I woke up in 2025 to find out that my friend Josh had died yesterday.
I knew it was imminent so it wasn't a shock, but still very sad.
I talked to his wife. His daughter is Matilda's age.
He's my close college friend who was such a big help to JZ and me when she was diagnosed. He was already 3 years into his cancer treatment, and it was through him that we got into he Clinical Trial at Cedars Sinai.
I don't know whether to think of it as him exiting early before the bullshit of 2025 arrived, or if he was trying to encapsulate all the suckiness to 2024.
Registration open for the Crossword tournament in April in Stamford.
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Lovely morning to wake up to for those of us from New Orleans. No one I know was hurt, because no one I know would have been on Bourbon St. at 3:30AM, but jesus christ. I can't wait until Republicans start saying stupid shit.
Thank you for the reminder, Brenda! And may you have a speedy and uneventful recovery. That really stinks.
So, I'm thinking I will sign up for the tournament starting Saturday morning. Not to say I won't be there Friday, but I feel like Saturday and Sunday are good for me for official game time -- what are others thinking? I mean, I know not everyone is signing up for the actual tournament, but for those who are...
I didn't sleep well, so a short nap at 11 seemed like a good idea. Three hours later I woke up, realized I'd slept through phone calls, because I'd made vague plans to go over to a friend's. They ended up coming over to my place, I did a partial White Tornado run around the living room and kitchen.
This is a good way to start off a new year, anyway. Here's hoping the rest of 2025 will continue this trend for me and my friends here and IRL.
Happy new year, all!! I am so glad I took off today and tomorrow -- I am barely feeling recovered from my fall and holidays, yikes.
Re: Crossword tournament, I was thinking I could show up Saturday morning, but Stamford is farther than I thought! So I will go Friday night, but probably not sign up to compete in the Friday stuff. Excite!!
We are starting the new year (or at least the first business day of the new year) with a plumber fixing a broken water line in the bathroom. He says it's an easy fix, so fingers crossed that it remains that way and he doesn't uncover a more complicated problem!
I was going to grumble about this and say "what a way to start the new year," but I've decided to be positive and just be glad we could get a plumber out so quickly, and that it's an easy fix.
