This is where I bitch.

Even after how well Christmas went, my Dad dose not want me to bring Paul home for his birthday party next weekend. I even offered to stay at a hotel so as not to keep reminding them of us. I really don't want to go anymore and it was really, really hard to buy Dad a birthday present last night after talking to mom. If my sister didn't need my help with the party I might not go at all. Though I do want to see Laura. The support from her and my brother-in-law has been awesome, and focusing on that and my great friends is helping me not get upset/depressed about Dad's decision.

The more Mom and Dad keep this up, the less they will be seeing of me, I think. I don't want to go there, I like my parents and had hoped that they were bigger people than this. They really disappointed me this time. But maybe they need a break from me. That way they can decide what is more important to them, having me a part of their lives or prejudice.

I had the most perfect hit last night in volleyball. It was just text-book form. Felt really cool. A big part of it was the good set I recieve from Shannon. I was kinda bouncy. We won two out of three, the last game was when the other team decided to really play.

Dad's second surgery on his left arm went really well. The doctor is very excited about how dad will recover. Major load off the family's minds. After some more rehab he can get back to life.

I am getting worried about this convention, and I blame my coworkers. They continue to spring new and worrisome items on me. I know this whole place could be managed better.

Smallville last night was very good. I'd much rather watch a show with the other 4 on the Justice team than Clark Kent though. He's too whiney. Plus his whole "Tell me everything you are doing--oh, no, I don't have to tell you squat" attitude is annoying. There has been art inspiration, lets see how long I sit on that idea before I actually do it, eh?

Need icons... might go to my art journal too and swipe icons from there.

Casino Royal was fine. Didn't have a very "Bond" feel to it. The actor pulled off cold and scicotic real well. I missed Q, they should have had him. It's a staple of the series.

Next to see is The Good Shepard.

Dad seems in good spirits after the surgery. They weren' able to fix it, but they did all the prep work for putting in the patch. And he seems hopeful about that.

Weekend is being booked, but with mostly fun stuff. And I still have time to chill at home, I think.

We won all 3 games last night again. For those keeping track, that's 12 games won in a row. Very odd. I think we need to just keep playing and not think about a "winning streak".

Dad is having surgery again on his left shoulder. Different doctor this time. He's been kinda bummed about it lately. If they can't fix it he'll never be able to hunt with a bow or rifle. He can use a pistol, but it's not the same. He seems happy with this new doctor and hopeful. :crossed fingers and prays:

I continue to be too busy but have no plan or idea on how to stop that. I like all that I'm doing.

Also, I'm not sure if LJ is sending me comment notifications. So if you've commented, I'm not ignoring you. Honest.

I'm so out of the loop. Apparently one can pay to rename their journal. I've been regretting the name choice for a long time now. One's last name is kinda lame. I'll have to think on it. I might just go with the gmail name, works well.

There is progress on the painting. Maybe this weekend I will accomplish something.

Dad is going to have more surgery tomorrow. He and mom are kinda close, so I will try and get a hold of them tonight. Might have to cancel plans to see them.

I got another mystery T-shirt in the mail, much like last year's "Talk Nerdy to Me" shirt, so I think it's christmas present from Kiki. This one says "Also Avaliable in Sober" I will ware it Friday and see if she claims it.

We have now won 9 games in a row in volleyball. We might be in 1st place on Tuesdays. It will be cool if we can keep this up.

There was another thought... and it's gone now.

bother

Bit too much celebrating my new job last night, hung over today. The boss is in California for a few days for a conference and meetings, so it's just us staff members today. More laid back (everyone is in jeans) but still stuff to do. Going though the office and computer, deciding what is important. Will probably try redoing the news letter in InDesign too. I have no plans on making design changes, it's for doctors and you go for classical designs with that audience. Everyone seems kinda leary of me being too creative. I design for my audience/customer (who in this case is my boss). They will learn that soon enough. But I will make the layout for the newsletter more stream lined, thats where my talents are.

I hope to hook up with Em for a bit tonight after volleyball. Exchnge gifts and such. Catch up. We will have to make an effort to keep in touch now that we aren't in the same office and she is dropping one volleyball league with me. Also I hope that the group (exarian, niburu33, Shannon, maybe whenever and cmcykana, etc.) can get together this week (shooting for Thursday) for holiday stuffs. It looks like I might have Monday and Tuesday off, which will make mom happy.

Apparently the shoulder surgery my Dad went though for the left arm didn't go well. He's OK, but will never get 100% back without more reconstrutive surgery. They'll start rehab and see how much they can get fixed. I guess they also fucked up the IV and the pain killers for it. Dad was pissed, or that's what mom told Laura. He didn't mention any of that when I talked to him (which was like 5 days late--and cause Laura reminded me, was a bad son), but I'll ask him more this weekend. This all really sucks, dad is such an active person it is hard to see him limited in any way.