Hello stranger

Wow, I hadn't realized it's been so long since I last updated this page. With the holidays being so crazy and now work having me in major overtime overdrive, it completely slipped my mind. So, here I sit on a lovely crisp and cool Sunday morning, looking out the sliding glass doors of my living room and staring at the perfectly blue sky, trying to encapsulate the last month or so into a blog entry that will not be as long as The Iliad.

Christmas Eve and Christmas day was a blur. We stopped at my dad's the morning of the 24th to see my brothers and sister, as well as my dad and stepmom. After lunch, we took the ferry from Orient Point to New London, CT to drive up to MA to see Zachary. On Christmas day we scooped up Zac, went to Nick's aunt's houseto visit his grandmother, then to another aunt's house, then to his mom's and finally to his dad's, all between 11am and 6pm. By 6pm we were wiped, and finally got back to Paula and Angela's house (lesbian friends of ours we usually stay with) and crashed.

New Years Eve we were complete slugs and just sat on the couch and watched Dick Clark slur in the new year on ABC. We were in bed by 12:30AM. God, for thirtysomething homos we sure are BO-RING! ;)

Ever since the New Year, work has been crazy for both of us. I've taken on some part time work as well (because I'm THAT much of a fucking masochist) from home doing work for a former employer on a contract basis. Add to that my normal day job has become a 10-11 hour a day workday, and you can see that I've not had much time to breathe much less type a blog. Nick has been busy too with his job, and he's been traveling quite a bit.

One good thing that has come out of 2006 so far is that I now have health benefits through Nick's company. They've finally decided to recognize domestic partnerships and grant partner benefits to their employees, which we are thrilled about. The bad thing is, the health insurance for domestic partners is much more expensive than for married couples. Something to do with tax laws, etc. but we have to pay tax on the total value of the insurance policy in addition to the actual insurance deduction from his paycheck. This, coupled with a few other changes to tax laws and his deductions, results in him taking home $400 less each month, a BIG dent in our finances. Hence, the part time job. I'm not complaining, mind you. I am glad to do it, but its definitely been an adjustment period.

I'm really looking forward to our ski trip in two weeks. We head off to Banff, in Canada and I'm really excited. Just as long as there are no injuries!