Hello, LJ-world. Sorry I suck at keeping you updated!

Short list of what is going on:

-- Liz is taking two classes this semester and trying not to explode. Hopefully she won't.

-- Latest Braun Exercise Fad: Yogalates classes! They're fun, and the teacher is great. Liz and I are taking the class together on Monday nights (a "fitness date night") and hopefully her presence will inspire me to actually stick with this long enough to see tangible benefits. Plus, yogalates is totally fun to say. yogalates.

-- Dexter goes in tomorrow for ear tube surgery. General anesthesia, which is freaky, but only for five minutes, so that takes away a lot of the freaky factor. But seeing as how he has gone through nine rounds of antibiotics for various ear infections since last November, we are actually looking forward to his new infection-free middle ear lifestyle. Not as fun: getting to the Surgicenter (another fun word, btw) at 6:15am tomorrow morning. Boo!

-- My brother Larry is getting married next year. We have met his fiancee Marissa a few times and she is awesome. Wedding will be in the Torch Lake area of Michigan, so that will be a fun (if random) vacation. I have been asked to be a groomsman, and Dexter has been asked to be ringbearer. Hopefully by next July, he will be old enough to not eat the rings or run out of the church or say "Hail Satan!" or anything (since I don't believe AJV will have any access to Dexter between now and then, the last one at least seems pretty unlikely).

OK, I better go. The Dexter stirs from his unearthly slumber. I will try and post again before, say, May 2008. Bye!