Hey guys. I’ve spent the last week caring for my father’s things, caring for myself, and caring for my family. Though it still seems incredibly early, considering what needs to be done, I’m heading back to Pittsburgh on Saturday, my last 5 weeks of grad school suddenly turning into my last two weeks instead.

A small shining light is that the memorial service was lovely. The family really held it together, and Dad would have been proud of us. I’ll be talking about him a lot for a while, so you all can get a good picture of the man I’m proud to call my father.

Tomorrow (err, in the morning, rather) I’ll be posting the text of what I said at the service. There’s still so much to go through, and to work through, but I’m incredibly thankful, both for the strong family we all have to lean on in this tragedy, and in the copious amounts of work I’ve been doing for the last week and a half, which has helped distract me from letting the wave hit full-force.