Back to Basics

And we're home. So I was in Massachusetts, as you know, and I had a pretty good time. The main reason for going down on Saturday was the big barbershops show in Keene, in which my dad is part of the chorus. He's been singing in one barbershop group or another for most of the last 25 years, so he's pretty good at it. The show also featured a chorus from nearby Hanover, and between the two of them -- and this is a sentence I never expected to write -- I thought the show was really fantastic. After the main show we all went to the "Afterglow" in the high school cafeteria (the show was held at Keene High School), where there was food and more singing, and Colleen and I filled our quota of laughing hysterically at something at least once per get-together. By the time we left there, though, I was wiped. I'd been up since 4 AM that morning, having worked, and it was headed towards midnight by then.

Earlier in the day I did indeed make it down to Modern Myths for Free Comic Book Day, which is something of a holiday for our kind. I didn't take any of the free ones (I left those for the kids), but I did make a sizeable purchase that filled in a few gaps in my personal collection. I need to find some time to get cracking on the reading because there is some truly awesome stuff awaiting me.

We had the family dinner on Sunday, but for a lot of the day I wasn't feeling all that great. I had a small headache that alternated with a small stomach ache, and ended up taking a long nap in the afternoon. Overall, however, it was nice to get together with everyone, and considering how I've been feeling lately, it was a good time that I needed.

Now, though, that I'm back I have a lot of things to do. I'm way behind on everything, so there's a lot of ground to make up.

So let's get to it.