Before I start this blog I would like to give a big thank-you to The Wifeyfor re-designing my blog layout. I love it. It is gorgeous.
My last two weeks have been Hell. Well, maybe not Hell. But it was no tiptoe through the tulips. Friday, May 7th, I moved out of my dorm and said goodbye to my boyfriend for the summer. Or so I thought. I spent all of my time in Geneva making up for lost time with some old friends. I finally get back to Kathy's place at about 8ish. I get a message from Andy a little later saying that his father was really sick. Not more than 15 minutes later, he told me that his father had died and he asked me to come to Pennsylvania to be there for him.
Hardest trip of my life.
I spend the last two weeks with Andy and his family, helping them get through their hard time and helping out wherever I could.
Andy's father was a wonderful man and he touched countless peoples' lives. He will be forever missed.
I had a lot of people telling me what a great person I was for going and being with the family in their time of need. I did not even realize that it was an act of kindness; I was needed there, there was never any question of whether or not I would be there.
I know this is kind of choppy; I made the trip from Pennsylvania to Alabama today and I am really tired. I just wanted to post a quick update as to what I have been up to and why I have been absent for two weeks and why the promised "Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year" blog hasn't been posted yet. It is a work in progress.
Also-I am not comfortable blogging about Andy's father in detail yet. I have a lot of good stories to tell; I want to do Dr. Betts justice when I blog about him. He was a great man and he deserves the best recognition possible, not a winged post done on 6 hours of sleep and 11 hours of nonstop driving.
More is yet to come, stick around and see
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