Christmas is over. The new year is coming.

Well I am sitting in the Denver airport using thier free internet access to write this. I hope it holds out. 

Allready I miss Michelle and the kids but I have been getting my mind back on my research. I had a wonderful 10 days in Utah with the family. But I have come to realize that I am homeless. I no longer think of Utah as home, but I also cannot think of Nebraska as home until my family moves out there with me. Denver is as close to home as I can come given the circumstances. 

Back in Lincoln I will have more to report. Life with the family was very good. Life in the lab is promising again. I needed the time to regenerate my energy and reason to excell. Now I can go back to working as many hours as humanly possible, with the goal of finishing soon and moving on to the next phase of my life. A phase that should again put my family first where they belong. 

I am blesses to have them, and even more blessed that they are so supportive in everything. I must succeed. I need to prove that thier faith and sacarifices are well founded.

Love you all

Christmas

Well Christmas has come and gone. Luckily there were no casualties. The kids spent last night at Grandma and Grandpa's house while Michelle and I spent the night at the Millpond spa for our anniversary. We came home and had the kids deliver their papers before they could open their presents. They were pretty excited as kids tend to get. I am too tired after everything and so will post a couple of photos and then head to sleep while the kids play with the Wii that Vivi bought.

There are other photos these are just some I captured with my phone. Michelle should be posting better photos to her blog.

Love

15th Anniversary

Today Michelle and I have been married for 15 years. The years themselves have varied from wonderful to not so great; but every moment I get to spend with Michelle is wonder-filled.
I am not able to be with her tonight. I am still in Lincoln while she is back in Tooele. Soon I will be with her again, but for now we have to be apart.
I found myself lost in thought more often than normal today. Several people mentioned that I was far away and that I sighed more often than normal.
I miss my family. As much as I love it here I miss them.

Feeling a bit better.

I feel like I may have passed. that is a maybe but it beats the DOOM I felt earlier today. Thermodynamics is Chemistry 982 here at UNL. It is taught, very well I might add, by Professor Zeng. It is a difficult course mostly because you have to decide where to start. Most problems could be solved more than one way, but during a test they all feel as though they could never be solved.

Chemistry Department Christmas party

I wish my kids could have been here. But the kids of the chemistry department had a fun time though most were a little or a lot hesitant to sit on Santa's lap.

What is marriage?

I was just chatting with a friend and thought I would share my quick view on marriage.

It's stressful but wonderful at the same time. To have someone in "it" with you for the long haul is wonderful. Someone to whom you truly matter that has the same hopes and dreams as well as the same worries and sorrows. You get through it together. Marriage is the most wonderful thing ever.

I love you Michelle!

ok it's dumb but cool

I have accomplished a lot today but not nearly enough. How am I supposed to solve the world's energy crisis when this keeps me occupied.

I have succumbed

Well I finally did it! I have succumbed to all of the peer pressure and have joined facebook. If you happen to be one of the brain washed plebeians who is also listed on facebook come on over.

It's been a busy week and all I can say is that the closer I get to finals the more difficult it is to focus on one thing at a time. That makes it hard to accomplish anything. I shouldn't have taken the time to write this but wanted to have a quick communication out to anyone who cares.

By the way you have to listen to this 5 second sound clip and tell me how much it made you think of me!

Love

I hate shots!

Can I just say I hate shots! I had to go get an MMR because I couldn't come up with a good enough record of the vaccination I had as a child. While I was at it I also got a Flu shot. TWO shots in the same arm! My arm will never be the same again.

Follw this blog

All right then. Let's all click on Neil's follow this blog link (under his stunning photo) and make him feel special.