Some fun stuff, some sad stuff

This has been a hectic few weeks...

• I've finished my accounting class from you-know-where at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Don't know the grade. Don't know whether I'll tell you what the grade is when I get it, either. :)
  
• We unexpectedly lost Dondi's godfather, "Pop" (Manley "Monk" Baird) on Thursday, Oct. 16. (You may recall Dondi's godmother passed away in June). Pop was visiting his siblings in northeastern Alabama when he passed away. Dondi and I went to the memorial service in Texarkana, Texas, on Oct. 23. Pa-pa and Emo (themselves back from a whirlwind trip to Ohio) graciously watched Jordan and Matthew all day so we could go to the funeral.
• Jordan went to his first birthday party. Aunt Cristina's friend Shasta's four-year-old boy had a birthday party at a bounce house facility south of Dallas. He seemed to have a blast.
• All four of us were sick over the weekend with a 24-hour stomach bug. Matthew got it first, Dondi got it second. I got it third and found myself dehydrated during the middle of it, so had to go to the emergency room to get rehydrated and a bunch of shots to quell the nausea and all. Jordan picked it up last, though seemed to get over it the quickest of all of us.
  

Otherwise, just normal fun. Dondi takes the Regulation section of the CPA exam on Nov. 14 in Bedford. I'm sure she appreciates your prayers for this process to be over with (for good!).