Man… I’m in overload. It seems some how that the month of October always finds me over my head. Usually it’s a mix of work and outside projects.. Now i think it’s only work.
It’s funny because this time last year I think I had even more stuff going. In addition to the fall budget stuff I do this time of year, I also was working on an ISSCC paper and the giant pumpkin project for the Haunted forest.. This year I’m letting the haunted forest guys run the pumpkin.. I went over there a few days ago and got it running for them I wont miss standing out in the rain and cold running him this year !… He was a a cool project though.. 20 feet tall when standing, 8 foot arms controlled by wiimotes .. One of my favorite builds. Go check him out at the Haunted forest this year…. tell him I said ‘Hi’ .
I seriously don’t know where my time goes someday. I was flat out all day.. the one break I took was to speak with a new friend in NY who’s daughter died this past July. I’d been meaning to call him for several months.. When we connected I wished that I had called sooner. It was hard yet good speaking with him.. I could remember so clearly how foggy everythign was to me at that point. We had a good talk abotu some of the least talked abotu parts of greiving.. the cognitive impact.. the social stigma… even the gifts that greiving soemtimes offers. It wsa a powerful conversation for me. I find that reaching out to others who are grieving has become an important source of healing to me… just like it was to many of the folks who reached out to us. Many of them had gone through soem loss of one sort or another.. and were doing the same kharmic pay it forward on helping others.
Speaking of kharmic.. I want to remind folks that we are having our Halloween party again this year.. In addition to being a fun tradition.. this party is important to us, because it would have been Sam’s senior year.. We’re looking forward to getting a bunch of his and our friends together for a party before everyone scatters for college next year.. we know he woud have liked it that way.. and so will we…
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.. .and again.. we’re having set up and clean up work parties… on Firday night, saturday day and Sunday. Please come to any and all !
OK.. time for me to get back to work… I’ve got a long night ahead of me.. Night folks… night Sam !
-me