Updating Kandi: 2005-01-18
Hi [Kandi].
Where are you attending college? Penn State?
Congratulations on your new apartment. I remember my first apartment in 1979. I was so excited.
Things are pretty good here. However I did injure my wrist in November, and the doctors think it might be broken. So I have an appointment with an orthopedic specialist on January 31st to get it straightened out. Hopefully, they won’t recommend surgery. They think I actually hurt it a long time ago, possibly back in childhood, and the weight-lifting I was doing in the 2nd half of 2004 aggravated that situation. Apparently, signs of a healed trauma showed up on the x-rays. Meanwhile, it’s been difficult carrying the equipment to the gigs with just my right hand, but hopefully by the time camp gets here, I’ll have it fixed.
The gigs have slowed. Nothing scheduled currently. I’ve been using the time to beef up the software on the computer to better handle error situations. I’m finishing up a program that runs when you first turn on the computer, that checks the music disk drives and puts up an alert window if it finds any problems. The program also automates startup of some other programs, ones that I had to start manually up ’til now.
If the DJ business doesn’t take off this year, I’m toying with the idea of getting a job again. (I’m running out of money). These programs I’m creating are Windows programs and I have a fair amount of experience writing them. Hopefully if I do have to look for a job, those skills will make it easier to find a good [one].
Life is pretty ho-hum these days. I’ve talked with a few ladies. But no keepers so far. 
I’ll just keep wishing and hoping.
Don’t know if I told you. But I’ve accepted the treasurer’s position in my high school’s alumni association. This is a four-year term, and I just finished computerizing their books. Fun!
Well, thanks for writing. By the way, do you have a phone number there? I wouldn’t mind calling sometime. Mine is: 814-742-xxxx.
Take care,
Tom