she is doing ok i suppose... i had a gift card from when my father was around, for Dukes Chowder House, so we took a trip to Tacoma and got some lunch and brought it home...

her dad is one tough old SOB, or he is dealing with this the best he can... the dad and mother both graduated from UW, and the dad goes to every single Dawg game played... including this one... Johnny was supposed to go with him today, but obviously thats not happening.. i guess he is going with a Marine buddy of his he has known 50 years... hopefully he can still have a decent time... maybe the Huskies will even win one for him...

anyways, thanks guys, i appreciate it, as well as she does... its likely going to get a little worse over the next week or months, but its ok, its part of life... i suppose things could have been different, but it doesnt matter really... what matters is that they all come together in this tough time for each other...and ill do my best to make sure that happens...