Thanksgiving Eve

Today just started out bad!  Got up this morning and the phone, internet, and cable were all out.  I guess there was a main fiber optic line cut to hat covered the entire county.  It took them 9 hours to fix.  It was actually good that it went out because it makes you realize just how much we all depend on modern things like that.  When it was out Kris, Keirsten and I actually spent some REALLY good time together.  We talked for quite a bit and then Keirsten and I played one of my favorite games in the world, "The Legend of Zelda" the old classic Nintendo version.  It was great to see Keirsten get into the game as that is what I grew up on and was the first realm video game systems that I had.
They had it for download on the internet and it's a lot of fun and simple to play.  Keirsten and I played that almost all day long!  I was going to go out to the studio to train Rick for his new show coming up on HVRN but the net was down.  It was down all over and without that, we would be able to do the test broadcasts.  So I am going to go in there Monday and train him a bit.  It is going to take him quite awhile to get the hang of it as I make it looks easy due to me doing it for years now.  It will take more than a couple of hours for him to get it all down.

About 5pm, Kaycee had to go to work and had been at her new boyfriend Jordan's house.  She really likes him and he is a really good kid.  I couldn't stand her last boyfriend so I am glad she has found one that I like as well.  I will get to know him better and lay down the rules with him.  So Kaycee went to work and Kris and Keirsten went over to Ma's house to start getting things ready for tomorrows dinner.  It was nice and quite here and a great day off.  I gave Alex a call and him and I also talked to Pat Wheelock about his radio server.  It was down so I restarted it and good to go!  Pat also told me I was confirmed to speak at the Queen Mary next September for Ghostfeast 4.  I really like when they bring me out there as it is a whole world in itself.  Pat said it is going to be even bigger next year due to the new management coming in but I will talk more about that in blogs to come.

I gave Joel a call as well to catch up on a few things and just shoot the shit with him.  Him and I really have a ton of things in common and have a lot of things in the works for HVRN.  Gina called and updated me on all of the calls and emails that are coming up and I also gave her a few event dates to put in the calendar.  It was a really productive day today and here it very early in the morning and I am still awake.  That is the curse of being Bipolar as I get "manic" and my mind will not shut off and in the past it keep me us for days on end.  I hope to be able to wind down soon and get some sleep.

I am glad that I stayed awake though, because I found this awesome website that has every single Super Nintendo game that you can download to your PC and use what is called an emulator to play them.   I downloaded a ton of them for the whole family as it is FREE entertainment.  I got some family games like Monopoly , Family feud, and Jeopardy.  I also got a lot of games for Keirsten to play as these new Xbox games are just to hard for BOTH of us to play.  My Nephew Brad is staying the night tonight and he brought over his Xbox 360 to show me the new Call of Duty game that is out. It is pretty cool but DAM those controllers are nuts.  You have to have a college course just to understand the dam things.

Tomorrow is the big day and I hope all goes well as it is the first Major Holiday with out Trina.  Everyone really misses her so it is going to be really hard for the family but I am sure we will get through it together.  Kris is taking it really hard and I feel so bad for her and wish I could take all of her pain away  Kris was such a great sister to Trina and they spent a lot of quality time together.  I have never seen to people so close to each other like those two.  I know Trina is here with us as well as she visits from time to time to check in.  I know she is very happy where she is now and out of all of the pain.  She past last April and Kris is really taking it hard and I wish Kris would talk to someone about it.  My girl really need a good cry to let all of the pain and grief out.  She will always have my shoulder when she needs it and I will give her as much space as possible until she is ready to let go.  I really feel that is best and when we let go, we are NOT forgetting at all but simply accepting them not being here physically.  Trina will always be her in spirit and visit the family as much as she wants to.

Time to wrap up today's blog and get a bit of rest before I over stuff myself tomorrow with all of the great food!  I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving as we all have very much to be thankful for.  I am thankful for having such a great and supportive family and wouldn't want it any other way.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Until next post....