Much too much...updates...
Oct. 26th, 2010 03:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
raptureofthemoonI got one of those bad news phone calls this morning. It was mom calling to tell me that my aunt (great aunt, technically) was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. Inoperable. They're looking at the possibility of chemotherapy. Worst case scenario estimate: 2 months. Best case: 1-2 years.
And this...pretty close to a year after my dad's brother died from pancreatic cancer.
As a kid I heard people say things like "it's always something," or "it just never stops." As a teenager, I said it myself. As an adult, I think I finally came to a base understanding of the "always something" phrase.
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I have to say it was the right kind of day for such news; we were under tornado warnings earlier this afternoon and I was glued to the news channel, either on the television or via my computer, keeping up with the storm tracking, preparing to bolt into the bathroom if needed. (I'd actually gone ahead and put two of the cats in there as the storm started to draw close.)
Luckily, the hooked tail of the worst storm moved off to the North East and bypassed us except for a spritz of rain.
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Work is still on the ins and outs. We're getting closer to actual program development (which is a bloody godsend, it means there is light at the end of the tunnel...and it might be a handcar with a lantern rather than a train.)
Next step is getting the storyboards back into shape since they've been walked all over by clients.
Then: photo shoots.
Which I think I might be tapped to assist on. Which leaves me feeling rather ambivalent. Sure, it gets me out of the office. But we're having, at least, two shoots. And one of them will take all day at varying locations. Which probably means working over my regular hours.
I'll see how it goes...
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On a humorous note, because this post has been just a little bleak thus far, I give you David Mitchell's take on American English and grammar. Watch out for the section on "couldn't (vs. could) care less." That's one most people seem to screw up. And one that drives me up the proverbial wall.
And this...pretty close to a year after my dad's brother died from pancreatic cancer.
As a kid I heard people say things like "it's always something," or "it just never stops." As a teenager, I said it myself. As an adult, I think I finally came to a base understanding of the "always something" phrase.
~*~*~
I have to say it was the right kind of day for such news; we were under tornado warnings earlier this afternoon and I was glued to the news channel, either on the television or via my computer, keeping up with the storm tracking, preparing to bolt into the bathroom if needed. (I'd actually gone ahead and put two of the cats in there as the storm started to draw close.)
Luckily, the hooked tail of the worst storm moved off to the North East and bypassed us except for a spritz of rain.
~*~*~
Work is still on the ins and outs. We're getting closer to actual program development (which is a bloody godsend, it means there is light at the end of the tunnel...and it might be a handcar with a lantern rather than a train.)
Next step is getting the storyboards back into shape since they've been walked all over by clients.
Then: photo shoots.
Which I think I might be tapped to assist on. Which leaves me feeling rather ambivalent. Sure, it gets me out of the office. But we're having, at least, two shoots. And one of them will take all day at varying locations. Which probably means working over my regular hours.
I'll see how it goes...
~*~*~*~
On a humorous note, because this post has been just a little bleak thus far, I give you David Mitchell's take on American English and grammar. Watch out for the section on "couldn't (vs. could) care less." That's one most people seem to screw up. And one that drives me up the proverbial wall.
