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Monday, 14 April 2003: Yet another instance of one of those days when I have a lot to say and then it all becomes far too trivial...
I got a call at work today from Katie's mom telling me that Greg (one of Katie's many uncles) died. He had been battling cancer for several years now and it was just a matter of time. Katie had been expecting it, but doctors had given him another 6-8 weeks more before they predicted anything would happen. Katie's mom just didn't want to call her while she was at work to tell her, so she asked me to. Not exactly the situation that I wanted to be put in, but I figured I would do it anyway. So I left work and drove straight up to where Katie works. And, go figure, on one of those days when you'd like everything to move a little slower to give you time to figure out what to say and how to say it, I make record time getting up there. My luck, huh?
Katie took it better than I thought she would, but I know it's just a matter of time before she really breaks down. It'll probably happen sometime during the visitation or funeral when she's around her dad (one of Greg's older brothers).
As much as it sucks that Greg is gone and it's going to be rough on the family for a while, at least he no longer has to fight it and is at peace. We'll miss you, Greg.
I just hope that I didn't make a mistake by telling Katie while she was still at work. I asked someone that I worked with and she felt that I should tell Katie as soon as possible. I know that I would want to know right away and I would be pissed if someone withheld that information from me just because I was at work. What are your opinions? Did I do okay by telling her right away or should I have waited?
Sunday, 13 April 2003: Well, it's been a few days since I've written and I've fallen a bit behind. Not so much on this page as on others. I've still got to write two book reviews, but I'm not sure I want to get to them just yet because I want to retool the Fun With Dead Trees pages. They need it desperately. I'm thinking of ditching the links to Amazon because I've never had anybody order anything through my affiliate program, so why bother taking the extra steps to go in and find the ISBN number so I can make the proper link? I also want to ditch the bookcover images. I was including those simply because it would make it easier for you guys to find the books when you look for them on the shelves. However, the trend is for publishers to reissue books every couple of years (especially with popular authors like James Patterson, Stephen King, and Michael Crichton) with new covers. I just don't want to take the time to find the new cover images and replace them, so I'm just gonna ditch them. Now, it's just a matter of finding the time to go in and do all this.
Oh, and the books I have to review are Jester by James Patterson and A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar.
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