Evening all.  I know you all thought I vanished.  Came close.  Things are getting better now.  For those that don't know I was right; she was in her last days.  Passed in her sleep last week; been dealing with bearcat* for the past week now. 

* the autocorrect was "bearcat" which I thought was far more interesting than bureaucracy which is what I had originally intended.  I would much rather be dealing with bearcats I believe.