Thanks, Allyson!
Today at work one of my coworkers made a joke about death that, as it happened, made me laugh all the harder than it would have if no one in my world had died so recently. (I swear it's a family trait. We love and grieve as much as anyone, but we also crack wise at funeral homes while picking out caskets.) I'm so glad they didn't ask me why I was laughing about twice as hard as I normally do over office humor, because then they would've felt bad over the joke...and the whole time I was thinking that I was pretty sure it would've made ita laugh too.
I'm going to need a headcount of LAistas who would like to have brunch with ita's family next Sunday. It'd be on the West side.
So fitting, the scholarship idea. The admins will have to put in an autocorrect to force lowercase i ita, damnit.
Kiba, that's good news! Glad to hear it.
Allyson, thanks for telling us. The scholarship sounds perfect.
Sitting here, with Friends on in the background, idly switching between b.org and Buff Diving.
Is it 2002 again?
I am happy to be there if it would be supportive and not weird for them (and those of you who were so close to ita) for me to be there. But I'm also totally fine with supporting via email, as it were. Basically I just want to help any way I can. I don't want to impose.
Yes, Allyson. 25th works for me. Pretty much any sunday.
Aw, wish I could be there, but we can't drive all day for brunch, sadly.
Raise a glass for me!(I'm in on the scholarship fund)
