Non-Technical News: Blessings Come In All Shapes And Sizes

The day brings much remarkable news.

Kyle and Zach worked the 9-12 year old Little League tryouts today, assisting about 250 of the younger competitors in the league through a day of skills evaluation. The day also served as an impromptu reunion of last year's Redmond Red Sox. Many of the boys were in attendance, including Ryan FitzPatrick, who is now throwing right-handed! Congratulations to Ryan, dad Dave, mom Corinne, and brother Sean on this remarkable turn of events.

The other piece of news hits even closer to home for our family and relates as well to my recent absence from this space.

Without unduly imposing on the public squeamishness, I can report that I spent four days in Seattle's Swedish Hospital this week for a recurring illness which has baffled doctors in four states since it first surfaced in 1986. I've been seeing one of the best gastroenterologists in the region for the last three years, and this week he was able to offer a diagnosis as well as schedule a treatment. I'll be having elective surgery to repair the primary issue sometime during early February.

In the meantime, I'll need to focus whatever professionally oriented energy I can muster on the second rotation of SQL Ranger candidates, who may well be arriving in Redmond as this is written (if they haven't already).  I'm afraid that means posts will be in short supply during this hopefully brief recuperative phase. For that I apologize, but rest assured that I'll be back, in force, just as soon as circumstances permit.

In the meantime, I hope you are as I am -- surrounded by the blessings of family, hope, and renewed health.

See you soon..

    -wp

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Today I'm still recovering from my procedure , which was not successful. I'm once again decidedly non-competitive

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION and FULL DISCLOSURE: I don’t usually pass my blog entries by my boss before I

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Several folks have been kind enough to ask how I'm doing , so I thought I'd share a brief update. Feel

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  This is (hopefully) the conclusion of a thread begun here , and continued here and here . I met with

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Today I'm still recovering from my procedure , but unlike previous days in this string, I got enough

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Today I'm still recovering from my procedure . I looked at some email, but not enough to claim a work