Not much to say, these days. I am in kind of a downer mood. Grad school still isn't on my list of most favorite things ever. My great-aunt Thelma just died, and I am stuck in BC and can't go to the funeral. I didn't know her very well myself, but things like this make me so homesick. My grandpa is pretty sad about it (she was his last surviving sister; he has only one brother left now) and I wish I could go home and give him a big hug.

My grandpa isn't doing that well either and things like this really bring that into focus. You never really know how much time you have left with a person, and I feel like I should be home spending every minute I can with him instead of being here, frustrated and unhappy. I feel like so much of my family history is slipping out of my grasp while I am stuck here in Victoria, helpless to stop it.