Melodramatic Fool

Fudging tired. Mom and I got picked up by one of her sisters before 8:30, just got home at about 5:15. Funeral was lengthy and the funeral home was *packed*, gravesite, then the reception was also long and also v. crowded. Then a group of the sisters came back to town here to visit another of my aunts whose been briefly hospitalized and thus couldn't attend. Lots of people, long day, lots of everyone talking all at once, lots of emotion. Slideshow photos reminded me how much I'd really liked that uncle when I was a kid, and even though we weren't that close once I got older, it really does suck he's gone and so early. So rough on my aunt, his wife--they were together since she was still in high school, he just out of it.

I guess it says something, though, about your life, if your funeral is seriously standing room only.

The music was mostly Christian country, but then at the end they played his "theme song", the Allman Brothers' Ramblin' Man. Awdang. Another old song that I never used to feel emotional about, but now there's that pang.

My brother did a post at his blog about things, remembering some of the same stuff I did, including the blowing up of the junker van. One of my aunts read the last half of the blog post during the remembrances, including the following bit: It’s kind of fitting that I saw him most at those events, since those events are where I saw the thing that I think of most when I think of Gary. Explosions. He loved fireworks, homemade bombs (just the fun kind, not the bad kind), anything that “blew up real good.” What would be the most common phrase you heard at family events? “How are you?” “What have you been doing?” “Great to see you?” Well, the phrase I remember hearing most at these family gatherings was “Fire in the hole!” Later, at the cemetery, when people were taking a moment at the casket after the minister spoke, one of his friends patted the casket and said, "Fire in the hole!" It was a fitting sort of farewell.


Also, thanks to those who left thoughts and hugs when I first mentioned this. Really is appreciated. *hugs* to you guys ♥

Shoveled today, so the WiiFit can go suck it (though tbh I haven't done anything with it since Thursday--it's going to bitch at me when I use it again). We have so, so much less snow than last year's many feet, just ~6 inches this time, though another 3-ish due today, but it still sucks just as much to dig out.

Have been a withdrawn hermit lately, apologies. I've been reading flist stuff at least, I promise.

Sat out of the guild's first official raid night last Wednesday (where they got first kills on Magmaw and Omnitron), but got to be a part of the first kills of Conclave of Wind and Wyrmbreaker last night. Woo, us \o/

Le tired...and I blame my mother for the fact I just had a cup of cocoa with a scoop of peppermint ice cream in it.

Also, tempting things are very tempting. And I suck at resisting temptation. >_> /enigmatic

Yeah, still sick. But improving, I promise. This thing seriously kicked my ass, and I'm unfortunately used to how colds treat me. Least I don't feel like I need a dr/antibiotics anymore, just normal-cold cruddy. No energy though, which really gets aggravating. A good night of sleep would help, but just can't seem to thanks to waking myself up contantly coughing--either getting up for cough syrup/drops keeps me up for awhile or if it's past 5am, I might as well just get up, you know? But a few hours a night is gettin' a mite old. ^^;

UGH, need a new keyboard. Long time ago, I'd had a spill that'd gummed up a few keys--they got kinda-sorta better, but then recently have out of the blue gummed up even *worse*, and my 6-7-8 are darned near non-functional. Guess I know what my Christmas money from Dad will go toward.

OMFG WOW: CATACLYSM TONIGHT \o/!!! Shows how out of it I am--I kept thinking when I heard midnight release 12-7, that meant midnight Tuesday. No, Beavis, you dumbass, that means Monday midnight. Oy. I seriously only realized this *last night*.

For some reason, realizing Cata comes out tonight instead of tomorrow night started me on some sort of anxiety-cascade, and thus massive insomnia before the coughing problem even factored in. >_< Aasfsdkjfk. I'm just so behind on basic house stuff, and thought I was okay on holiday things but now feel hugely behind. And I'd wanted to do cards for people, but honestly that's not going to happen. :/ So I really love all those that have posted entries saying to leave an address for a Christmas/holiday card, but I feel really weird taking and not giving. Bad enough I've left prompts for comment-fic when I'm not going to have anything to offer.

Was supposed to go to the husband's work holiday dinner tonight, but highly likely not doing so. And of course, had planned on waiting at Gamestop this evening for the midnight release, but that's probably not a good idea. :/ The husband is willing to do it, which is cool, since he's not one for standing out in crowds and usually I'm the weirdo that does that sort of thing. (Unfortunately it does mean standing out in the cold again >_< Which is why I definitely can't do it.)


PS REGARDING A CERTAIN TV GUIDE COVER WOOOOOO HELL YEAH FANDOM :D :D :D Holy cats, for the first time in like a decade I actually give a shit about buying a TV Guide. XD;