Just finished booking flights & car for the memorial service for my grandmother; it's going to be in a couple of weeks, on the 14th of November, therefore do-able for both me and SO. We'll be staying (along with my dad) in my grandparents' house, which has not yet been sold. Probably the last time I'll ever see it; I suspect it will be sold now
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I heard from my dad this morning that my grandmother died last night. Not unexpected; she'd been in reasonably good physical health but she fell and broke her hip this past weekend, and never woke up after surgery. He commented that it was a blessing, since with her memory problems, she just didn't have the quality of life she once had (we were
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Stupid cold, not going away like I think it should, and as I had to lecture in both classes (plus, yeah, I did dictate but that I can do at low volume) my voice is now largely gone. I spent most of the day just trying to breathe. Time for more decongestant. This is non-sleepy stuff, but it still makes my brain feel like it's full of cotton fluff
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I won't claim that his books were profound, or anything, but I've always very much enjoyed the worlds of the Belgariad/Mallorean and the Elenium/Tamuli.
One of my students died this past weekend, in an auto accident. She wasn't taking a class from me this term, but had taken two (or maybe three, I lose track) in the past several years, beginning with an honors Civ class as a freshman, and was a major in my department. It's always sad to lose someone with so much potential. *sighs* Losing a student
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Today, July 1, would have been the birthday of a friend of mine... but she took her life over five years ago. I hadn't known her all that long, really, and she was an online friend whom I never met in person, but I still miss her and think about her from time to time
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