ps, sorry for unloading so... um... heavily.

It was no burden, Nora. It's why we're here.

the really horrible realization and witnessing of the deterioration of Tom's mother's mind.

That is an awful feeling. I'm so sorry, sweetie. I wish I was there to give you a BIIIIIIIIIIG hug. Huge, Alaska-sized hug.

Nora, don't delete. We're here to help.

ETA: Pete, I'm still home for now. I'm escaping to Aimee's house in about an hour.

Skating memories... My dad loves to tell the story of the first time I ice skated. We were at the Omni in Atlanta and I was 4 or 5. I begged and begged to skate but he told me I was too little and it was too hard. I persisted and finally he relented. We put on skates and then, "She skated like she'd been doing it her whole life! I was falling all over the place and there that child was doing laps around the rink!" Ha!

I was way way into roller skating. I had my own white boot skates and skated in the basement (when we had one), in the garage, at roller rinks. I have a pair of Britney Sketchers skates that I bought for $20 a couple of years ago that I need to bust out. Yay for skating!

Frag & Post Update I just popped into one of the warm-ups to ask who was who. This appears to be the roster for the evening -

The Players: The Sengir - Pete, Husband of Jilli ------- Baaaazibub - Paul, Husband of Plei

Noise Design - Sean K ------- Noise Design (G) - Miracleman

Noise Design 2 - Drew ------- Noise Design 2 (G) - Omnis

Sonus x Machina - Himself ------- Sonus x Machina (G) - His brother

Pete, darling, is posting scores really necessary given that you and Sonus and Plei's DH have played a ton and everyone else hasn't? IJS. Perhaps just discussing the merry killing would do.

Pete, darling, is posting scores really necessary given that you and Sonus have played a ton and everyone else hasn't? IJS.

I'm doing it because people asked for a Frag & Post. Anyway, I'm posting links to matches I'm not even in yet. Also, the disparity in skill can be dulled by the handicap system. I fear Drew and crowd are not going to get the warm up they need tho', as it seems Sonus is a lot better than expected.

The funny thing is, yes I do get upset at my family, who we spend every holiday with, but when I was so far away from them, I missed them like whoa. Mostly in St. Andrew's (where M-i-L lives)... the emotional stuff was extra rough due to a) aforementioned issues and b) it was Christmas, a day teeming with significance whether I realized it or not. I kept trying to tell myself that it was "just a day." But, it wasn't.

Everything else was OK, but not good enough to emotionally sustain us at all after the heartbreak in St. Andrew's.

I'm doing it because people asked for a Frag & Post.

I just meant that a frag-and-post doesn't necessarily have to include actual score-posting. But never mind. I'm not even playing; I was just concerned. What do I know?

Ima go watch girlie movies with Aimee and eat pizza and drink wine.

{{{Nora and family}}}