Putting as much of my bike back together as possible.

Went to my wife's office, had lunch with her.

at the Dr. finding I do not have a deadly bacteria

Congratulations on not having Captain Trips. :D

I guess no noose is good noose?

Sleeping until just about an hour ago.

Back at work fulltime, and trying to get back into the swing of things. Not enough hours in the day at present

The funeral of a 27 year old friend of mine, gone in a car crash.

Gone too soon. :( ((hugs))

Sorry to hear of your friend, OF. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your friend's loved ones.

Thanks all.

I've been having problems with my internet for the last week that I have finely figured out.

Finding a dead body, attending the funeral, tending to a birthday.

Other than that, not much.

Wow! Care to elaborate?

Not sure, it's a long & not so happy tale. Prob do me good to get it out there tho, but maybe in another thread.

After further review, why not.
Father in law decided to off himself, how he got to that point is more than I wanna bore anybody with. Suffice it to say that he had just moved into a house near us after almost 2 yrs in assisted care. Got a call from a relative who had been helping him out, unable to make contact. We dash over, find the doors unlocked, him & a bloody mess in the living room floor. An almost legible note nearby. Not a sight I'll soon forget.
Nearly 4 hrs of standing around answering questions for the cops, plus trying to calm little sister in denial. At the funeral, same sister shuns & pisses off entire family, since it's all about her.

Oh, & I had to arrange for wife's b-day gala 1 week after the funeral. Lotsa nice presents from her family...not. All things considered, she's handling it very well, & I've never been prouder of her. But it's gonna be an interesting next 12 months, as the estate grinds its way thru probate.

I never thought I'd be grateful for the fact that all my family is gone, & I don't have to deal with this crap any more.

That's too bad, Scotz. Wow. I'm so sorry. I'm glad your wife has you at her side to support her through this.

When you have "interesting" weeks, you go all out Scotz.

Watch the wife, cos handling something like this is superficial until the dust settles.

Are you OK?

Scotz, what can a person say? Sounds like you and your wife have had more than your fair share to deal with. Just know you've always got us thinking of you and praying for you and yours. Just take care let us know if we can be of any help.

(((hugs))) Scotz. I often think how hard it must have been for the person who found James.

You are a good husband. Your wife and her family are lucky to have you.

Zoid, may I ask who was the "we"? I hope that didn't include his daughter.




If there is ANYWHERE that words and acts 'don't count', it is funerals. :cool:

Scotz, that severely sucks. Unfortunately there is always someone in the family that no matter what the situation, it's all them. I agree though, keep an eye on your wife since there is no telling when she might "break". Hope it all works out though.

Alas, it did exactly. She was the first one in - I was forced to take a closer look because 911 op insisted on knowing if he was breathing. Hell, dried blood all over, that unmistakable smell of death in the house (pretty sure he'd been dead since early morning.

SIL might get a pass if this was her first offense, but it was just the latest installment of her ongoing soap opera. Covering all her crimes & misdemeanors of the last couple years would take more time to describe than I've got.

I do appreciate everyone's best wishes, & as for the wife possibly breaking down at some point...I really feel that she's got a sense of closure now, in a troubled relationship with both her parents; she's got over 50 yrs of practice in this game, & for over 36 of those years, I've gotten pretty good at helping her pick up the pieces when she does crack.

She had visited him the day before, & for all the hard feelings that came out, when she left him they were laughing & joking with each other, even making plans for us to bring #2 son over to clean his gutters. She's OK with the knowledge that he's at peace now, all the demons that made him such a bastard can't get at him now. And that's enough for me to be OK as well.

At least there is the closure of their last encounter ending on a happy note. Just let us know if you need support as well.

Over in the !@#$ Smut Games. :shrug:

Home here, sick.

Asleep; I was up 'til 2:30 a.m. last night.

Waiting for alone time.

What......or who? Kept you up that late?

Celebrating one of my cousins' birthday. He turned 34. He still acts like he's 7 though.

It was almost midnight when I made it home from the Ben Folds show (which was great), and then I was reading, this. It's a really good book.

Posting. Just posting.






Did I mention, I was posting?

Say it often enough, we'll believe you.

Work! I actually made it to work today, despite still trying to hack up a lung.

You only need one, GG.

On my motorcycle... riding nearly 1500 miles in 5 days.

Up in Plainfield at my daughter's until yesterday afternoon.

Always waiting for alone time.

You know you can always be alone here with all your friends. :)
:line::line:

It's that special kind of loneliness.

At an ex-g/f's house, installing a bunch of software she want on her 'puter.
Knowledge is power.
Power corrupts.
Study hard.
Be evil.