Is this thing on?

Oh, so much time, so many things.

My mom passed peacefully on October 17, with friends and family by her side. She is at peace now, and that alone has made the past couple of weeks truly grace-filled. After so many years of pain, she's free. Her memorial service is this coming Sunday afternoon, and family & friends are traveling to be in town for the occasion.

Meanwhile - my trips to California have picked up again. I'm here now, heading back to Puddletown in the morning. Will probably come back in ~3 weeks, bringing the kid along for a couple of days. I miss him; don't like being away from him for this long, even though "this long" is only five days.

Still amazed by the Obama election - and saddened by the vote on Prop 8 in California. As I posted on Facebook, though, it's a speedbump, not a wall.

Mexico? At one point last week it looked like I'd be heading down in January for a week, but schedule-wise and logistics-wise, it made little sense. Still don't know about next year either; to some extent that's resting on a few other variables, most of which aren't in my hands.

Anyway - hope to be back blogging again soon, prob'ly after I get through this weekend's events and fully catch up at work again. Wrote a bit at StreetProphets as part of the "Write to Marry" effort on 10/29, but otherwise have been just trying to keep the relevant balls in the air.