Catching up

[TheHeadlessHorseman]

So, this morning at 8am I got a text from my uncle saying that my grandaunt had passed in the night. I was already up so I called them immediately, and as soon as he answered the phone he yells out ... APRIL FOOLS!

I started swearing at him for it and he told me to calm down because it was my grandaunt's idea, then she gets on the the phone and says, *Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere yet, I just want to keep you on your toes sweetheart* and then she bursted out laughing and hung up on me before I could say anything.

I found out later in the day that she did the same thing to most of the family that doesn't live in Florida, and they pretty much had the same reaction I did.

Well, it's good to know that she has a sense of humor, it's a sick one, but at least she has one.

[Murfreesboro]

Oh, man, good for her, I guess. But what a thing to do to people who care about you!

I'm glad it wasn't true.

[TheHeadlessHorseman]

Don't get me wrong, while I'm upset about it, I can also appreciate the humor in it, and if it happened in a movie it would definitely be funny.

I guess we worry that she won't make it to the big day because we have seen other people like Betty White and Bob Barker that both passed at 99 and they were so close to the big one, so it's natural to worry for her even though her doctor says she is doing awesome for her age.

After she turned 90 she started making jokes about passing every day, and she still does it to this day, it's funny to her, but it makes everyone else uncomfortable, and she says that with everything she has lived through she doesn't fear death. I know that she misses her husband that passed over 40 years ago, as well as the countless other family members that she has buried through her life, but she also says she lives now for the family she still has, and to make sure they live a better life than she did.

I also heard that Val Kilmer passed yesterday, at first I thought it was a joke, but it turned out to be true. He did some good movies like The Doors, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Saint, and Red Planet. He also did Batman Forever, and while that movie sucked, it's still a important part of my youth, because of the things that were going on when it came out. The marketing for the movie was also memorable, with the brightly colored posters and merchandise that sat in stores around here for years after the movie came out.

[Murfreesboro]

I am sorry to hear about Val Kilmer. I saw him in several movies back in the day, and most recently in Top Gun Maverick, which I thought was a much better movie than the original Top Gun.

I learned at choir practice tonight that our minister's wife just lost her mother unexpectedly today, so she's headed home to Wisconsin, along with at least some of her adult kids. The minister can't really leave so near Easter, and he and his wife just had a vacation at the Gulf last week. She sings in choir, too, so her absence was noticeable. I think her mom had a weak heart, but obviously the death came rather suddenly.

Both my parents died before Easter, and I've always felt that that was some comfort to me. Easter is the holiday that gives the most hope.

[Andybev01]

HH, your auntie is a woman after my own heart.

From a very young age I've contemplated the inevitable and I guess it doesn't affect me as much as it does most folks, but I do understand her sense of humor.

I mean, not many people will have the chance to live so long that they can use that to their advantage, joke-wise.