2nd half of 2008 (abridged version)

Since my last post: June: forever vacated the beloved Richmond apartment, loaded the honda to the brim, put everything else in storage, moseyed down to daytona beach. July: missed the tom waits show, don’t wanna talk about it, except to say: GRR! To make myself feel better, took a wacky side trip to the northeast that won’t be detailed here. (shame, really.) Jul/Aug/Sept: chilled in florida, did a whole lot of nothing, in a good way. Decided nonetheless that I don’t want to move there just yet. October: came back up the coast via the slow roads, stopping here and there—carriage ride in Charleston, roadside barbecue joint in Georgia, such like. Arrived back in VA in time for bro’s lovely Halloween wedding. folks & grandmother up from texas, spent a week w/them as planned, nice. November: just before their planned departure, mom got scary sick, pneumonia and meningitis, strapped to a bed in ICU for days. Miraculously got thru it despite her beat-up immune system, but required a few extra weeks in wmsburg. December: catching my breath, renting a room in Virginia beach while I decide if maybe this is where I wanna live for a while. job hunting, ugh. What’s next??