Still Alive...

[hsapiens]

I haven't posted in forever -- including to my fitness filter, which is supposed to be a daily thing for me.

I just returned late last week from a trip to Florida to see my ailing great-uncle. I went along mostly as my mother's arms since she is under medical orders to lift no more than 20 pounds due to osteoporosis. Anyhow, I spent a week ferrying relatives and cursing the lack of internet at the family beach house. It makes sense (the beach is supposed to be the point of being there so why have internet?) but I'd planned to continue working while I was away. Not so much. I did get to see the headstone that was placed on my grandmother's grave. It was the first time I'd been back to St. Augustine since her funeral 3 years ago.

I've been pouring my energy into getting fit and running sg1_lims. It takes almost all of my online time but it has been rewarding. I'm digging through a huge pile of comments, e-mails, and messages. I will answer everyone as quickly as I can.

Comments

[beeej.livejournal.com]

How's the great-uncle doing?

And I was thinking...putting up the voting is a lot more work and time-intenseive than posting the challenges, so would you like to take turns at that? Or trade off months, or something?

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

He's doing as well as one can suppose. He has Stage IV lung cancer and it has metastasized to other organs. He had some treatments (the nature of which I've already forgotten -- radiation, I think) just before I arrived that shrank the size of some of his lung tumors to make breathing easier but nobody claimed it would extend his life. He has given up and that was hard to see but I can't blame him, you know?

I like the idea of trading off (whether it's each challenge or each month) except that I've found it harder to get back into figuring out reminders, skip status, etc. since I was away from the routine -- which is rather pathetic because it's rather straight forward to handle but details are TOTALLY not my strength. Maybe soon it will be a moot point? I have had absolutely zero icon-fu for the week prior to my trip and after this challenge I'm out of entries.

I don't mind the time, honestly. You participate in some unholy number of competitions while I don't. I know you need time to work on your entries. :) If you're feeling left out of the loop, though, I'd be happy to share the burden but I'm not currently unhappy so there's no need to worry on my behalf. I just wish that I were *better* at handling a thousand tiny details.