Where to begin...

First of all, thanks so much for all the kind words, e-mails, cards, and such. I am blown away by the amount of people in my life that truly care. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all very very much.

The service was this past Sunday in Las Vegas. Nothing over the top, very simple, the way Dad would have wanted, I think. He may have lived IN Vegas but he didn't LIVE Vegas, ya know? The service was very nice, I delivered the eulogy, which at times was rough. I did manage to get through it, and at the end, I knuckled the lectern, and looked at a collage of photos of Dad, and said, "nice hand, sir." Corny, I know, but I know he would be chuckling a little, so that was fine by me.

My sister and nephew were out there along with other family members. We did make a trip to the local casino to play some Pai Gow in Dad's honor. Dad was always friendly with the dealers, and he was friendly with them on this night as well. LOL. Still, we raised a glass (or 5) in his name while we played. It was a nice escape for a couple hours.

I'll have the weekend, before returning to work on Monday. That should be interesting. I have read the newspaper maybe 4 times, watched very little tv, but did manage to watch some of the US Open tonight, so I am slowly getting up to speed. I should be back to full speed come Monday.

I wish I had more to offer in this entry, but the muse just isn't there. I will start looking ahead now for my next trip to Vegas in July, but admittedly, it will be a little different this time around. It will be strange on Sunday (Father's Day), with no phone call to make. There will continually be moments like that, that will hit me like a cold splash of water. All I can do, is dry it off and keep pressing forward. I'll worry when the water stops hitting me.

Until the next entry, good luck and good cards....hopefully, I'll get back to rounding soon. I could use a good card game.

~M