For my step uncle… Johnny Cash.

The above song was played at my late step uncle's memorial service. It's one of the only two Johnny Cash songs that I actually like. That song was also used in a stage play that both my step uncle and aunt were in. They also played it during one of the intermissions and just about everyone in the audience sang along to it. Even I did, just a little. I'm still a bit ticked off at my step uncle for killing himself. But as the minister who presided over his memorial service said (that minister is a distant cousin of mine, by the way), sometimes a loving family and friends isn't enough to keep a person going in life. I guess my step uncle was in deeper pain than anyone knew.

Anyway, just wanted to do a post to let everyone know how I was doing. I guess things have gotten a little easier for me. Still getting used to my cat being gone though. This morning when I got back from the archives, I almost said hi to Houdini as I walked through the door. One of the things I miss most about him not being around is that I don't really have anyone in the house to talk to when I'm alone. My dad's already gotten most of Houdini's stuff out of the way. His litter box is gone, as are his food and water dishes. The boxes that he'd hang out in have been put away somewhere, and all his cat toys were in the garage the last time I checked. My dad's going to give those toys to my cousin, who also has a cat and recently lost his apartment and most of his possessions in a fire a couple of months ago.

We still have the laser pointer we used to play with Houdini sometimes. There are very few things as funny as a cat chasing the light from a laser pointer. My dad also plans to take down this one shelf attached to the windowsill that my cat used. Houdini was a big cat. As an adult, his weight ranged from thirteen to fifteen pounds. Because of that, the windowsills in out house were hardly big enough for him. So my dad took the footstool part off of an old dead recliner that my mom used (my idea) and used it to make a shelf that Houdini could lay on to look outside. A lot of times my dad or mom and I would be looking out that window at something, and Houdini would jump up on that shelf to find out what it was that we seemed to find so interesting outside.

This whole thing is a pretty hard adjustment to make. One thing that's been helping me is the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL fanfic I've been working on for the last few days. It doesn't have as big a following as I might like, but it's going pretty good. Certainly better than the one Digimon fanfic I was working on before. Not sure when I'll ever get back to that story or it's related series. On that note, I heard that there're going to do a sequel to the original Digimon anime series that shows the human characters in high school. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing that series. Of course in a way it also makes all of the Digimon fanfics I've done seem a little pointless.

Anyway, that's what's been going on with me. It's a nice day out, so I may go for a walk a little later. Until next time.