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[Gray Lensman]

Welcome home, Shan. I hope you had a good holiday, however eventful it might have been. You have been missed around here.

My condolences regarding your friend. I can only hope he is in a better place now.

[Elliot Kane]

Great to have you back, Shan

I'm really sorry to hear about your friend

[philster]

I'm sorry about your friend, Shan.


I have broadband now. Just got it working. Everything's going pretty faster now, that's for sure. The only complication so far is movie trailers still don't seem to be loading for me. Wonder if it's too graphic intensive for my computer. Ah well, I'll figure it out eventually.

I'm also probably going to cancel AOL at the end of January if this works out well.

Hope to see you all more from now on, though.

[Elliot Kane]

Hope so too, Phil

[philster]

Thanks for being patient with me Elliot

Now I understand the whole IE and Firefox deal too, and why you guys like it better than AOL. On broadband they're definitely better, but on dial-up AOL used to be the way to go.

AOL is just excess baggage now.

[Shan]

Thanks Steve, Elliot and Phil.

It is sad to lose him, and we will miss him very much. I know he is in a much better place now and that I will see him again some day. I can be happy about that.

Also thanks for the welcome home. This does feel like home and I am very glad to be back.

And yes even with all that happened over the holidays, we had a great Christmas, a fantastic New Year's Eve and Day.

A little late but still with alot of love:

Happy New Year Everybody

I hope this year is a dreams come true year for all of you.

Shan

[Shan]

Congrats Phil on getting broadband.

Now dump AOL and get with the team. Go Firefox. ;D

Hey, I for one will be expecting to see alot more of you around here from now on.

Now that you have broadband, maybe we can even talk about teaming up for some multi game play.

Shan

[janggut]

glad everyone's back here all well & sound of mind (i hope). ;D

[peterh]

My condolences Shan... hope everythings going a bit better

I'd like to announce my full time comeback to the Cascade too. I've been sick and, honestly, a bit depressed this last week. But I'm much better now

[philster]

I didn't know being drunk would be considered an illness, Peter.

(Just joking.)

[peterh]

philster said:

I didn't know being drunk would be considered an illness, Peter.

(Just joking.)

Lol, phil

Just consider yourself lucky that ...ehm... I won't turn you into dog-food

[Gray Lensman]

Good to see you back and feeling better, Peter.

[Elliot Kane]

Welcome back Peter

[Shan]

peterh said:

My condolences Shan... hope everythings going a bit better

I'd like to announce my full time comeback to the Cascade too. I've been sick and, honestly, a bit depressed this last week. But I'm much better now

Thanks Peter. His kids are still having it rough at times, but over all his wife and kids are handling it well.

I am glad that you are back and feeling alot better. We miss you when you're not around.

Shan

[SilvaShado]

Sorry to hear about your loss Shan. I've never lost friends, but in the last 7 years I've lost my grandma, grandpa and aunt (on my mom's side). It's been almost 2 years since my aunt passed away and there are days when it still hurts.

Anyway, I've been busy and a bit depressed lately. Will's house-sitting his parent's house for the last week. I've gone over there when I can, but I still have had to go home alone. Add to that crappy weather, cut hours at work and physically not feeling well... it all added up to emotionally not feeling well.

I'm struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Thankfully, books (finished the Dark Elf Trilogy in about 2 and a half weeks) and video games do much to relieve stress. Unless it's Sims, which just adds to my frustation. gr... Will bought the Ultimate Sims Collection, which has the original game and all 7 expansions. I played it so much yesterday that I dreamt of it all night. But there are worse things to dream about.

I just can't wait till Saturday when Will comes home. Then he can help me play Sims and keep me calm... er, well, calmer. ^_~

[Gray Lensman]

Welcome back, Sarah. Hope things start looking up for you.

And yeah, Sims does tend to be addictive. I've been tempted to play that again lately.

[janggut]

Sarah, maybe what u need is sunshine.

[tragic]

Shan:
I too am sorry to hear about your loss.

I have never lost a friend and i too dont know what it feels like.

My thoughts are with his family

[Shan]

Thanks Sarah and Tragic.

To me losing a friend can be almost like losing a family menber especially when they are very close to you. I lost a very close friend from high school when I was in college. She died in a car accident.

Thank you also for all of the thoughts and kind wishes for his family. I know they appreciate them. They are hanging in there and are doing OK.

And thanks again for caring.

Shan

[Shan]

Sarah, I am sorry things have been so rough for you lately. I hope your leg is doing lots better.

And I know what you mean about just being glad when Will can be back home. Chris has to travel occassionally with his job and I know how it feels to want him home with me instead of off somewhere else. I am just glad he doesn't have to do it very often.

Take care and I hope you get to feeling lots better soon.

Missed having you around.

Shan