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My last year as an undergrad is about to begin.
I wish Dad could have had another year. I really wanted him to see me get my degree. But it's been a very long journey and the finish line lies ahead. -
Well, the waiting ended a few days ago.
Dad's walking the nature trails of the great unknown, now. I've had some crying, but overall, I'm dealing with it much better than I expected. I think a large part of it is I know his practical nature would not be flattered by moping instead of getting on with things.
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My Dad.
He's still himself. That is, when he isn't too tired, he can follow conversations, laugh at the things you would expect, and talk some. His personality is unchanged-- he's become kind of clingy, but that's a normal enough reaction to having a short time to live and severely impaired physical function. When he gets tired, the right words don't come ( Read more... ) -
Bad news
A side effect of my father's chemotherapy has been blood clotting. And there are little blood clots all over his brain. He's in hospice care now. It's just a matter of time. We're going to see him day after tomorrow. Or rather, tomorrow, as it is now past midnight.
I thought since most of you reading this have known me a long time, you'd want to -
okay so, our ghost cat...
We actually heard Avalon yesterday. We thought it was one of the neighbor cats, but one is intensely loud and tends to yowl and scratch when she wants us. The other has such a soft trilly meer it is a bit hard to hear. This one was exactly the pitch and duration typical for Avalon, but well, she's dead, and we heard it with our ears, not just ( Read more... ) -
Dad's doing well!
The new chemo seems like it won't hit him too hard. He felt like going to the family Easter gathering today, and that's more active than he's been in a while.
Midterms-- I may have done very well. I won't really know until I get the results. -
I'm thinking of going to default private.
I don't really use this anymore except to communicate with established friends, and I get tired of weirdos and random spam ( Read more... ) -
You may have heard the joke, such as it is:
"The operation was successful, but the patient died"? Well, that isn't what happened. The surgeon's opened Dad up to take out the remnants of his tumor, discovered a second tumor, and sewed him back up. Without removing the first thing. So... the patient is alive, but the operation was unsuccessful ( Read more... ) -
Allan's book is available.
The Bridge, by Allan Krummenacker, is a paranormal thriller with a science fiction element. It is the first of his Para Earth novels, which deal both with psychic powers and connections between parallel Earths. Unlike most parallel Earth stories, his are based on divergence way back in time... the life forms on them are very alien ( Read more... ) -
Lab results back!
I'm healthy! Or at least, definitely not diabetic. Apparently my body chemistry is just creating unusually sweet smells. Whatevs, body, don't scare me like that.