Tonight, my brother, Matthew, and I went out and about the town. We went to the mall to get Nicki's boyfriend, Cameron, a DS charger. Poor Cameron has been hospitalized. He's not near death, thank God, but the medical problem he has requires an IV drip. The medication in the drip takes 48 hours to get into the system. So, he's stuck in the hospital and can't charge his DS. So, we ran and got it. It's going to suck for my sisters when I move to Atlanta and Matthew moves. He's currently contemplating a move to Brunswick when his girlfriend, Jessica, gets out of school.

We decided to have dinner at Loco's. After dinner, we went to Books-a-Million to browse. Matthew was in luck. We found real live Girl Scouts! A Daisy troop was selling cookies. Matthew freaked out. He's been looking for a Girl Scout in town to get some cookies from. He bought a box of Samoas. He gets that love from my dad. My dad always had to have 2 or 3 boxes of Samoas when I grew up. And looking at the Daisies made me feel old. I remember when I was a Daisy 23 years ago. That was the first year of Daisy Girl Scouts. But, we didn't sell cookies. We just gave away free samples and tried to get people addicted to the crack known as Thin Mints.

And in more sad news, I found out my father lost his last surviving aunt on his father's side. While in Fayetteville, he broke the news to me his uncle died. Uncle Benny was his Aunt Neva's husband. While trying to find Benny's obituary, I found Neva's obituary. Neva, my Grandpa's sister, was the last living Latta of that generation. She died 6 days after Benny. While their deaths are sad, they don't seem as tragic as the other big death making an impact in my life. There is a sweet side to their deaths. Benny didn't have to wait long for Neva.

I'm beginning to hate death. Can we ban it?

[♪ Listening to: "If You're Gonna Fly Away" - Faith Hill]

Posted by Shawn at February 16, 2008 9:10 PM in General.