Time Marching On

It's been four whole weeks since Layne passed away. It seems like it just happened in some ways. I can't quite get used to him being gone. In other ways it seems like it's been so very long since he was here. I don't know when the part about missing him will ever go away. It probably doesn't - just would be nice to be able to function a little better.
It's kind of an odd day. The twentieth of last month was when we celebrated his birthday. It's the four weeks like I mentioned above since he passed away and yet in a couple of days, on the 22nd, it'll be a whole month. I'm not sure how to count these things.
Our anniversary is less than a month away. Nineteen years.

Birthday Wishes

Tomorrow is Layne's birthday. If you'd like to send a birthday wish - you can just leave a comment. You are also welcome to contact him/us in whichever way you typically would for the occasion as well. Thanks.

Layne's Still Alive

We're having a 'Layne's Still Alive' party on September 20th. We thought it would be more fun than a funeral. He's already lived longer than the doctors thought he would. He originally commented about it for his 45th birthday, but has since decided that this one would work well. (Maybe we'll do one again when that time comes. I think originally he thought he'd make it that far. But, considering this really could be the last chance we have to do this - no better time than the present.) Our house is a bit 'space challenged' to make such a thing happen. So, we're going to be heading over to the house of some friends that offered to let us use their space. We are grateful. Layne would love to just 'hang out' and play some games. But, I don't think he'll have the time to sit and play a board game. He's invited people from work and yesterday he came home and told me he talked with his trainer at Huntsman about it. Layne's good at making friends with people. I also sent out Facebook invites to our ward and my 'friends' that might be close enough to come (at least I hope I got everyone). There are several people that aren't on Facebook that we'll need to invite individually. Maybe today would be good since it's only a week and a half away.
Today is the day Layne leaves for Houston.