Weekend woes

[draconis]

I'm just bitching and moaning, please feel free to skip.

For pretty much all of my adult life, the weekend before Thanksgiving has been spent with my father and various other male members of my family going out into the woods on our family's property to hunt deer. Since Dad passed last year, I don't know now if that will ever happen again. Honestly, I enjoy the hunt but it's the time spent in nature, and time spent with him, that I miss the most. Hell, half the time I "hunted" with a camera instead of a rifle, and still enjoyed myself fully.

This year, the weekend was spent working to restore a crashed computer system. And I mean "crashed" as in the hard drive went belly up and had to be replaced, and I've been digging to try and find programs and documents that in some cases look to've only been on that system. 8-(

Add in the current political and public health issues, and the fact that one of those near and dear to my heart just found out they probably got exposed last week... and yeah, I really wish I had the old version of this weekend back again!

But it doesn't work that way, so... shut up and soldier, soldier.

However, the weekend was certainly not all "gloom and doom" -- I got to spend it with my favorite person in the whole world! :-)

Comments

[rhi]

You get to miss things, though, love. I'm sorry you didn't get your peaceful time in the woods.

[em_kellesvig]

It's hard to see old traditions pass by with the people we love. No reason, though, you can't pick up a camera any old weekend and enjoy a tromp through the woods with the memory of your dad. (((hugs)))

[ilyena_sylph]

+hugs gently+

Those broken traditions are the things that are pure hell, aren't they?

+hugs some more+

Ugh to computer woes, but yay to getting to spend the annoying time with Rhi!!

Company of someone you love does make it at least some better.

[kickair8p]

❤

~

[thewayne]

"Yeah, I always meant to back up that computer." But you don't officially have a backup until you restore files from it and know it works. I really need to buy a new bare 5-6 TB drive for backing up my iMac, one of the two drives I back it up to failed. Normally I back up to one for a month, then take that drive to work and bring the one stored there home and put it in place. Rinse, repeat.

That hunt sounds like a nice experience, a good memory to treasure. I'd be like you, taking my camera(s).

Sorry to hear about people getting exposed! I really hope I don't get news like that: my dad is 86 and my mom 89.

It is definitely a year of suck.

[draconis]

Thank you, everyone. I appreciate it!

[raine]

Transitions are the hardest part of moving on from the point of not having someone in your life. ((hugs))

[senmut]

Dearest friend,

I empathize, and send you the best, warmest wishes for better days ahead. The memories made cannot be taken, for all that new ones cannot be made with those gone from us.

+hugs+