An Update

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who left comments or sent e-mail with kind thoughts for my stepfather, or for me. I don't know why it makes a difference to have a few people offering their good wishes, but it does. So, again, thank you.

By the way, I know at least one or two people left comments that aren't showing up here. That seems to be happening occasionally, and I have no idea why. Even if you don't see them here, though, I do see them; since I upgraded to enetation pro, I get an e-mail notice with the message whenever anyone posts a comment. Just wanted to let you know that your words aren't simply disappearing into the ether. I do get to read them, even if nobody else does.

Anyway. I just talked to my mom, and her husband is home from the hospital now and is doing reasonably well. She says the doctors and the hospital staff have been really good to deal with and that they're getting very good support and care from the hospice program, which is reassuring to hear. They're both holding up very well. Mom's dealing with the situation a lot better than I'd excpected, and as for my stepdad, well, he's simply decided that he's going to enjoy himself as much as possible over the next few months, and isn't going to waste time worrying. In fact, his family is going to come out to see him, and they're planning to have a big get-together in Las Vegas. I think that's a wonderful plan, and it's just very, very... him.

It takes a great deal of worry off my mind to know that they're coping, and that they're both managing to keep a positive attitude. "Don't worry," he actually said to me on the phone, "it'll all be OK." And weirdly enough, even though I know that things are going to be difficult, I actually believe him.

And that's me done being all serious here, at least for the moment. 'Cause, you know, he's got a really good point about that "relax and enjoy life while you've got it" thing.

Back to talking about Farscape soon.