On Monday my very close friend Peter's father died suddenly. Peter is only a year older than me, recently graduated from the Shulich School of Business and now an accountant at the prestigious Ernst and Young. His younger sister, ages with Sarah, just started at York. Mr. Albert's death came as quite a shock, and I'm still unsettled, but mostly I feel badly for Peter and his family. The funeral is on Thursday.
But amidst this tragedy, good things are happening, and I don't know how to feel about it. I learned yesterday that I'm going to be FESA's (Faculty of Education Students Association) social director next year, so that's pretty cool. I'll be in charge of organizing fundraising events, socials, and the year-end formal. I haven't been involved at all in the last 4 years of my university career and I'm really looking forward to getting back into it next year.
Also, in terms of my home life, big things are happening. Mom finally decided that it was time to paint, so we hired a painter and he starts on Friday. YAY! Pretty colours on the walls! It's going to make our house look SO much better. And, on top of that, we're getting a new car, a 1999 Chrysler Concorde in beige. Our red Nissan Sentra is from 1990 and is threatening big time to die, so much so that it screams bloody murder every time we start it up, so this couldn't have happened at a better time.
I'm excited for all these things to be happening but at the same time I feel horrible about Peter's loss. I hate being so conflicted.
-Laur
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What a mix of news. Congratulations on the good news about your new position, first of all! I wish that this good news would have come on its own, of course, and I'm very sorry about your friend's loss.
It sounds like you're really close to your friend Peter, to share his pain to the degree you're doing so. No doubt that'll give him tremendous support.
Take care over there in T-Hill, see you soon.
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