Unexpected.

The holidays were kind of derailed for my family this year. On Christmas Eve, my maternal grandmother passed away. We got word that morning that she was in the hospital and took a turn for the worse, so my parents and I hopped the first flight we could get to California. Obaasan had passed before we made it there.

It's been a surreal couple of days. My aunts and uncles are all here and the rest of the family has been trickling in as soon as they can. Bob had to get all the Santa stuff together for Roo and Jasper by himself and apparently did a great job. I've been trying to help out as much as I can here.

One of the good things has been going through old photo albums and seeing family pictures I'd never seen before. Also plenty of proof of my awkward years. Yikes.

Anyway, I just wanted to explain the blog silence for the time being.