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Is the blogger still down? Yes.

Am I finally out of Korea? Yes.

Am I glad to be back home? Hell yes.

I have been thoroughly enjoying myself since coming back home. This is, of course, despite the effort involved in preparing to move across the US to New York. Shaunna and I have spent the last two days boxing and organizing everything in the house; I didn't know we had so much crap.

Speaking of which, Shaunna and I are doing very well. She's managed to lose enough weight to look like a different person entirely - her old clothes literally fall off her (in all the best ways). I've been home for 6 days now, and without a doubt things between us are as I knew they would be. It feels like we have a fresh start, and so far we're doing things right, enjoying ourselves in the process, and it's clear to see that we're both pleased with the direction things are going.

Where did my kids go? When I left, Stephen was a little kid, Jason was still a toddler, and Nathan couldn't even manage to sit up yet. Now, Stephen is preparing for first grade. He's curbed the temper tantrums nicely, is more helpful around the house, and has even started doing minor chores regularly. Jason, though only 4, knows the alphabet, numbers up to 20 (maybe more), colors, and is starting writing skills with Shaunna. Basically, he could go into Kindergarten right now, if he were old enough. Nathan is no longer the cute little rugrat. He not only is up and running around, he's nearly 2 and is a very intelligent little boy. He very clearly has my hair and face, but with Shaunna's nose, and he knows how to look so damned cute that you can barely stand it. With his needing ear surgery to open up his hearing last year, Nathan's speech is behind, but he's making rapid progress, and can string along three word ideas pretty well.

As I sit here typing, the movers are finishing up boxing all of our stuff. There are enough boxes in the house to make a fort of medieval proportions. Tomorrow, the movers pick up all the boxes, and the day after that, we say good bye to Arizona entirely and begin our trip to New York. While I'm very much looking forwards to New York and the possibilities present there to me, Shaunna is dealing with leaving the state, and her parents and relatives, for the first time.

While I was away in Korea, Shaunna found something that interested her - graphic design. Apparently, there are a number of people that spend much of their time creating graphics (which they call "tags") for Myspace.com personal pages. After a lot of time spent in different groups, Shaunna has started her own, which is here. Check in on it regularly, as it should become active shortly.