My grandmother passed away

My grandmother passed away this morning around 4:15. Mom stayed with her and she was awaken then after turning the lights out at 4 by someone shaking her arm. She looked and realized Grandma was gone. About 5 minutes later the same thing happened to me then the phone rang.

The funeral won't be til later in the week so I'm going down for the start of class and returning later. Mom wanted me to go because I can't really miss a full week of class and she didn't want my help here (we've been planning this for a while due to her age and health).

Assunta Mihalick August 1915- January 2015

Thank you again to everyone who sent cards for her birthday last year and to kiramaru7 for the holiday card. Grandma really liked those

Snowflake Challenge Day 10

Day 10



Stretch yourself a little and try something new. Go play in a new fandom or with a new pairing. Try working in a new medium. Or check out some fanworks that are new to you.

I wasn't going to do much with this because I knew I was driving back to my place today and then my grandmother died today. So I'm a little bit adrift and doing this gives me something to do (though I might not have it in me to do the last few days). I'm only putting this up because I happened to do a new to me story for 12_daysofficmas so I have it at the ready.

This is for Vinland Saga a historical Viking manga (fairly well researched). I'm enjoying it but I think this is one of the ones I was talking about last night. I don't foresee a huge volume of fanfic from me for it.

Also Thorfinn is the young fella in my icon.

Silent Night

I made it home

It was bright and sunny, too much so. 4 hours of driving west into the sun made my eyes ache but I made it home without a problem and saw my dumb solar panel Christmas lights were actually working.

Thank you all for the condolences. They're much appreciated.

I turned up the heat when i got here, only to find something had gotten into the duct work AGAIN and the heater blew a nest of insulation and chewed plastic all over both bedrooms and the bathroom. Nothing says fun after a 4 hour drive than having to pick fiberglass from your register grates with pliers.


I was thinking about one of the last things my grandmother said to me. "All My friends are dead." and she cried. She is right. Helen died last week. Two other friends will be at the funeral along with grandma's last surviving inlaw, all of whom are younger (89-92) and the oldest friend (101) is in the hospital dying of pneumonia.

Her very last words were in Italian.

We emptied out her room today because they charge 300$/day to leave stuff in there even if no one is in it. Ah assisted living, you blow sometimes.

I did this snowflake challenge so I'm not just here being sad and sucking up my neighbors' smoke (thru these faulty rodent infested ducts) Here

And I found two songs from the year grandma was born...glad entertainment has changed. Just saying.

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

Is wondering how much fiberglass and rodent shit has been blasted into my bed...