a reminder

[sunnies]

So today I found out that my boss' father passed away at 6 am. He suffered from renal failure yesterday, and we all knew his outlook wasn't good. Still, it came as a shock. I've never met the guy, but I'm friends with my boss, so.. yeah

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[extraneousrooot]

It's such a fucking weird feeling. Like... okay. My dad dies at around 6:30 eastern, 4:30 mountain. I live in BFE so I can't get on a plane until the next morning. Not only did I have to still do things like shower, eat, pack, and sleep, when my FIL dropped us off at the airport the next morning, none of the ticket agents knew why we were going to NY. My ticket didn't say DENISE FRIEDMAN, DEAD DAD, FLIGHT WHATEVER. So I'm going through the motions of flying, which I do a few times a year, and the ticket agents are doing their jobs and the TSA agents are doing their jobs and the gate agents are doing their jobs and so on. Maybe they were even a little jealous that we were heading to NY in the middle of the week and they were stuck putting 3 ounce containers of liquids or gels in plastic baggies. There were a hundred other people on the plane, maybe some of them were going to bury their dads too. But some of them were going for business or vacation or to visit their live families. The world just keeps turning for most people