Family:John's burial & memorial service were very cathartic.  I am very glad I was there.  I am very glad I was able to help & support Andy's family, and I am very grateful that my family (parents & sister) were able to come out to rural Minnesota for the memorial service.  Father's day is this weekend.  There are many other important dates tied to ( Read more... )

Remarkably, the new apartment feels more familiar than I had worried about -- but I also tried to prepare myself pretty thoroughly, so I'll call that a Being Smart About Myself Win. Unfortunately, it might've been smarter to plan this trip differently but I don't see how that would've been possible ( Read more... )

It turns out I should have posted on Wednesday about how excellent the honeymoon was. We went about a thousand places, we met new and wonderful people, we hung out a bit with incognito Neil Gaiman (and I had an actual brief conversation with him, which was lovely). I will not give away Neil's incognito disguise, as apparently my facial ( Read more... )

Just super busy. Lots of time behind the scenes, in the shadows ( Read more... )