{"id":1319,"date":"2007-08-25T03:31:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-25T07:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/08\/25\/friday-night-the-storm-before-the-calm\/"},"modified":"2007-08-25T03:31:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-25T07:31:00","slug":"friday-night-the-storm-before-the-calm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/08\/25\/friday-night-the-storm-before-the-calm\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday night – the storm before the calm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 <\/o:p>Today was the calm before the storm.. no.. scratch that.. it was the storm before the calm.. I took the day off to help Max get ready for going back to Pratt.  <\/span>I spent most of my day working on paperwork for health insurance financial aid, student loans and that kind of stuff. Just the stuff I try to avoid having to do at work.. yuck. For a guy that’s never balanced a check book, this stuff doesn’t come easy. It’s a wonder anyone gets to go to college withal the steps it takes.  <\/span>Max and Diane ended up working the entire day on cleaning, sorting, packing all the stuff a kid needs to make a new nest elsewhere. At mid day the house looked like a tornado had passed through. <\/p>\n

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There were piles of things everywhere. Some going, some staying. Some undecided. Miraculously. All of it found a place by midnight<\/st1:time>.. the house is calm and quiet and the car is packed. <\/p>\n

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We leave tomorrow at 6AM<\/st1:time>.  <\/span>It’s going to be so strange to take Max back to Pratt . But we all feel that it’s the right thing for him to do. I can tell that Max is psyched  <\/span>to be going back . I admire his guts. I don’t think I could launch into something like that at this point in my life. <\/p>\n

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Aside for packing.. not much more to report..  I got a haircut today because I was begining to look too much like Santa..  <\/p>\n

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I also took a short break at midday<\/st1:time> to have lunch with my good friend Jolly who was visiting folks at IBM.<\/p>\n

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He and I went to grad school together. He’s such a great guy. I had intended to talk work during lunch.. but we mostly talked about life, families, Sam.. and more life. It was just what I needed today.. In the same.. just what we needed spirit, Jen and Tim knew we’d be stressing about getting Max ready  <\/span>so they invited us up with Deb and Barry and kids for a quick delicious  <\/span>dinner. We got there about an hour after their cat, Bob died of a heart attack.   <\/span>That was pretty sad. Bob was a funny creature\u2026. I’ll miss him. \u2026 At the same time, we got to meet their new cat Billy Jo, a tailless Manx cat.   <\/span>Everywhere the circle of life\u2026 <\/p>\n

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Lots of goodbye-for-nows  <\/span>today. We also had to say good bye to Eric who’s leaving to go to school in Switzerland<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> this year.. ”<\/p>\n

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And we had to say goodbye to Max’s girlfriend Jessie.. who will be starting at SUNY Plattsburgh next week. Jessie’s become like a family member here\u2026 She was with us when we went down to FL after Sam’s accident.  <\/span>It was really hard for me to say goodbye  <\/span>to her. <\/p>\n

 Jessie. her dad John. and sister Jacki<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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The final act for the day was for me to take Gabe over to Dylan’s where he’ll stay while were taking Max.   <\/span>Max and Gabe  <\/span>said a warm brotherly  <\/span>goodbye  <\/span>to each other.. It was good to see and hard to see. Then  <\/span>I drove off with Gabe\u2026  <\/span><\/p>\n

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All the brothers are looking out for each other.. all <\/i> <\/span>the brothers.<\/p>\n

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G’nite folks.. g’nite Sam<\/p>\n

-me <\/p>\n

 Ps. There will be a Friends of Sam Fundraiser this Sunday nigth at JDK. Here’s the info :<\/o:p> <\/p>\n

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