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My aunt died just over a week ago and processing all the family weirdness has been a trip.
Getting super uncomfortable with the religious views on... Well everything. Even when it came to doing good deeds, it somehow ended up sounding like righteous bragging. All centered around themselves and not about the person who recently died. This big display of how good and helpful they are seems to really take away from the genuinely good deeds they are doing.
Or maybe I'm doing something wrong. Some of the more memorable good deeds I've done usually come with a bit heartbreak. Realizing how fortunate I am does not make me want to brag. Those memories stick for a long time too.
I'm thinking of going to a lot less family functions in the future.
Also, I'm finally at the point with my website where I can go promote it locally, the library said they'd be happy to put my poster up on the community board.
I got a bit delayed because I found out the hard way my backups weren't complete. Fortunely I found this out on my computer and not my server. I also had an external backup so nothing important was lost, except some time. Also reworked all my backup scripts and thoroughly tested them. I feel a lot more confident about them now.