Comically horrible week

[petronia]

My grandmother passed away Thursday night. We learnt she had terminal cancer in January, which is a story in and of itself, and after that her decline was shockingly rapid. Insofar as I can reconstruct the timeline, I was halfway through an 8-hour session of straight whiskey drinking and hashing out of emotional topics with an old friend (including

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[incandescens]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[petronia]

Thank you.

[phoiniks]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[petronia]

Thank you.

[meril]

Sorry about your grandmother.

Gaaa, I get freaked when I have 3 hours of meetings a week.

The actual flu is going around and it's not the one that this year's shot covered. Discovered that the hard way. Glad you've found stuff that worked for the rest of the problems.

[petronia]

Thanks -- much appreciated. The job's been... an adjustment, but hopefully the awfulness of 2014 has been front-loaded. ^^;

[bladderwrack]

Whoa, I'm sorry about your grandmother. Hope yr sister's condition improves. Your job sounds like a crazy thing.

[petronia]

Thanks for the kind thoughts. ^^ The job is, in actuality, pretty crazy; I can't lie.

(If I've not mentioned it: thanks for the Christmas card! It's been up on my fridge since.)

[acchikocchi]

I'm very sorry for your family's loss. Best wishes for everyone, especially your sister.

[petronia]

Thank you very much.