I'm connected again at home, thank goodness.
So I ran Friday morning - got up at six to run to the store to get ingredients to make bread for the bake-off at work (tied for second place), then threw the bread in the oven and took off for my (very short) run. I also ran Saturday morning, yay! I doubled Friday's run (from 1.25 to 2.5). I'm looking forward to getting in shape this winter.
C and I wandered over to UA Saturday night to join some friends for a tailgate party and then to watch in misery as the Wildcats lost in a bad way to UNM.
Friday night, C and my parents met at dinner. Yup, TMI at moments from my parent's side - but we all had a lot of fun. They seemed to get along just fine. Although, at the end of dinner, my mom mentioned that the life partner (R) of a great-aunt of mine (D) had died the day before. The announcement, dropped so casually into the conversation, as if it were as mundane as "I did my nails yesterday," caught me off guard and I burst into tears. I hadn't seen R in years, and I knew she was going downhill, but I wasn't prepared for it. This morning, I was able to talk to my aunt D about R, and we cried together while rejoicing that R's pain is finally gone. R was a prickly woman, not big on tack and spoke her mind without regard for the consequence, causing most people to keep their distance. But I loved her. She taught me how to pour my soul, my emotion into my piano-playing. She poked and prodded my mind, made me think about things, challenged me to use my brain to express myself intelligently and honestly. Here is a photo of me at about 13 after a piano recital, with R hovering in the background, like a guardian angel.
Ang, sorry about R. Glad the parent's meet went well, and that you got your internet back. May be we'll see you around now:)
Sorry to hear about your loss, Angie! That's tough to lose people you don't have contact with much.
Glad your connection is back and congratulations on the 2nd place!
I am sorry about R. :<(
Glad you have your connection back!
Glad to hear you're connected again at home. I am not sure I could live without my connection. Well, at least with my current lifestyle.
My son has a new (to us) computer in his room but I haven't hooked it to the internet yet. He finally had a realization the other day and said to me, "You can't really do anything without the internet, can you?" Yup! : ) Glad you're connected again.
Sorry for your loss. It's never easy, and having the news come as a surprise doesn't help.
Glad to know you are back running. :-0
Sorry for your loss. And sorry to hear that it was sort of dropped on you like that.
Quite frankly I think we need more people like R who pull no punches. Sounds like maybe your mom inherited a little of that lack of tact; or, she just has really bad timing with news.
Sorry to hear about your loss. Hope you get up and running (notice the pun) and can do some races soon. I need to find a half this fall, as well.