Yes, it's actually me after, what ... almost two Weeks? I should look back and see when my last written entry was, but I think it was around the third. This is pretty sad if you ask me. I've kind of been waiting on some news, and it hasn't come yet, so I've been putting off writing, but I guess I'll just have to write now and again once i've got my news.

First of all, I am officially done with the dentist until sometime in April!!!!! They put my crown on yesterday morning, and that was that. I had my fillings taken care of last week and it was a total trip! They numbed both sides of my mouth, so my bottom lip, chin and tongue were all completely numb. It was the weirdest feeling, and when I talked i sounded drunk. It was kind of funny. The good thing is though that it's definitely all over, and there's no more pain from bad teeth.

Last Friday night I got snowed on for the first time this season. Sorry guys for that 4-letter S word, but sometimes you just gotta say them. SMILE! It was cold, and I'm a total wimp when it comes to getting wet even if it's just raining, so the whine factor was way up, but I had to go outside in order to get where I was going. At least there is currently no more of that stuff around now, so things could be worse.

This has been a really slow week for me work wise. I've been able to sit back and relax, but that won't last long. I've got a schedule that is filling up fast after Thanksgiving. I'm not traveling as much outside Milwaukee at the moment because my driver that I had for some of my appointments has moved on to other things, and my boss's wife, who drove me to a lot of other things, has to stay in the office a lot more now because our receptionist, (who did a whole lot more than just answer the phones), had her baby a week ago today so she'll be out for the rest of the year. I will get to take some road trips though, (and in fact I have one next week), but I don't think it will be as much overall. i love the travel though, so I definitely miss that. Oh well, I've got just over two months left until Florida, and that'll definitely be a trip. SMILE!

Speaking of upcoming events, I have 1 month and nine days left until my birthday. I know I'm probably nuts to count down, but thirty only comes once, and I want it to be something different. We'll see what happens with that.

Jim and I are going out of town for Thanksgiving this year. It'll be nice to have a change of scenery for a while and spend some time with people we don't get to see often. It most likely won't keep us out of trouble though, but I suppose anything's worth a try. SMILE!

Another private beta cycle for JAWS has come to an end today with the release of version 8.0. It's going to feel kind of weird when i check my work email and see very few messages come through. SMILE!

Well, I can't really think of anything else to write about at the moment so I think I'm going to go for now. Just thought I'd write something to let people know that I'm still around. Later everyone.