The first of my 6 final exams starts in 4 hours time. Gonna be a long month... But to finally be finished will be soooooo good.

Best of luck to you! Be sure to have a tremendous celebratory plan to look forward to.

Oh I do. Going into seclusion in the mountains north of the Algarve in Portugal for 12 days after they're finished. First one went according to plan anyway! Hopefully they shall continue in this manner! Cheers for the well-wishes.

The first of my 6 final exams starts in 4 hours time. Gonna be a long month... But to finally be finished will be soooooo good.

Stuff your face with some good luck cake, stat!

This is a new and wonderful application of cake I had not previously thought of. Thanks Steph!

The first of my 6 final exams starts in 4 hours time. Gonna be a long month... But to finally be finished will be soooooo good.

Stuff your face with some good luck cake, stat!

This is a new and wonderful application of cake I had not previously thought of. Thanks Steph!

You're welcome, though I'm quite surprised by this. As a connoisseur of all things cake one would think you've established all the possible reasons to get yer gob round some. Shocking.

I got my first Funeral to go to on the 27th.

I've never been to one before. :s

Sorry to hear that, Amber.

I never been in any other family ceremony except 4 funerals.

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Be well Amber. They can be intense, but I think overall you usually feel better once it's been done.

I have been to so many funerals that...I don't even know how many. Sorry for your loss, Amber.

I have been to so many funerals that...I don't even know how many. Sorry for your loss, Amber.

Yeah, same here. I lost quite a few friends in high school. So many that there were people saying "Hey, don't be Paul's friend. You'll die." All in good humour, of course. Right?

Funerals never get easier, though.

Thanks guys. it's just a little weird for me. I've not experienced this before. Its hit me a little harder than I thought it would.

When I lost my Giddo (Ukrainian for Gradfather) I couldnt look at his body in the casket, it was just too much. We were so close I used to stay at his house during the summer when my parents worked we went fishing taught me how to make fly fishes and all that good stuff memories that i will cherish forever.

That's all you can really do when you lose a loved one just cherish the time you spent together and the impact they had on your lives.

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When I lost my Giddo (Ukrainian for Gradfather) I couldnt look at his body in the casket, it was just too much. We were so close I used to stay at his house during the summer when my parents worked we went fishing taught me how to make fly fishes and all that good stuff memories that i will cherish forever.

That's all you can really do when you lose a loved one just cherish the time you spent together and the impact they had on your lives.

I went to a funeral for a friend when I was in high school. Viewing him in the casket, he seemed so plastic and unreal.

When I lost my Giddo (Ukrainian for Gradfather) I couldnt look at his body in the casket, it was just too much. We were so close I used to stay at his house during the summer when my parents worked we went fishing taught me how to make fly fishes and all that good stuff memories that i will cherish forever.

That's all you can really do when you lose a loved one just cherish the time you spent together and the impact they had on your lives.

I went to a funeral for a friend when I was in high school. Viewing him in the casket, he seemed so plastic and unreal.

My mum decided to keep the casket closed at my Dad's funeral, which is what I would've chosen to do too. If it was open, I definitely would not have wanted to see him in there. I'd much rather have my last memories of seeing him as seeing him alive. I'd probably feel uneasy seeing any dead body, let alone my own fathers.

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When I lost my Giddo (Ukrainian for Gradfather) I couldnt look at his body in the casket, it was just too much. We were so close I used to stay at his house during the summer when my parents worked we went fishing taught me how to make fly fishes and all that good stuff memories that i will cherish forever.

That's all you can really do when you lose a loved one just cherish the time you spent together and the impact they had on your lives.

I went to a funeral for a friend when I was in high school. Viewing him in the casket, he seemed so plastic and unreal.

My mum decided to keep the casket closed at my Dad's funeral, which is what I would've chosen to do too. If it was open, I definitely would not have wanted to see him in there. I'd much rather have my last memories of seeing him as seeing him alive. I'd probably feel uneasy seeing any dead body, let alone my own fathers.

I've never been to a funeral with an open coffin. I don't think we customarily do that here. I do know you can go to the funeral director's place and view the body there if you want to though.

I have seen two people dead, within minutes to an hour of their deaths. Yes, they look unreal. I was very conscious, when I looked at my Dad, that it wasn't really him anymore, just an empty shell. He was no longer there. To some extent I felt no connection to the body in the hospital bed which made it a little easier perhaps.

As for funerals in general, I have been to so many I've lost count too. The older you get the more you have to attend.

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Finding out the only course my son really wanted to do at our local college (which would have meant he could conveniently and inexpensively live at home) has just been dropped.

POOP!

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Video gig no longer exists. I'm about ready to quit.