Sep 14, 2003 22:18
My Step-dad's father died. We fly out Tuesday for the funeral. We had the tickets before he died, to try and see him before, but I think we all knew we wouldn't make it in time. He's been my grandpa for 14 years, but since they live in MA, I didn't spend much time getting to know him. I feel sad for the rest of the family though, they're really nice people.
On a lighter note the night sky here is absolutely beautiful. You can actually see the milky part of the milky way it's so clear. The sky isn't black with a few bright stars anymore, it's many bright stars on a background of billions of far-away stars. The skies in the Arizona desert are similar, but I havent been there in 15 years so I don't remember them so well.