Impending doom....

Well, I have thus far managed to make it past Christmas, but I'm not looking forward to the week ahead. Myself & Bro#4 were supposed to head to upstate NY to visit Bro#2 last Saturday, who is sadly nearing the end of his go-round on this mortal coil. There's 2 things that seem to kill my family - attacks of the heart variety, and "The Big C". It is the latter that has had it's way with Bro#2.

We had an ass-kicking weather week here last week, so the aiport closed Thursday - that, combined with the holiday traffic in general left the Cleveland area virtually void of rental cars (Bro#4 having a full-size van and me having a 340HP Mustang = we need a rental). I was stunned to see that there there was not a car to be had, save a Ford Focus from Hertz for the princely sum of $50/day. I don't relish the 7.5 hour journey to begin with, much less jamming my 6'3" frame (and Bro#4's 6'4" frame) into a Focus during a blizzard. When I hang up here I'm going to look into this again - perhaps tomorrow will be the day we head out. We have to do it soon - or we'll not see Bro#2 again until he's in a jar on the mantle.

No real plans for New Years - not that being sober is necessarily boring, but it does certainly make some options less attractive based on the "Ameture Drinking" nature of any given event. It will likely be a hors d'overs type meal and loads of TV, then off to bed to feel a little older, wonder where my life is going, and hoping that I get there soon....

Rock on-
Don