Week 56: Hospital

On Saturday night, a friend and I went out to sample some whiskey.  We found one we liked and got a got a bottle of something similar to take back to his house to accompany our viewing of the first part of the Ken Burns Baseball documentary. 

I got sick and slept on the couch.  I've been sick from drinking before, but this was different.  My abdomen was tight and in great pain.  I managed to get a little sleep and woke up feeling a little better.  The next day I was not hungry at all.  I laid in bed trying figure out if I was just hungover, or if something more serious was going on.  My abdomen remained tight and painful.  I tried to get down a small dinner of chicken broth and a bite or two of bread.  That night, the pain returned with a vengeance and Cari and I went to the emergency room.



As I write these words I am about to reintroduce meat to my diet, one of the last steps to recovery.  I lost a lot of weight, and a lot of strength, but I am well enough to fly home to Denver, which I will do tonight.

Week 55: Whittier

The weekend after Thanksgiving was supposed to be awesome. We had reserved a public use cabin on an island in the middle of Prince William Sound. We had a charter boat to take us out there. We had gear, we had food, we were all set. Then a freak windstorm made the sea too nasty to get out there. This is the video that shows what happened next.



In finance land, I am trying a new thing: start a goat milk soap business. No joke. I'm in meetings this week and next set it up, and we should be making soap in the next couple of weeks. Said soap will be available to you, dear reader, before the general public, I promise. With any luck, it may even be ready in time for the Holidays...