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My father fought cancer for decades. He was the strongest man I have ever known. It was hard to see him wither with a body not able to do what his will desired. His suffering finally ended during the early morning of April 20th. Despite knowing that the cancer was terminal and preparing for it. Death is never easy. It tears a hole through you.

The storm was heavy. No matter what I did, I couldn't keep the ship from going down. Long weekends driving down to be with Dad and doing anything I could to make him more comfortable, but the storm just grew. The ship was groaning, in so much pain. Then, faster than I could imagine, the ship is in splinters and I'm awash in the sea.
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I often read about GTD methodology. Getting Things Done. This was developed by David Allen and I believe still trademarked by him. The idea is ridiculously simple: record all your tasks. You are stressed when your mind keeps going through all the things that must be done. There is no way to keep everything in mind, all at once. You will forget some and then remember. When the memory comes back you will then stress about forgetting again. It can be a vicious circle that just adds to stress, but doesn't actually get anything done.

I've been asked by many people how I track tasks and I thought I would write it up on my site so I could just give them a link.
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That will be the big day.  Amy and I are getting married on June 6th.  It seemed to be a good date, filling in the 6 month void of birthdays and anniversaries.  March is my birthday.  June will be our Anniversary.  September was when we met.  December is Amy's birthday

It is kind of fun letting people get the joke of hyphenation vs. non-hyphenation.  Amy has picked the best option, just taking Sacher.  Although it would be fun to watch people snicker as they ask for Mrs. Cox-Sacher.  At least people will still get a kick out of it on Facebook, where you need to keep your maiden name to be recognized by really old friends.

I have my laptop going now, since my desktop has still not been setup from the move.  I will try to rekindle my postings of the Trans-Am tour.  I will need to boot up my desktop at least once to get the files off it.  We will see how that goes.

Today marks just over a month since I posted anything new.   I have tons of things I want to put up here, along with getting back to my trip reports from my Trans-Am.   Hopefully I can do that soon.

What have I been doing?

I've been shopping for a house.  I think I found one.  I'm working out the details and getting inspections and all that jazz.  Hopefully I'll have everything worked out soon.  Then I get to move a bunch of stuff into it.  Needless to say, I'll be busy for a while.  I'll try to do better, but no promises.

Thanks Scott for pointing out that you don't know what Amy looks like. I'm know that many of the people I sent the engagement notice out to have not seen her either. Well, here you go! Enjoy.
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Hurray for me. Today is my birthday.

Last night, I decided to make a German Chocolate Cake.  Amy thought I shouldn't have to make my own cake, but I wanted to try one from scratch.  The cake used real melted chocolate and I folded in whipped egg whites.  The frosting was pretty standard fare with egg yolks, evaporated milk, sugar, etc.  I didn't have a piece until tonight.  I cooked the cake a little too much and it was slightly dry.  I'll post the recipes on here later.  It is my birthday, after all.

On September 24th, 2004, I met Amy for the first time on our date at Acapulco Joe's in Downtown Indianapolis. Amy's car broke down just before we met, so she was driving her dad's old Ford Ranger. We have been seeing each other since. On Tuesday, we were going to reach an obscure and geeky anniversary. We will have known each other for exactly 30,000 hours. About two months ago, I targeted this date for something I had been planning for almost a year. She said, "Yes." I'm now engaged. Here is how it happened.

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