Good evening, and welcome to my blog.

For posterity, I'll begin with the details of here & now. Though they probably aren't of interest to most people, I might care some day what these are, and there is also that I will be the only reader - at least for a short while - of this blog.

At the moment I am sitting at my desk with a heating pad for my highly preventable back injury. So far, it's helping. I was engaged last October, became an aunt last September, and will be a maid of honor at my sister's wedding this coming September. My favorite city at the moment is Madison, WI. Favorite food? Grapefruit. I live with Kevin and our two cats. They're all great & I love them. In different ways. I work as a programmer / systems administrator at a student loan servicing company. I work hard at my job, but don't mean to do it for too much longer... at least two more years, but no more than four. I don't love it. I like to ride my bicycle, take walks, play tennis, watch Buffy, talk to the cats, talk to Kevin, cook, clean, pay bills (because I can), and play on my new computer.

We are about to move to another unit in our apartment complex because we've been hearing music from the store below our current apartment. Kevin and I routinely have violent thoughts about the store's owners, employees, customers, and even about the equipment they sell. We talk and laugh about these thoughts, but nonetheless, it is time to move away from the store.

I currently spend time worrying about money, the cats, Kevin, my family in NY, Kevin's parents in TX, my status at work, and now my back, too. And then there's the state of the country, and the state of the world. I hope things don't continue this way. In the meanwhile, Kevin and I have decided that the best way to do our part is to volunteer for progressive organizations. Kevin is working with Habitat for Humanity, and I just started at Action WI.

I am generally content with life, and with this post - so that will do for now.