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[katallison]

4:30 a.m., coffee is brewing, and I am up and at 'em like one of the older and more sluggish larks.

I made it home safely from VividCon (after skulking out in mid-panel and driving off furtively, because god, I hate saying goodbyes). And VividCon was fabulous--wonderful vids, wonderful panels, and amazingly wonderful people (whom I implore to post con reports/reviews, because I sure as hell am not gonna have the time to). And kormantic did not get blown away in the hurricane!

I am counting over these good things, because I need to be reminded that there is *some* good stuff in the Parade of Fucking Disaster that's been steamrolling through the past few weeks. _aerye_ didn't get to the con, which alone would have been sad enough, but the reason for her absence is heartbreaking (death of a beloved friend). I'm sending all possible good vibes toward gwyn_r and her sister, and of course toward ardent_muses.

And I came home to discover that my ex-partner's mother--a wonderful, funny, loving, delightful human being--died over the weekend. Eating dinner with her husband, he got up to go to the bathroom for a few minutes, she inhaled something, choked, and was dead by the time he got back to the dining room. Though I hadn't seen her often in the decade or so since S. and I split, still for many years she was like family to me, and I'm still sort of in shock. And her funeral is at exactly the same time as P.'s surgery, but I think I can make it to the visitation tonight, although by rights I ought to be at work until about midnight tonight trying to get caught up.

But the con was truly wonderful, and although this was in any logical sense a terrible weekend for me to be gone, I'm still so glad I went. P. is in good spirits and ready for his surgery (while driving home I had a major anxiety-spazz that he'd be pissed at me for being gone, and by the time I reached Madison I was already playing out in my head the details of how he was going to dump me, but he was fine).

And now I must slam down some coffee and motor in to work, because I also discovered, on listening to my answering machine last night, that my administrative assistant is coming back a week early from her medical leave, which is emphatically of the good (my wonderful, mentally-organized, methodical, detail-oriented assistant!) except that I've been using her office a lot and have left it in my habitual state of utter smoldering chaos, and so I have to beat her in and do the high-speed clean-up.

So I close with a little message to the Gods of Random Tragedy: Guys? You've made your point, whatever it was. You can let up now. Really.

Comments

[estrella30.livejournal.com]

So glad you got home ok and had a good time at the con. I was sorry to have missed you! Hopefully next one!

So sorry to hear about your ex's mother and especially aerye. God - so sad. I'll send my own messages to the Gods of Random Tragedy too today.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

And I came home to discover that my ex-partner's mother--a wonderful, funny, loving, delightful human being--died over the weekend. Eating dinner with her husband, he got up to go to the bathroom for a few minutes, she inhaled something, choked, and was dead by the time he got back to the dining room.

Oh, fuck. I'm so sorry. I know the sympathy of a complete stranger will mean little, but what an awful thing for him, and for all those who knew her.

[umbo.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry, Kat--but I'm glad you had a good time at the con.

*lots of hugs*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_swallow/]

I'm so so sorry. What an awful thing.

[ardent-muses.livejournal.com]

Thank you Kat.

And so very sorry for your loss. Gods of Random Tragedy indeed. :(

[planetalyx.livejournal.com]

The Gods of Random Tragedy suck. I'm sorry to hear all this bad news.

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

My best wishes for the surgery, and for things to get better RIGHT NOW!

[debg.livejournal.com]

Jesus. How completely horrible and pointless. Random Tragedy is right.

I'm so sorry, sweetie.

[reginagiraffe]

Oh, Kat, that's terrible about your friend! I'm so sorry!

But I'm glad you had a good time at the con!

[kittygoslingp.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear what happened to your ex mother-in-law and the other crappy things that are going on right now for you. I hope that everything goes okay with the surgery and things start to get back on an even keel (statistically, this should happen - you've used up your own and someone else's bad luck by now) and if it doesn't be assured that I will lodge a complaint.

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear things have been so bleak ... I kept seeing you in crowds at the con and thinking "I must go say hello" and then I wandered off, distracted by shiny things and moving pictures ... but I was thinking of you, happily, and I wish I'd given you a friendly hug of some sort. So consider yourself virtually hugged :)

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Oh dear god, Kat, that's awful! What a terrible thing to come home to. I"m so very sorry and will be thinking of you, especially during the surgery because boy do I know how hard that is to deal with now. {{{{hugs}}}} of a giant size.

[vagabondage.livejournal.com]

Pete and I send you tons of love, and he was sad he missed saying goodbye to you. I guessed that you may have slipped away on purpose. I hate goodbyes, too.

However long we get to see you, it's never close to long enough. Thinking good thoughts for P., tons of good thoughts all day long.

hugs, hugs, and more hugs

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so sorry, Kat. I was going to do the "I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to talk at the con" comment, too, because I am, but that seems trivial by comparison.

I hope P's surgery goes well, and that it's a turnaround in luck, and just -- sympathy in all directions.