So, yeah, not the best holiday season I’ve ever had, but my various family events are now over. Phew.
Jess and I survived the following things this year (in order of increasing intensity):
- the first draft of revisions to my new novel,
- vicious shoppers and drivers,
- visits from my sister (who lives in Montreal) and then my mother (who lives in Bass River, New Brunswick)–they both stayed with us,
- my dad having recurring chest pains just a few months after having had a serious stroke,
- a family member being shot on the street in Parkdale on Xmas eve,
- and the tragic gun death of a family friend who was only 23.
What is it, the 6th of January? That’s a pretty impressive list for two weeks! Kind of depressing, but it’s really clear now why I’m writing crime fiction. Damn.
Oh, did I mention I now have the flu? Yep. Here’s to hoping the holidays weren’t as stressful for the rest of you, and that 2007 just gets better around here…
I met your sister in Montréal! She was complaining about the lack of receiving a certain publication of yours. :]
Comment by Frandroid Atreides — January 7, 2007 @ 9:12 pm
Frandroid, She’s pretty awesome, eh? Yeah, I think she mentioned that she’d met “a guy selling a bunch of different zines” at the fair. Must be you.
And don’t worry, she’s got the latest couple issues of KM now…
Comment by Emily — January 8, 2007 @ 1:49 pm
Sounds like a bad end for the year. My condolences. My daughter ended up with the same long cold we did, which wasn’t fun, to say the least, and resulted in one all-nighter spent in a hospital due to our paranoia about her mild fever.
Comment by James Bow — January 9, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
James–it was a bad end for the year. But the good news is the police have finally arrested the shooter… Big relief…
Comment by Emily — January 10, 2007 @ 3:53 pm