Shout out to Jason Voorhees on his special day.

What I Did

• no IBL games this week as we had a real week off -- will be playing some games this upcoming Sunday
• amazing turnout for Commander night -- 24 people
• put my favourite deck back together (Grolnok Turbo Self-Mill and remembered how that deck quickly becomes the archenemy of the table as it is fast and consistent
• finally got my transaction audit work merged into the main branch at work

Longer Threads

This upcoming Monday I am going to a meeting with my mother at the nursing home where my father lives to go over his care. Some of you might know that my father is suffering from dementia for about a decade now and has been in this home for 2-1/2 years now.

I try and see him whenever I go back to visit my mom and for the most part the visits have gone okay. He seems to almost always remember that he has a son and the last few visits he always recognizes my mother. Conversations are hard because he doesn't remember anything and I don't have enough things on my phone to really distract him. My mother often brings an iPad with her and shows him videos or pictures of things.

The whole thing is really, really sad. I have no idea if I will dodge the same fate as him.

I think the thing that bothers me the most is that while he looks like and sounds like my Dad, it's not. He never remembers I have kids or that I am married. I haven't heard him talk about my older sister at all.

I just wish he was able to experience that his son truly made it and has a nice comfortable life.