G-zus! Hello, from R. Van Winkle
Just haven't been up to it, folks. For more than a month now, I've just had too much to do 'round here. So, today's gonna be a bit of a jumble. Here goes:
Sad news: Bob- Man, I wish you the best and all the goodness this world can muster. It seems shallow to only be able to say Godspeed to your lovely wife as she has passed onto that next journey already. You're one of those fine folks I hope to bump into someday as I walk life's path.
C is for sux: Bob's Mary, Sharon's Joe, Bart's Lois, Bill's Lois, Wifey's co-worker, Jodes brother, Kari's friend, all afflicted and it troubles me so. Nothing makes you feel more helpless than watching this disease march along. And today Dana Reeve leaves behind a 13 year old after losing her battle with lung cancer. She didn't even smoke, how the hell is that?
Uncomfortable: Our wonderful neighbor was able to move into a care facility this past weekend, the same facility where his 60 year old son is. Last summer, when his wife was dying, he had tried to get her into the same facility but the disease was much too swift. After things settled down last fall and he was able to think about it, he decided to put his name on the list for the next available unit. I think it was a good move, the last few years have been quite a rough road for him and it shows in his step and demeanor. The uncomfortable in this situation is helping move him to this facility while another son (that seems to be quite troubled mentally) is still living in his house. The eldest son has been very helpful in organizing his finances and taking care of all the legal issues, but there has been some, well, "tension" in the conversations he's had with the occupant son. I didn't know what to expect, but wanted to be there to try and make the process move as swiftly as possible and limit any confrontations if I could. It went wonderfully smooth, thank God. The next hurdle was to be today- Eldest son was to have Occupant son served with an eviction notice. A sad, but necessary step needed to tidy up the loose-ends in Dad's estate, and one that will hopefully get this guy moving towards helping himself. I have no information on how that went, and wonder if I will be able to get to sleep tonight.
Listening to: Doves, Surfjan Stevens (not bad, when you finally get to listening to it), The GO! Team, Cary Brothers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Weezer, Gorillaz
Wondering: If my Spartans will be able to put a complete game together sometime soon. Madness, I tell you!
Longing for: Colorado. Copper Mountain has had H-f'n-UGE amounts of snow this year. Please don't let it melt until Tax reckoning day.
Surprised by: CRASH taking best picture. I could care less, really. I haven't seen any of the candidates, don't care for the politics (yes, that means YOU, Mr. Clooney), but given all the blathering hype centered on the cowpokes I was simply surprised. Kudos to Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, especially McMurtry. I enjoyed watching one of his earlier works this weekend (Lonesome Dove), it gets me every time. Although, when you think about it, there are many similarities between Tommy Lee Jones' Woodrow Call and Heath Ledger's Ennis Del Mar. (At least based on the clips I've seen for Brokeback.) The slow, deliberate way of speaking. Almost grimacing. You've come a long way, cowboy.
Loathing: I haven't started our taxes yet. 'Nuff said. Also, this is the busy time at work, and I am SOOOO sick of customers, SAP, etc. I'm buried by piles of automated data and it's my job to find that needle. It just doesn't get any easier, every year more and more are moving to it and we have no system to adapt. Lovely.
Loving: Neigbor's son lives near a Hershey employee. Brought Orange-Chocolate Kit-Kats and Strawberries & Cream Hershey bars that are being test-marketed somewhere in the U.S. of A. You have no idea how delish those were. If you see them, buy them. You won't be disappointed.
Missing: Bloggers that have disappeared. Shandie (Not lost, she just moved! Thanks JL-)Teri, Tiffany, Storm. And also the two sisters (one's husband was in the military) and their mother - all fell silent on July 14, 2005. Gary who went to live in a cabin in the Cascades last summer. All were good reads, I miss them and especially for the 3 in the military family I wish them well.
Reading: NOT ENOUGH!
Really liking: My Capital One freebie: BOSE Tri-port headphones. Can't wear 'em in public, but incredibly rich sound.
Sick in Atlanta is no way to go through life, son.
