the quiet is all consuming.

There are many reasons for my silence over the last few weeks. The largest of them has been the passing of my mother in law Cheryl Anne Jeffery. She succumbed to her cancer on april 10th. Although I will miss her (all mom in law jokes aside), I am glad her suffering has come to an end. She now gets to explore the next stage of life, and I hope it is more peaceful for her.

I have taken a week off of work to help with the grief with jen and melanie and emma. All of life seems on hold right now, even if it isn't. Fortunatly we have signed our lease for another year (increased of course), and now it is the schooling situation to wade through.

We planned a small vacation back to bintan to help us relax, but it blew up in m y face a bit. Emma's passport is 5 months and 17 days away from expiring. To get into Indonisia, your pass port must be 6 months or more from expiring. So... we could not go. To postpone our trip will cost us about $200. Sigh. Such is life I guess. In the mean time I've been running around trying to get her passport renewed on time and could not.