Dear Friends,
In the last week I’ve almost missed a couple deadlines so I feel I should let you all know what’s happening. Those of you who have been playing here for a while may remember that pfattkatt and I were going through cancer treatment at the same time; mine went one direction and his, unfortunately, went the other. In January 2014 my cancer returned; I was given a 50/50 chance of making it to this last January.
Well, I’m not typing this on a Ouija board. I beat those odds and they even started using the ‘c’ word – cure. Then, two months ago things got nasty. I’ve been hospitalized twice, and every day is a new adventure. Some days are great (relatively speaking), some are frankly miserable. Right now, my prognosis is a great shot at Labor Day, Hallowe’en is possible, but bet the under on Christmas.
I’ve actually started playing more Sim than I have in a while – seven teams at a time – as it is a great diversion given all the downtime I have. I want to be fair to my fellow Simmers, though, and don’t want to have a lot of abandoned teams. I have a few I’m working on and will continue to look for fun themes (if you know me, you know I’m always looking for random leagues) but think I’ll pass on giving Progressives a try.
It’s hard to believe I’ve been doing this for coming up on ten years (September 6th is my Sim anniversary), and in four days I will play my 70,000th game. WIS has become a part of my life; my wife even routinely asks me how my teams are doing, and makes WIS references about RL games (“These guys are hitting like one of your SIM teams” – and that’s rarely a compliment). I look forward to reading your posts – some for information, some for entertainment. If any of you want to contact me by sitemail, I am very open to talking about what’s happening to me but do not feel that much beyond this post is appropriate for the public forum.
Thanks for a wild ride. To quote ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’, I’m not dead yet and with a lot of luck this entire post will be proven to have been unnecessary.
Pinotfan
PS – and sign up for Spotsell’s Dodgeball theme; I want one more chance flinging the poison pill before I haue shufflel'd off this mortall coile.