yay, all my damage billing is done for my area. 6 buildings. having 6 buildings of mostly female residents (5 of which are all female), while dramatic at times, has brought something nice. less than $3000 in total damages, or less than $10 per resident. by comparison, most schools figure $75 to $100 of damage billing per resident. nice, huh?
I also get to finalize the invitations for my family's 4th of July gathering. it could be interesting. while we want to make it upbeat, it will be a downer too. we spread my uncle's ashes on his pond. I might see where he killed himself. we're doing it on the 4th since it was the last time our family was together before my uncle killed himself. so a memorial/anniversary of sorts.
unhappy stuff following, so stop reading if you don't to get sad.
backstory for those who don't know, in December, I (and most of my family) found out lots of crap. seems that my uncle was cheating on my Aunt, his wife of 20 years. lots of fighting and stuff. he was also smoking marijuana and other things. including running up lots of bills. he wanted to seperate, my Aunt wanted to work things out. well, they got in a fight, he sent her out to mail some letters, she came back and he was gone. he did Red Cross work a lot (one of the first on scene for 9/11, spent 2 weeks there, came back, and went back to Ground Zero a few weeks later), so we thought he might have left for an emergency. or took off with one of these women he was having an affair with. something like that. after all, a stable guy who everyone went to for advice and help.
well, after 2 days of not hearing from him, my Aunt files a missing persons report. its Thursday night. I find out about everything then. the whole police stuff goes on. I go to Rochester on Thursday night, its a family emergency, I spend time here, I'm going to snap on someone!
Friday I find out my uncle killed himself. he rigged himself up in a tree and shot himself in the head with his 357 Magnum. he also rigged it so that his gun wouldn't fall or anything. he was in a fir tree or evergreen tree of some sort, so it took time. and showed that he planned this out.
so that's the back story. still kind of working through things. my one cousin is seriously pissed. his son, Hunter, who just turned three, while realizing that my uncle is gone, will never know him. Xavier, who was born in October, will never know his grandfather. one second cousin, Kelby, idolized my uncle. a lot taken away by his actions.
and he left my aunt devastated, alone, and in serious debt. to the point where she will have to declare bankruptcy. add to that her being on disabilty for pain, and, well, things pile up.
so the fourth of July will be scattering the ashes of someone who did this, as well as a family gathering.
why do I think I'm going to be pissy on July 5th?
so how's life for everyone else out there?
I also get to finalize the invitations for my family's 4th of July gathering. it could be interesting. while we want to make it upbeat, it will be a downer too. we spread my uncle's ashes on his pond. I might see where he killed himself. we're doing it on the 4th since it was the last time our family was together before my uncle killed himself. so a memorial/anniversary of sorts.
unhappy stuff following, so stop reading if you don't to get sad.
backstory for those who don't know, in December, I (and most of my family) found out lots of crap. seems that my uncle was cheating on my Aunt, his wife of 20 years. lots of fighting and stuff. he was also smoking marijuana and other things. including running up lots of bills. he wanted to seperate, my Aunt wanted to work things out. well, they got in a fight, he sent her out to mail some letters, she came back and he was gone. he did Red Cross work a lot (one of the first on scene for 9/11, spent 2 weeks there, came back, and went back to Ground Zero a few weeks later), so we thought he might have left for an emergency. or took off with one of these women he was having an affair with. something like that. after all, a stable guy who everyone went to for advice and help.
well, after 2 days of not hearing from him, my Aunt files a missing persons report. its Thursday night. I find out about everything then. the whole police stuff goes on. I go to Rochester on Thursday night, its a family emergency, I spend time here, I'm going to snap on someone!
Friday I find out my uncle killed himself. he rigged himself up in a tree and shot himself in the head with his 357 Magnum. he also rigged it so that his gun wouldn't fall or anything. he was in a fir tree or evergreen tree of some sort, so it took time. and showed that he planned this out.
so that's the back story. still kind of working through things. my one cousin is seriously pissed. his son, Hunter, who just turned three, while realizing that my uncle is gone, will never know him. Xavier, who was born in October, will never know his grandfather. one second cousin, Kelby, idolized my uncle. a lot taken away by his actions.
and he left my aunt devastated, alone, and in serious debt. to the point where she will have to declare bankruptcy. add to that her being on disabilty for pain, and, well, things pile up.
so the fourth of July will be scattering the ashes of someone who did this, as well as a family gathering.
why do I think I'm going to be pissy on July 5th?
so how's life for everyone else out there?
its_weaselle:
wow. that is really tough. wow. 