Yes, I know, I have been away from my journal for some time now. Quite a lot has happened in the last few months. So much so that I do not even know where to start. So, for now, here is the quick run-down and I promise more details later ( Read more... )

Today we had the funeral mass for my grandfather. It was a lovely service that saw all of our family come together for the first time in almost 10 years. It was a beautiful service presided over by Fr. Kaz. I got to lector and, fortunately, I didn't break down until my aunts and uncles started their eulogies. A very nice reception followed and ( Read more... )

As of 12:30 this afternoon, my dear grandfather passed away ( Read more... )

So it seems that the corner has been turned. Last night gramps started declining. His white blood cell count was up and so was his fever. He had really low blood pressure and Joemamma could barely detect a thready pulse. Immediately the ambulance was called to transport gramps to the Tri-City hospital emergency room. It's amazing that something ( Read more... )

I am still here in California. This is a very difficult time for my ( Read more... )

Simple, I am in California this weekend. My grandfather has been very ill these past few weeks and, over the last few days, he has taken a turn for the worse. The summons to come came in the form of Joemamma calling me from Rome at 2:30 Thursday morning telling me to buy my plane ticket and get my ass down to CA NOW. So, here I am ( Read more... )

Yup...tomorrow....13:30 my time. The beta version of my diss got handed out to my committee on Saturday morning after I pulled a spectacular all-nighter to get it updated and edited. I put the finishing touches on my slides this evening. I'm so hyped up and whacked out I don't know which end is up ( Read more... )

Bry Leaves tomorrow :( We've had a damn good time these past few days even though I had to ditch him today and work in the lab like a madman :-\

Oh, yes, I am a Dorky Nerd God too!



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My cousin Bry came out for a nice President's day weekend visit. We went skiing out at the Beav this morning. Oh my oh my was today so so so very nice. I'm six shades of happy right now with how good and gorgeous the snow was. It was so lovely just to breeze down the mountain on nice packed powder. Bry really stunned the heck out of me by ( Read more... )

Several Saturdays ago, right after LBV got wrecked, I was driving a rented car with Joemamma running errands before heading into SLC to pick out a new car. After heading out of the post office, a police officer pulled me over and claimed I was going 40 in a 25 mph zone. Naturally, I was VERY surprised since it's not that far from the post office ( Read more... )