...Because I'm too emotionally drained to write it all out again. Anyway ( Read more... )

Today was Sharif's birthday. He would have been 26. I left a pile of carrots and peppermints on his grave earlier this evening. If nothing else, the local deer will enjoy them.

My Labrador Mac has been going downhill lately, and my family and I have been dreading taking her to the vet for fear of what we know they'll say. Yesterday we all accepted that we couldn't put it off any longer, and so today we took her down to the vet. They gave us some meds to keep her comfortable for the weekend, and on Monday we're going to ( Read more... )

Sometime last night, my last remaining ferret, Charlie, passed away in his sleep. It was not unexpected, as he was at least seven years old and had been slowing down lately, but I'm still a little dazed by it. I'm really going to miss the little guy. He was such a little goofball, as ferrets generally are. He hated socks for some reason, and ( Read more... )

It went as well as can be expected. There were a few technical issues, what with the police escorts never showing up and not choosing photos that represented the whole family for the montage, but other than that it went fairly well. Except that the whole thing was live-streamed so in addition to the hundreds of people at the funeral, thousands ( Read more... )

The funeral is tomorrow, and I'm going to try to do a memorial post for Mamaw sometime this weekend. In the meantime, here is her obituary. Daddy-Ken has been inconsolable, which is understandable, given that they were married for 64 years. It's still terrible and heartbreaking to watch, especially knowing that there's nothing anyone can really ( Read more... )

Mamaw's still hanging in there, but I expect a call at any minute. I saw her again today, and said goodbye again. It was bad enough the first time ( Read more... )

It will probably be today. We thought she was going to go this morning, but she's surprisingly tough and resilient. It's not that any of us want her to die, it's that we want her suffering to end and for this nightmare to be over. It's just a stressful situation. In addition, my cousin's girlfriend could go into labor at any minute. We're all ( Read more... )

It turned out to be bowling night at GSA, so I went bowling with everyone. Had a good time, came in second, even though I hadn't bowled since I was 16. All in all, I'm glad I went. They're good folks and are fun to be around ( Read more... )

Still no Sokka. I'm choosing to take that as a sign that he's at somebody's house and they'll eventually see the posters we put up and return him, safe and sound. Moving on, before I lose it again ( Read more... )