I let it get away from me again, didn’t I?

Let’s be honest: Not much newsworthy happens in my life. Each week looks mostly like the one before it. The big difference in the last few weeks is that I spent several of them very, very sick. Two rounds of the Death Blarg Of Blargish Death takes a lot out of you. Also, I burned through all of my “for-spending” tax refund money before the end of March. One shiny new 37″ flat-screen TV, one new computer full of LEDs, two flat-screen computer displays, and a bunch of random odds and ends later, and I have… more stuff. I did spend some of the money on important things, mind you… I own several more books than I did at the start of the year, for instance! I ran out of money before I could acquire a new bed, but, them’s the breaks.

Work is flying me to Vegas early in May for a vendor conference. I’m 100% not thrilled about flying, let alone to Vegas, in the Age Of Being Groped By Security Apes. But them’s the breaks. It should be an interesting conference, hopefully worth the indignity and bother.

The webcomic is winding up its second year of production, and I’m looking forward to taking a short break in May to recharge my creative batteries. I’ve also been reading up on photographic tricks and techniques, which I intend to put into practice going into Year Three. I also need to upgrade the shooting environment. In particular, my desktop is looking a bit the worse for wear.

My adorable rugrats are pretty much all grown up now. One’s most of the way through his first year at DigiPen up in the Seattle area, and the other is out of school and looking to start working so she can get out on her own. I’m proud of them both, albeit for wildly different reasons.

In addition to the usual couple-times-per-week diversion that comes from playing City of Heroes, some of my gaming time goes to Puzzle Quest 2. Think of it as Bejeweleder’s Gate, if you like: It’s a gem-matching game grafted onto a computer-RPG. That may sound absurd, but trust me, it works and it’s addictive as hell.

So… what about you? What’s new in your life this spring so far?