I don't know how many of you have been following my story, "Michael and Amanda", but, if you have and if you're wondering why there haven't been any updates lately, I've only got the following excuses. First of all, in early February, my mother's younger, and only, sibling died a week before his 84th birthday. Second, about two weeks later, I was hospitalized for a staph infection in the ring finger of my left hand. While I can now type significantly better than I did before and during the hospitalization, my typing is wrought with mistakes which causes me to type significantly slower than normal. The last reason for no uploads is because my mother fell and broke/fractured her femur bone causing her to need a partial hip replacement. Starting early next week, she'll be in rehab for a few days. That'll probably interfere with my writing, too. But, I'll be back to work as soon as I can.