If you haven't noticed, I've been a tad stressed lately between a number of things, most huge being the holiday shopping season, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and so on for the next few weeks. But I just got a phone call from my dad. At a recent visit to his dermatologist, they discovered a "funny" looking mole, had it biopsied and it came back as melanoma. So last week he underwent a minor procedure (they did put him under a local for it) to remove a big section of skin. If the melanoma spread past a certain depth (I think 1 or 1.5 mm), then they'd have to move on to the next step, which wouuld involved various tests to see which direction it was spreading, then remove the appropriate lymph node and then hope you got it all.

Well, thankfully, dad just told me he spoke with his doc and they apparently got it all last week. So no need for further tests at all. They caught it early enough, tackled the situation properly and everything is back to normal for now. I most definitely needed that kind of news today in the middle of coupon/deal insanity mixed with a very late coupon night last night. So props to dad for being healthy. And thanks to you guys for your great and continued support.

Now I just need to get through Cyber Monday...