... It must be monsoon season

have you ever reached a point with an influx of bad news that everything becomes sort of surreal?

I have. My ex-mother-in-law, whom I love dearly, who has been like a mom to me, who I still see regularly despite her son and I having gone our seperate ways long ago (on a very peaceful and amicable note — no drama) — she just revealed she has pancreatic cancer…

my reaction — laughter

I don’t have any more tears in me — its like I’ve reached a bad news threshold and there just is no more gettin’ in.

On the upside…
Friend in hospital has stabilized but still his burns are severe… he has a long long long road ahead of him. He should be off 02 today or tomorrow, so I will finally be able to talk to him. YAY. I’ve been the point person amoungst all our freinds, talking to the hospital, his social worker, his work and then summarizing it all in a digestable format to email out to all of his freinds - to help keep them in the loop and their spirits up (this is exhausting work — I am emotionally burnt out.)

I feel somewhat weird revealing all that is dreary in my RL world here — but I do miss my SL Friends and thought they might be missing me too.

** looks up in search of a horizon, finds nothing but dark clouds — obviously in need of a new umbrella **