Possible Resolution

It appears that today ought to provide some resolution, some finality to a major uncertainty in my life these past few months.
I and others are certainly hoping this will happen so we can all move on with our lives in one way or another. As I have said and written before, uncertainty is not a good thing and it is affecting me in various ways, some obvious, others not so much. Let's see how today goes.

Nothing Much New

This anticipation thing is a little bit wearing; I have little new to discuss today due to possible/apparent upcoming events.
I've got some topics I'd love to mention, plus a bunch of music things that deserve and need to be written, but until there is some clarity and decisiveness taken on a certain major issue, I will be a bit preoccupied. Hopefully, that will happen very soon, but until then, pardon my possible scatterbrain status.

Improvements

2010 is turning out to be typical in the bad winter weather we're getting, mostly predictable but still annoying, but some good things are happening so far.
First, my back injury is feeling way better than it was when I first hurt it in early December; I started seeing my chiropractor, Dr. Steve Niemiec, a friend before that, in mid-December. The pain has subsided to almost being gone, my flexibility is better and, due to Steve and Val's urgings, I am sleeping longer and better.
I have taken a step to improve things otherwise in another area that I hope will do so and that I should be able to discuss further later. I am also hoping to increase and improve my writing habits, blog and otherwise.

I'm Irked

I know, I know, it's a real shocker, but I am a bit annoyed at some things today, and not just because it is a Monday after a holiday weekend and back to work time.
Yes, Buffalo gets its hard, tough and long winters, but for cripe's sake, do you think it can stop snowing for five freaking minutes? More than a major snowfall at one time, to me the most annoying times of winter are the day after day after day of snow that occur, when you can' t look out the window at day or night without seeing snow fall and seeing the need to shovel and/or brush off your car.
I am a native Bufalonian and I know how bad winter gets and that clearing 2-3 inches of snow 2-3 times a day is not the absolute worst thing that can happen, but to me, these are the times that really get depressing or at the very least very annoying.
Oh, and I can hardly wait for someone to try to cheer me up with "Well, we didn't get 81 inches in three days like we did on 2001." Wow, cue the angels.

Happy New Year

Val and I wish everyone a very prosperous, peaceful and Happy New Year.
After years of not going out, Val and I will be out for a bit at a somewhat swanky shindig (more about it later) due to Val being a very talented photographer and donating one of her photos to the benefit silent auction there.
See you guys in the new year.

Leave a Freaking Message

Someone or some entity has called us several times in the last three days from Biddeford, Maine, but has not left any message.
I know this much because our account with Vonage lists numbers that have tried to contact us, plus in most cases the name of the caller and from where he or she called. This time, it showed the number from which the calls came (the same) and the place, but no name of a person or company.
It appears that this may be an automated caller, because you would think that someone would get the point that the time the calls are being made is bad for us and that possibly a message could be left. But I won't rule out the possibility that the caller is a flaming douchenozzle moron.

Missed Appointment

Due to yesterday's weather and traffic conditions, I missed my chiropractor's appointment with Dr. Steve Niemiec, and I am not happy about that.
Despite leaving work downtown in what should have been enough time, it took me about 35-40 minutes to just get the three miles to my house on Buffalo's West Side, so I knew that I would never get to the Amherst office in time. Again, too many people seem to have forgotten how to drive in the snow, and even more seem to have forgotten that Delaware Avenue is a four-lane road, two lanes each way, in Buffalo.
When I got home and dashed through the snow, I tried to call and/or e-mail the chiropractor's office, but it turns out that we had a cable outage of sorts (it later turns out that it just needed rebooting, which I was too frazzled to check), and because our telephone service is through Vonage, I could neither call nor e-mail.
So, I went about walking Walker Evans, who had a great time leaping and bounding through the snow, and then shoveled our walk and driveway, with some assistance from neighbior Jim Whitford. Everything was cleared out in time for Val to get home from work, and my back was feeling pretty good then and continues to feel good now.