ralph

the party went well. unfortunately i was not feeling well for the bulk of it. turns out i have the flu. i'm home right now...taking a sick day. decided it would be best after seeing my dinner twice last night. not fun.

interesting note from the party: watching my nieces and nephews play my freestanding video arcade game (Crystal Castles). they all wanted to know where the reset button was at. eventually they asked me to play and it became apparant that i spent too much time on this game back in the day.

as far as work, i am trying not to freak that i am missing a day and work deadlines will not really move to accomodate this. the good news here is that it's just the whole "get it done by end of year" mentality vs. real deadlines that drive this mania. so it should work out fine.

time to go take some more tylenol and fluids. i feel as though i have been kidney punched.