When things aren't going well, people (or at least me) tends to turn to the familiar.. and to me that's family.
I've said many times that you are my second family; and that chats here are like being with family watching a game.
My family outside of here suffered two losses within a week. Friday, Feb 2, my oldest brother's wife, Evie, died fairly suddenly. I was scheduled to be in Maryland this weekend as it's the weekend of the annual scifi convention I co-chair. I drove down last Saturday (the only day weather-wise I was going to make it) and attended Evie's funeral Monday. Then proceeded to get ready for the convention. My niece and sister were still in Wheeling. My niece and her husband went to my house to pick up my sister and head down to the convention. Unfortunately they found she had died in her sleep.
So yeah... the week from hell started and I'm still waiting for it to stop. I am at the convention, there was really nothing I could do in West VIrginia since any burial or services will be here. Her daughter and significant other went to West Virginia to make whatever arrangements she wanted made. So I'm physically here with a group of people I've seen in some ways grow up from kids to adults to parents and I'm also "here" in BGO because the Redskins have been a big part of my entire family's life for so long.
Sorry for the vent. I know reality is going to hit. "real things" like how do I avoid losing the house, how do I even walk back into that house, unimportant things like that... will take over. Just not looking forward to it.
I've said many times that you are my second family; and that chats here are like being with family watching a game.
My family outside of here suffered two losses within a week. Friday, Feb 2, my oldest brother's wife, Evie, died fairly suddenly. I was scheduled to be in Maryland this weekend as it's the weekend of the annual scifi convention I co-chair. I drove down last Saturday (the only day weather-wise I was going to make it) and attended Evie's funeral Monday. Then proceeded to get ready for the convention. My niece and sister were still in Wheeling. My niece and her husband went to my house to pick up my sister and head down to the convention. Unfortunately they found she had died in her sleep.
So yeah... the week from hell started and I'm still waiting for it to stop. I am at the convention, there was really nothing I could do in West VIrginia since any burial or services will be here. Her daughter and significant other went to West Virginia to make whatever arrangements she wanted made. So I'm physically here with a group of people I've seen in some ways grow up from kids to adults to parents and I'm also "here" in BGO because the Redskins have been a big part of my entire family's life for so long.
Sorry for the vent. I know reality is going to hit. "real things" like how do I avoid losing the house, how do I even walk back into that house, unimportant things like that... will take over. Just not looking forward to it.