I'm Not Dead

I'm not dead, but not doing that well either. Not that any of you are waiting on pins and needles for the next update, but I just wanted everyone to know that I'm around, just not for more than about 15 minutes at a time. Remember that herniated disc I mentioned in my post about things I really need? Well now all I really need is to get the stupid thing operated on. I bent over to pick up some shoes about 3 weeks ago and things have unpleasant ever since. Hopefully by the New Year I'll be back and better than ever!