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Hey, for a while there I was posting almost regularly! Strange or what? ;)
Just completing a reinstall of my computer. Not that it was completely screwed or anything, just wanted to do general maintenance. I used to reinstall every 6 months or so, but I hadn't done a full reinstall since I got my 80gb drive some while ago... It's all humming along now though!
English weather is very strange. We started out the day sunny, then had a spot of rain, then went back to sunny. All the while having howling winds! It makes it very difficult to plan for the day when you can NEVER be sure what the weather is going to do. Still, I shouldn't complain. At least we had SOME sun today! And summer is comming, days are getting longer. Soon we'll be able to go out after work in shorts and t-shirts again! *contented sigh*
Sarah's great-aunt died last week. I always worry that I seem calous about death, but the truth is that I'm rather unconcerned with it. As far as I'm concerned, if you lved to old age, enjoyed you life and died without suffering, there's nothing to worry about. At the end of the day, the person who's dead isn't likely to notice much, so it's down to us living people to greave or not as we see fit. I'd rather just celebrate the good times and think of things that way.
I think she understands though. Certainly, we've talked about it and she seemed ok with the whole thing. Even agreed with me that the poor woman is probably better off now. She was suffering from dementia after all and was very incoherent. Hadn't been really able to clearly remember or talk about anything in years. So I don't really think she was afraid of death or anything.
Still, death always reminds you of your own mortality. Truth be told, I don't think I'd be very satisfied with my life if I were to die tomorrow. Just wish I knew what to do to change that.
Just completing a reinstall of my computer. Not that it was completely screwed or anything, just wanted to do general maintenance. I used to reinstall every 6 months or so, but I hadn't done a full reinstall since I got my 80gb drive some while ago... It's all humming along now though!
English weather is very strange. We started out the day sunny, then had a spot of rain, then went back to sunny. All the while having howling winds! It makes it very difficult to plan for the day when you can NEVER be sure what the weather is going to do. Still, I shouldn't complain. At least we had SOME sun today! And summer is comming, days are getting longer. Soon we'll be able to go out after work in shorts and t-shirts again! *contented sigh*
Sarah's great-aunt died last week. I always worry that I seem calous about death, but the truth is that I'm rather unconcerned with it. As far as I'm concerned, if you lved to old age, enjoyed you life and died without suffering, there's nothing to worry about. At the end of the day, the person who's dead isn't likely to notice much, so it's down to us living people to greave or not as we see fit. I'd rather just celebrate the good times and think of things that way.
I think she understands though. Certainly, we've talked about it and she seemed ok with the whole thing. Even agreed with me that the poor woman is probably better off now. She was suffering from dementia after all and was very incoherent. Hadn't been really able to clearly remember or talk about anything in years. So I don't really think she was afraid of death or anything.
Still, death always reminds you of your own mortality. Truth be told, I don't think I'd be very satisfied with my life if I were to die tomorrow. Just wish I knew what to do to change that.