Well, that was fun.

As you probably now know, one of the Cantus is now -1 appendix. I started throwing up yesterday at 6AM and threw up more and more frequently as the day wore on and had increasing stomach pain. By 3:30 or so I could not take it any more so my dear sweet wife took me to the hospital, where, after sitting in the waiting room briefly, I was given sweet, sweet painkillers. (Seriously. Do not think I have ever been so happy to receive medication.) By 10PM they had given me a CAT scan and determined that it was probably appendicitis, so off I went to surgery! Thankfully it had not ruptured (although I guess it would have if I had waited much longer to come in.) When I came around at midnight, I no longer had said appendix. This morning they kept me on fluids and antibiotics for a while and then sent me home around 2, where I have since been sitting on the couch recuperating (with a short trip to the ND pharmacy for a prescription) and watching basketball. What a great day for it to be 70 degrees!

For those of you who have not had one, I don't recommend appendicitis any time soon. :) This post is probably a little rambly and incoherent but I blame the drugs. Peace, man.

Just for Daniel Quinan.

Fine, Quinan. Here you go.

Meanwhile, what is going on in our life? Well, Marie is pregnant, I am on spring break, and South Bend's weather is South Bend's weather. It's fluctuating between 35 and 55, which is actually reasonably nice, I guess, considering spring is 6 days away. We are staying in for Spring Break, cleaning up the apartment (never really got moved in) and catching up with friends that we don't see enough of. It's a little weird having this break which does not coincide with Easter like it always did at TAC, but it does mean I don't spend a day of break fasting, which is not that bad. Marie is still struggling through morning sickness [:(] so we generally have been sleeping in and staying up late, since she generally gains energy as the day goes on.

We moved in January, news which was never really promulgated since we were still telling our friends about Bean and the move was a giveaway. We are now on the 3rd floor of a different building in the same complex. It's much better, since the heat comes through the floor and there is no one overhead to creak the ceiling. Instead, we get to creak the ceiling and listen to the chaos of a building filled with small children. (For those of you who don't know, we were formerly in a 'Married Students w/o kids' building and are now in a 'Married Students w/ kids' building.) It's mostly the detritus of the move which is now being cleaned, along with hanging stuff on the walls, etc. (I know, I know. What can I say? Law school and morning sickness got in the way - I'll let you figure out which went with whom.)

Finally, I eagerly await the beginning of the NCAA tournament, especially since Notre Dame has a fighting chance this year, or so I tell myself before we flame out in the second round. Marie seems to have resigned herself at this point to the myriad basketball on TV at all hours of the day and night; she's a very understanding wife.

I would provide more details but I think this is quite sufficient for now. (e.g., you'll take what you're given and like it!)

Intro

So Marie and I have decided to start doing this blog thing. We both have very few things on our mind so we thought we would share. No, seriously, my thought was that this can serve as an outlet for our friends to find out what's going on in our life, as well as for Marie's vast creative side and my own small-ish one. It could also play host to more serious topics from time to time but let's face it, there's plenty of that on the internet already. All of this is fungible, since these things never end up as what you intend them to be. You would have to ask her, but I think Marie's thought in starting this was "maybe now he'll stop telling me we should start doing this."