for the record

my last tie to newspapers was cut last week after my final severance check posted to our bank account. now waiting for that full-time job to come through.

2016

not sure i've ever seen a year like this:

• dad suffers kidney failure
• family friend dies
• his son dies
• dad gets a new kidney
• i lose my job
• i get my car wrecked
• i crack a tooth
• another family friend's child dies
• west virginia football goes on a tear
• historic election
• west virginia women's soccer, ranked no. 1, advances to sweet 16 in ncaa's
• we join a new church parish

i know i'm forgetting things. lots of pop culture deaths. and the year isn't even finished yet.

antsy

another job opportunity. there's an apparent leg up i enjoy, but it just feels like more pressure. i mean, if i can't get it with this advantage, i'm doing something wrong. very, very wrong. 

anyhow, it's keeping me up at night and giving me headaches. 

and even if i get it, it's only a two-year gig. 

i gotta let go of the worry. help my lack of trust. 

sleep, my children

dream, while the world as you believed it could be still exists. the morning will arrive cold and dull soon enough. 

missed again

the boy, after the 1-mile trick-or-treat circuit: "the most joy-bulant night ever!"

(that's two months in a row i've missed my end-of-the-month post.)