Well, 2009 is going to be a long year.

On January 19th we found out that my aunt (my dad's older sister) had breast cancer that had spread to her lungs and bones. On that day, she had in excess of 50 tumors in her lungs and they were filling with fluid. Since the cancer was so far progressed, she opted not to fight it with chemo-therapy or radiation. My dad left the next day with my sister Hilary to go and visit her and take care of some various things. They were there for a week. My mom went out Friday morning. My aunt passed away Saturday morning at 4:00 am. Her sister and her daughter were on each side of her, holding her hands as she died. My siblings and I will travel to Montrose this Thursday for her services. My heart in breaking for my dad. He has had an extremely hard 5 months. But, he is still the rock of our family and the perfect example for my brothers as to how a husband/father/brother/son should be.

My sister is healing beautifully. She is back to work and able to move around like normal.

Nate and I purchased our ticket for Bonnaroo 2009. It is a music and arts festival in Manchester, TN, June 11th-14th. Here is the lineup so far:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Phish (2 Shows)

Beastie Boys

Nine Inch Nails

David Byrne

Wilco

Al Green

Snoop Dogg

Elvis Costello Solo

Erykah Badu

Paul Oakenfold

Ben Harper and Relentless7

The Mars Volta

TV on the Radio

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Gov’t Mule

Andrew Bird

Band Of Horses

Merle Haggard

MGMT

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The Decemberists

Girl Talk

Bon Iver

Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Galactic

The Del McCoury Bandof Montreal

Allen Toussaint

Coheed and Cambria

Booker T & the DBTs

David Grisman Quintet

Lucinda Williams

Animal Collective

Gomez

Neko Case

Down

Jenny Lewis

Santogold

Robert Earl Keen

Citizen Cope

Femi Kuti and the Positive Force

The Ting Tings

Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Kaki King

Grizzly Bear

King Sunny Adé

Okkervil River

St. Vincent

Zac Brown Band

Raphael Saadiq

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Crystal Castles

Tift Merritt

Brett Dennen

Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue

Toubab Krewe

People Under the Stairs

Alejandro Escovedo

Vieux Farka Touré

Elvis Perkins In Dearland

CherryholmesYeasayer

Todd Snider

Chairlift

Portugal. The Man.

The SteelDrivers

Midnite

The Knux

The Low Anthem

Delta Spirit

A.A. Bondy

The Lovell Sisters

Alberta Cross

MORE ARTISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

I am super excited!