Man what a year this one has been. I can hardly wait for it to end at the present rate.

What started with joy and hope has led me down to the point of depression and angst, so hopefully the new year can shed some much needed light back on the family.

My dad started acting oddly in February, and by August we had lost him. A stage four astrocytoma, or the nastiest brain cancer you can get. I had resigned myself to loosing him eventually since he had a bad heart, but for it to happen so suddenly was a major shock to the system. So much so that I decided to take a buyout offer at work and try something new.

Note to self: Do not quit a good job right before your favorite tiny house comes on the market. Grump. Also grump - I am lazy personally, which means I tend to nest in my house and do nothing if I am not working. I am not working, so I am doing nothing and put back on nearly fourty pounds.

Also on the job front - shortly before my dad passed, we found out that my mom's place of work was being shut down. So she is now jobless as well. (yay).

My dad did manage to live long enough to meet one of his grandsons. Robbie was born in July, and wound up back in Childrens hospital within a month. It seems since his mom was not well at the time a herpes flare affected him, and he wound up with brain swelling. We hoped it did not cause much damage....

Till this month, when shortly before he was due to fly with his mom back to Ontario, he started having seizures.

There is nothing showing on any scans, so it is medicine and hope that will see us through.

Live can be depressing at times.

I am happy that I have two new nephews to play with, and generally things are alright. But thank god for antidepressants. (eyes the darkness).

Venting off.

Now where are those want adds.