Healing Time

I owe a bunch of individual responses but I'm slow on everythign right now, so at minimum I want to say thank you to all of you for your thoughts. I am so honored (and surprised) that you think enough of me to share them. I know that might read like sunshine blowing (:D), but I mean it, I really am. They are really appreciated and the goodwill does help.

Tomorrow are services for my father with honors (he's war a veteran) and then I think now after all the planning, obit writing, and the rest of the things that come with these events the grieving and healing can truly come into motion.

Last night I picked up an old game I've loved since the first time I ever turned it on (The Longest Journey) and began to play because I just couldn't sleep. I let the puzzles and story take me away for a while. It's the first game I've touched in...I don't know when. But it's as enjoyable as I remembered, it is good, it is a breather for me right now. I'll be quiet overall a bit longer here, but I'll be around and back to my gaming swagger again I just feel...a lot right now and I don't want to spill it all over here and get all messy. And I can't quite cock my head believably confident at the moment and I don't have the energy yet to fake it - if this makes sense to anyone. Imagine if we played poker right now, my eyes would give the truth away and I'd be broke and you'd be rich....so, no poker for me. I just need a little more time and I'm taking it.

I hope you are doing well. If you went to the LAN event in Chicago I really hope that kicked ass too. In fact, feel free to tell me about it in comments I am considering attending maybe next year (finances willing), if you think it's worth it? :).

Thanks for looking.