My retreat from cyberlife ...

1. We're out of town for a while. My Hunter's sister passed away a week ago and we're having a difficult time dealing with all the officials involved. Circumstances were decidely ... weird ... and we are pretty much in the dark about a lot of stuff. Besides planning the funeral, we're having to deal with a lot of people who will not divulge anything. So, next step... lawyers. And as of right now, the funeral won't be till Saturday. So we'll be out of town till at least then.

2. Last night I drove home (200+ miles) to deal with some stuff that needed doing there. This morning, I awoke to the sound of my hard drive self destructing. And then the sound of my brain in total meltdown. I can't do anything about that hard drive till I go home again. I don't know yet what will be salvagable, if anything. I'll have to get a second hard drive up and running before I can try to break into the damaged hard drive....

3. The job search. No comment.

4. A weird health problem that I have no time to deal with right now.

I'll be checkin my email every day, and try to get here too. I'll mostly be in lurk mode tho - this computer and connection are slooooow ... and we're gonna be pretty busy in RL for a while.

I haven't forgotten ya'll ... I just don't have enough hours in the day....

Hugs to you all...

'shana

If there's ANYthing I can do - like load lost Kev pics of any description onto a disk and ship it over - or anything at all - you know where I am, ok?

I'm so sorry this is all happening

Warm hugs,
Kendaa

Hope things work out ok for you and the family. Take care of yourself in all this too:)

We're here to give you a cheery pick-me-up anytime

warm hugs
fayee

{{{shana}}}

Hugs from down here too.

Ohmy!

I'm sure things will begin to straighten out! Just know we're here, and thinking only the best for you and hubby through this dreadful time.

{{{{{'shana}}}}}

mallenia

It's just pouring down on you! I'm so sorry! Please tell me if I can help!!

Shhh,
Whisper

Hope it all works out! What a drag!

Hugs
Mermaid

{{{{{{{shana}}}}}}}
When it rains it pours huh? I'm sorry hon.
But remember, you can step under our umbrella anytime!

Hugs*Prayers
~Wike

Thank you verrry much.

Update, sorta.

Funeral is going to be tomorrow.

Lawyer is drooling over the opportunity to help us. Thru the "old recommended by a relative of a friend of the family" network, we found a lawyer who specializes in the kind of stuff we need him to. My mom's bf knows another lawyer (a very well known Dallas lawyer) who was interested too, but my Hunter's family decided to go with the guy who specializes...

We're going to be here till Monday at least, there's some kinda meeting we have to go to...

Weird health prob seems to be staying the same.

Well, on the 'good news' side of things, my mom, altho smoking again, seems to be breathing well. She's off ALL her meds (even the ones she should still be on) because she feels 'fine"...

'shana

'ol blue can go 100 mph. I didn't mean to, but ya'll know me... lol...

{{{Kendaa}}} Thank you ... I'll get back to you on that ...

{{{fayee}}} thank you!

{{{Tabbycat}}} thank you ... stay warm!

{{{Whisper}}} 's ok ... I have lots of friends with lots of hugs!

{{{Mermaid}}} What can work out, will. We'll ognore the rest!

{{{~Wikewike}}} Thanks! I think I needed a shovel more than an umbrella!

'shana




I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and I think, "Well, that's not going to happen."

lol

further update:

It finally stopped pouring down rain the night before the funeral. The sun came out. The funeral went ok ... a lot more people came than we figured on. That was nice.

A lot of people remembered me from previous get togethers. (All funerals, unfortunately!) And I got lots of hugs. I really felt accepted - yeah they've known me for a zillion years, (and his family likes me) but this time it was mostly just my Hunter's extended family there - and that's way easier for me than previous events where there were a lot of people that I didn't know and who didn't know me. I kinda really stand out (lol) in a crowd of my Hunter's relatives but they don't care.

And a really nice thing happened - one of them decided it's bad that we all get together only for funerals, so he's putting together a reunion this summer in Dallas... that should be fun.

We hung out with the family for a while, then zipped by and saw my mom at work. She was thrilled to see us, and had to show my Hunter off to everyone (Rarely does anyone get to see him in a suit and tie...)

We went back to my sister's and had dinner. Yum. She loves to cook. I'm surprised I didn't gain weight...

Sunday started off warm but then got cold. We went to an indoor outlet mall near my sister's. It was fun. I got a doormat for my friends who have dogs .. it says

"Beware: Dog can't hold it's licker!"

Because Chiquita does 'drive by' lickings!

Monday, My Hunter went with my sister's Hunter to go get the papers that this place has put off giving us. They got them, but got caught in the sleetstorm on the way back. They got back just fine. Me n my sis shoveled he driveway so they could park ol' surefooted blue there.

It sleeted all Monday afternoon. It went to 19F on Tuesday and started a weird mist/drizzle thing. Didn't get above freezing till Wednesday afternoon- and then refroze Wed night. People were stuck on highways for up to 20 hours.

Needless to say, we stayed put. And had a great time eating (remember, my sister loves to cook!) and yakking. I borrowed warm clothes from my sister. So she's 6" shorter than me... lol ...

So we came back Thurs afternoon. It was slow goin thru Dallas, but fine after that.

My hunter pulled the bad hard drive and swapped it for another drive. Then put the bad one in as a second drive. He then installed XP Pro, and POOF! I'm back!

I still need to add a bunch of updates and software before I'm gonna be ready to attemp to access the bad drive...

'shana

I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and I think, "Well, that's not going to happen."

It's good to have you back

And I'm glad that although it wasn't an easy time, it had some good highlights for you both:)

hugs
fayee