Dropping off the face of the earth, and back again

If you wanted to know what's been goings on witha me as of late, you'd need my cell phone number, cuz I've been a little bogged down with business, family, and good times. 

Spent Christmas with the in-laws building snowcaves, fires in snowcaves, and shoveling snow for about 9 days. Built some good muscle and must say, was impressive to behold in the mirror for a while. Drove our 1986 Camry, Elvira, down the I-15, probably for the last time. We're trying to sell her and have had a few nibbles but no takers. It still drives like a tank (a 4-cylinder tank), but is still a bit trashed from being stolen last summer. 

We bought a 1995 Honda Accord Wagon to replace her. Has 80k miles on it and a few nickel-and-dime cosmetic issues. Snatched it up for $3400. Named it Oscar (as in, the Grouch, cuz Emily was a little grouchy with it at first). I'll post some pictures of it later. It's our little ghetto mobile. I dig it. 

School has started again, and is busy. And we're back at my parents for 2 1/2 days over the long weekend. We can make it from San Francisco down here on almost, almost a single tank of gas. Pretty sweet. 

Got my bike fixed at the Sports Basement in the Presidio. Took it in under directions from TruVativ to take care of the warranty and have the part shipped to a bike shop. They all said at the S.B. that it would be more hassle than it's worth and I'd probably still end up not getting it replaced under warranty. So the guy dug around and found an old (but unused) chainring laying around he'd sell for 20 bucks (an EXCELLENT deal). So while I was paying for it up front, the guy took my bike and put it on at no charge. Yet another testament why Sports Basement is teh coolest. All the bike guys said they'd never seen anything like that before. Makes me feel special.

Also, got a new Ipod Touch for Christmas and it's really cool. Just like the IPhone but no phone and no camera. 16 gigs, wifi, all that. Really nice to have, especially in the lab classes to just zone out to music while prepping a PFM crown prep on a #4 or practicing a #31 MOD amalgam prep for next week's practical exam. The games and apps are good fun, too.

As for having my family back with me. My days as a bachelor are over yet again, and life is good, but intense. The new little guy is coming first week of February and we're still trying to decide on a name. It was Leif for a while, but we're leaning back toward Finn. We only left Finn because some friends have a 2-year-old with the same name, but we're deciding we probably shouldn't care or let that phase us. We're also researching to obtain a PhD in double strollers. It's a fight between the Chariot Cougar vs. the Bob Revolution. 

That's the last month in a nutshell.