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Time is Running Out
Dec. 21st, 2022 10:45 amI'm this close to dropping out of GenCon. There's a "guys, I'm out" e-mail sitting in my drafts folder, and the simple fact that I've written it should be enough of a sign for me.
Closer on the calendar is Christmas. Plans are to go to Mom&Dad's Friday morning, but that's looking iffy. We are going to get some weather tomorrow night. The afternoon high is going to be around 45F, dropping to 0F or so around midnight. And then there's the rain and snow. I think the ground will be warm enough to melt any snow, but that just means, hey, more water to freeze over. So, I'm going to make a travel-time decision. Dad and I have talked about it already, and we're not at all opposed to putting things off for a week or so. This is going to be a brutally cold weekend. Better to not risk the travel, if it's really bad.
Christmas. The second one without Mom, and I'm feeling her loss more keenly this year than last. At the same time, I'm feeling her presence or her spirit. I'm enjoying the season that she loved so much. Maybe I'm letting myself enjoy it, I don't know. But the decorations and lights and songs - all of it, they're making me smile, bringing me little joys.
Tomorrow is The Niece's birthday, and it may be when The Grandniece arrives. According to Dad, she's dilating and may go into labor pretty soon. That'll be a heck of a holiday.
Ice & Dice is now a month away. Prep is effectively done, since I'm going to run one of the Alien scenarios I ran at Nerdlouvia last month.
Closer on the calendar is Christmas. Plans are to go to Mom&Dad's Friday morning, but that's looking iffy. We are going to get some weather tomorrow night. The afternoon high is going to be around 45F, dropping to 0F or so around midnight. And then there's the rain and snow. I think the ground will be warm enough to melt any snow, but that just means, hey, more water to freeze over. So, I'm going to make a travel-time decision. Dad and I have talked about it already, and we're not at all opposed to putting things off for a week or so. This is going to be a brutally cold weekend. Better to not risk the travel, if it's really bad.
Christmas. The second one without Mom, and I'm feeling her loss more keenly this year than last. At the same time, I'm feeling her presence or her spirit. I'm enjoying the season that she loved so much. Maybe I'm letting myself enjoy it, I don't know. But the decorations and lights and songs - all of it, they're making me smile, bringing me little joys.
Tomorrow is The Niece's birthday, and it may be when The Grandniece arrives. According to Dad, she's dilating and may go into labor pretty soon. That'll be a heck of a holiday.
Ice & Dice is now a month away. Prep is effectively done, since I'm going to run one of the Alien scenarios I ran at Nerdlouvia last month.