Lots of stuff going on in my personal life the last few months. An immediate family member went from completely independent, at the end of February, to bedridden in a two week span and given a death sentence diagnoses. Part of their wishes was minimal people knowing/visiting during the process, but they passed this Monday and the obituary was published today (Some people I know IRL know *this* is me so I couldn't post any of this before). They were a huge part of my life, a central part of my entire family, all my friends knew them, and I had seen them nearly daily since I stopped traveling for work three years ago. So this is a huge event for me. A few people in the PS community knew about it because I didn't have time to try and make some made up excuse for my absence the times I was able pop online the last few months, I appreciate they kept it to themselves (If they did... I haven't been around to see if they did).
Add to this there's been a local "natural" disaster on their property, that I'm now part