Fell off the face of the earth.
I have not posted for many months now. My father, age 81, died suddenly in November from a heart attack. We thought he was in good health so it came as a shock. Even though you know at that age that you are going to get a phone call one of these days it still is hard to handle. Remember life zips by so fast -- so cherish all your relationships, not your billable hours.
So for the last several months I embarked on what many a baby boomer my age will face sooner or later. At the time he died I was in an arbitration and fortunately everyone involved agreed to continue it to another date. I flew to Florida immediately. Besides the funeral and all, my sister and I knew we faced a problem with my mother who can not take care of herself due to physical ailments and what appears to be dementia or Alzheimers. I also had to take care of some legal matters, one of which was stressful, and not being admitted in Florida I hired an attorney. When I left the attorney's office, in my mind, all he was doing was working and worrying about my case. Now I know how clients feel.
I drove a car back to Washington. I finished the arbitration and right after Christmas flew back to Florida. Then I moved my mother to Texas to live in an assisted living facility a few miles from my sister's house. It seems like overnight we went from being "the kids" to being totally responsible for our surviving parent.
So posting has not been a top priority for awhile. Things are getting back to "normal" and I found that I have missed this old blog. So back to it .....life does continue.
