Inappropriate Gallows Humour
Mar. 10th, 2006 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soulstarWhile scrolling down my entries page (and discovering that wow, I really haven't posted much in the last year), I saw that the post I made about Dad having died was using my default icon. Cos it was a phone-post. My current default is really a bit too cheery looking for that post, so I decided to change it. I looked at my icons, and was overcome with the nearly irresistable urge to use this one instead:
That shouldn't have been as tempting as it was. I am bad. But I did resist, and used something more serious and appropriate instead. My sense of humour wants to go too far, sometimes....
In other Dad-related news, we've finally got news that dates have been set for the inquest, and for the trial of the person who knocked him down. The inquest is in April (only a few days before Mum's birthday - hmm), and the trial will be in June. Mum is glad that we know when it will be, and that it will be done and over with relatively soon*. I think I feel pretty much the same. I spose I'll know for sure when it comes to it.
Also, I'm going to be taking possession of the hand-made chessboard that Dad used to use - it's a big solid wood square with the chess / draughts layout on one side, and Dad used it to play cards on as well. It's a very "Dad" thing to me - when I was growing up, he'd always have it on his lap in the evenings, either playing solitare, or we'd play whist or whatever. So, yes. Memory board. :-)
* That is, soon from now. Obviously it's not soon from the perspective of when the accident happened. It's 9 and 11½ months respectively from then.
That shouldn't have been as tempting as it was. I am bad. But I did resist, and used something more serious and appropriate instead. My sense of humour wants to go too far, sometimes....
In other Dad-related news, we've finally got news that dates have been set for the inquest, and for the trial of the person who knocked him down. The inquest is in April (only a few days before Mum's birthday - hmm), and the trial will be in June. Mum is glad that we know when it will be, and that it will be done and over with relatively soon*. I think I feel pretty much the same. I spose I'll know for sure when it comes to it.
Also, I'm going to be taking possession of the hand-made chessboard that Dad used to use - it's a big solid wood square with the chess / draughts layout on one side, and Dad used it to play cards on as well. It's a very "Dad" thing to me - when I was growing up, he'd always have it on his lap in the evenings, either playing solitare, or we'd play whist or whatever. So, yes. Memory board. :-)
* That is, soon from now. Obviously it's not soon from the perspective of when the accident happened. It's 9 and 11½ months respectively from then.
