In Belleville

Well, a lot has happened in a short amount of time.  For starters we now have a beautiful baby boy in our family.  His name is Peter Joshua...we call him PJ for short.  He is now a little over a month old and he keeps us pretty busy.

We have also moved from Iowa to Belleville, Illinois (my wife's hometown) and are still unpacking (and looking for work).

I was in the hospital for a week battling infectious colitis.  I would not recommend that experience to anyone and it only further proved to me why I hate hospitals.  Nurses are mean.

I managed to sell a short story to Kzine magazine, it's called "Connections".  The issue will be coming out in May 2014.

I found a local creative arts magazine in Belleville and I'm thinking about submitting a story to them just to test out the creative waters in the area and get my name out there.  It's called Str8 Up which is maybe a little too hip for me but I was pleased by the articles within and thought they sounded like a good group to get to know.  Oh, and I'm also considering taking up stand-up comedy again...I haven't done that in years but there's a few open mic nights in the area.  I figured what's the worse that can happen?

Anyway, I'll leave this post with a picture of our baby boy...I love how he's holding his hands in this one.