 100 Dollars and insurance would
only pay for 12! WTF? And, our portion was 10/pill anyway. So, we
are hoping beyond hope that in another couple of weeks she is feeling
better finally. I suspect it will be the end of October before she
feels well again. : (

Well then. This is number 3. And we are done. I will go to the
special doctor of testicular destruction at some point next year and
have the plumbing capped. I look forward to it like a shot in the
groin from a bowling ball. I imagine it will feel the same.

I will keep everyone posted to the events of the final seal as they
arise.

Received Sun, 2 Oct 2005 22:07:28 -0600 from Jeff Seal <jseal [at] stochasticaphelion [dot] com>

The home status.

Last I entered, perhaps I spoke about a new home being built in
nearby Draper. In the interim, a home went up for sale just across
the street from my brother's home in Lehi. We love the area, love
the neighborhood, and have always wanted to live by family. And it
is much less money, for a bigger house and much bigger yard. So, we
are under contract to purchase the home. I have since sold my
existing home. The new owner will close at the end of October and,
obviously would like to take possession of the home at that time.
This would be great except that the weenie who's house I'm buying, is
refusing to leave before the end of November ( though previously he
said it would not be a problem ). Anyway, it is complicated. But in
the end, we may have to move twice and find someplace to live for a
month.

So tomorrow is the home inspection at noon. I walk through the home
with an inspector, checking it good for anything wrong, or any
problems. I'm excited to see the home again. I wish we were there
now. I'll post a picture I took of the home later tomorrow, or when
I have time.