Was out of town on vacation two weeks ago, spent last week recovering and three weeks ago preparing. Sounds like so much just to drive 14 hours to Ohio and be a geek for a week. Ah well...
Had a blast, even moreso than last year. Met some great people, saw some old friends, played some great games.
And even better, my sister had her podling while I was out there! It wasn't good that I missed it, but it was good that it happened, see... (so critical, damn).
Bouncing Baby Boy Tucker MacInnes Reinhard was born in the wee hours of April 12th, which also happens to be my birthday. This coincidence of events was predicted by me months ago (mostly because I didn't want to increase the number of dates I'd have to remember; hey, I'm a lazy bugger).
It was the best birthday I've had in years. I got to see the tyke the day after I got back, and he's just adorable. Looks a helluvalot like the baby from Ice Age (I just saw that), actually. I'm pretty psyched to be an uncle. Looking forward to spoiling the boy and making his parent's lives that much harder, warping his mind, etc. All the things a good uncle is supposed to do.
My sister is doing fine, healthy, as is the lad, and my harried brother-in-law is also doing well. He's having a hard time of it though, because his sister just gave birth not long before (to her third child, I believe), and things are not going so well. I don't know a lot of the details (not something I want to ask about, it is likely a painful subject), but I am certainly rooting for them, and wish them well.
Having settled back in, I also continued my social branching-out this evening, but I'll handle that in a separate entry...
Posted by Campbell at April 24, 2004 11:39 PM