Sad morning

My friend Bethany's father passed away early this morning. I'm trying to beam all my strongest and best thoughts and prayers her way this morning.
I don't know why, but July seems to have been a rough month. A former professor and mentor had open heart surgery yesterday (she's doing OK in recovery), and then there was the news that a couple I've been friends with since college are splitting up and it's not been very amicable. And everybody I know is just plain worn out from working so hard. It's enough to make you want to crawl under a rock. Or eat your weight in chocolate.