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Hiatus Highway

So you might have noticed that I haven’t updated my blog recently…

The reason for that is because I am on a very impromptu hiatus right now.

Work and play (and blogging is a part of both for me) are currently on the backburner while I spend time with my family to help care for my mother who very recently suffered a hemorrhagic stroke on account of her previously unmanagable hypertension (overall health good, no risky lifestyle factors, etc which can be changed to help lower blood pressure) which had spiked up to 225 even WITH medications.

Geebuz.

Since it is only a minor stroke, things could certainly be worse, but dammit, things also could have been better, too!

So… yeah.

EMG over and out.

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