I have some exciting news, but I’m forbidden from blogging about it for the time being. If you ask, I’ll talk to you about it in person, but we don’t necessarily want it to be public knowledge for the time being. No, it’s not a baby.

I’ve had a really nice few days since I wrote to you last. When was that? Thursday? Friday? I’m not sure. Anyway, it’s been good. I’ve been able to spend some decent time with my lovely wife which has been a nice change. Pain management is good. Well, the pain management rotation is good. Chronic pain management is probably good, as well, but I’m not making any statements about that at this point in time. Yesterday, for example, I rode in with Emma to work so we were able to go out to both breakfast in the morning and dinner at night. How cool is that? And on a Tuesday, no less.

I also went and gave blood yesterday, which always makes me feel good. I feel good every time that I donate, but then put off donating when I’m next able to for months and months. I’ve been eligible to donate since approximately Thanksgiving, but kept putting it off for minor, trivial reasons. Maybe this time I’ll remember. I did a “double red” again, which is where they take out two units’ worth of red blood cells, centrifuge them, then return the plasma. My hematocrit was 17.2…I guess I had hemoglobin to spare. :-D Since it’s a two-unit donation, I’m not eligible to donate again for twice the time, so I can give again in September. Somebody remind me, eh? The t-shirt is totally cool, too, so there’s a reasonable chance that Emma’s going to steal it from me before I get a chance to wear it. Heh.

Emma and I also got to go see Spider-Man this weekend. It was okay, I thought. Not great, but not as horrible as some of the reviews had intimated. Most of the action sequences were really great-looking. There was definitely too much extraneous plot — I mean, who cares about MJ’s horrid singing, anyway? — and I thought it was about half an hour or so too long. I’m glad we saw it on the big screen, though…the fight scenes won’t be quite as cool on a home TV.

Enough for now. I’m going to go do a little work, rather than dither on my computer all day. I’ll just dither most of the day, rather than all of it. ;-)