That's just no good, man. On the bright side, you don't have grandparents on their death beds to go visit. One of my friends had her grandma break down crying about that when she went to visit them today.

One of those situations where you really wish you could say something that could mean anything, but get the feeling that in light of the situation, words are trite.

Guess I'm just not good enough with 'em yet.

Here's to Christmasses with Internet Access though. gods, but I'd missed them.