Update

Sorry to leave everyone on that note. The post I mentioned was my rumination on the news that I had gotten earlier in the evening that my father wasn't expected to survive his current hospitalization. At that time, the news was that he maybe had a month at the outset. So I was still kind of philosophical and not really quite grasping the reality.

Then I got word an hour after that he died suddenly, and the reality came rather quickly.

My brothers and I are all here with my Mom, and things are going well. My Mom's a strong lady, and we're all working together and taking our individual roles. Between us, and with the extended family's support, it looks like this will go alright. I know I feel a lot better than I did during the 7 hour middle-of-the-night drive back here to Massachussetts.

I will probably post more later, more to log it for my own purposes than for any weird need to expose my personal life to the rest of the internet. But I expect I'll be back to the usual reviews-n-ruminations format sooner rather than later.