Well... after another gruelingly awesome day in CEH I am somewhat blind sided by the realization this was probably the last dinner Pops, Pete, and I will have at "our house" before, in a week and two days, it becomes dinner at "Connie and Pop's place". The philosophical closing of a chapter. We dined on chili, watched a few episodes of Big Bang Theory, and had our usual conversational routine including topics of work, my hacking class, and ruminations if my sister will continue her forced absence with her second kid as she has done with her first. Pops was canceling the phone and cable in preparations that by next Tuesday all hell will be unleashed for this wedding.

Off in the windy cold night I am certain the Doors are playing... "This is the end... my only friend the end...".

Now to fix my cousin's outlook issue and hit the 'Box for an exercise in libation consumption. Grocery shopping and the gym be damned tonight!