Mixed Emotions

July came on us in a hurry. I am finishing up my last day of the first week of my work from home trial. I set out to get a couple things accomplished. I would like to have a few VIs completed in time for going back to Bellevue. I spent most of my time doing just that.

At noon I met Kristine, Camron, and a few other people at The Coug for lunch. I had never gone there before for a lunch. It is different in there during the day than it is at night. It is looking like Kristine will not get her job at the University back, so she is in transition and that is what the lunch was for. A goodbye lunch. We made plans to hangout tonight and watch some movies.

Dan called about his poker chips at the office. I got them and then took them to station one for Dan. I hung out there for more than an hour hoping to get the rest of my gear. I showed Dan my Boating on the Snake video. I also talked with John a little bit. When it got close to seven I went to Subway for dinner. I went to the one on Bishop, hoping that the other Subway’s that changed to Coke would not include the one on Bishop. However, it was as well. I asked the worker about that. He said it was indeed a system wide change.

I got a sandwich and went to Blockbuster to rent Saw. Then I went to Camron’s place. I didn’t know they were cooking pizza for everyone. But they had stuff on the pizza I don’t really like anyway, so it was all good.

Hitch was on when I got there. It was about one-third the way into it. I ate and watched that. Then when Hitch was over we started to watch Saw. That is when my phone rang. It was Peyton, Ryley’s sister. She was crying and saying that Ryley had died. Earlier in the day Ryan was telling me that she lost her kidneys and was in a coma, but it sounded like she may pull out. Peyton asked that I look after Ryan.

I took Kristine aside and told her I had to leave. I told her why. She felt really bad for Ryan. Then I went to Ryan’s place. I was expecting him to have a really hard time. He was doing a lot better than I expected. But I also think he was really trying to Cowboy up around me and other people. Ryan is pretty private about his emotions. I just sat there with him for about three or four hours. We just talked and watched TV. I know he is torn up over everything.