Has been a very difficult few months, and fish have been looked after, but all projects and showing off tanks etc put on hold, so didn't really have anything to post about either. Was just trying to keep other real life things and my mental health together.
We lost my dad last week. We're all still devastated and reeling. Dad was my hero and rock, and the world without him in it doesn't make sense to me. I'm a wreck, but having to plough through it to care for my mum (who is beside herself and devastated, married for more than 50 years, and I'm trying to arrange the funeral/estate/no will/hunting for paperwork etc. I've never arranged a funeral before and there's so much to navigate and think of, and so hard to do when you're grieving and crying through it.
Doing maintenance on tanks today in between phone calls and appointments/visits, so thought of you guys and wanted to check in. I'm sorry again for just vanishing, but those of you who've known me since I joined know that I dip in and out and have taken a break for a few months before coming back. It's only when real life is busy, and/or my depression makes me withdraw. Nothing personal against anyone and not gone forever! I've been here for years now, and will keep coming back as long as the forum is here and as long as I'm still welcome/not banned, lol.
We lost my dad last week. We're all still devastated and reeling. Dad was my hero and rock, and the world without him in it doesn't make sense to me. I'm a wreck, but having to plough through it to care for my mum (who is beside herself and devastated, married for more than 50 years, and I'm trying to arrange the funeral/estate/no will/hunting for paperwork etc. I've never arranged a funeral before and there's so much to navigate and think of, and so hard to do when you're grieving and crying through it.
Doing maintenance on tanks today in between phone calls and appointments/visits, so thought of you guys and wanted to check in. I'm sorry again for just vanishing, but those of you who've known me since I joined know that I dip in and out and have taken a break for a few months before coming back. It's only when real life is busy, and/or my depression makes me withdraw. Nothing personal against anyone and not gone forever! I've been here for years now, and will keep coming back as long as the forum is here and as long as I'm still welcome/not banned, lol.
