Jay, Death, and Sam Update

Well, as you know, Jay and I are roommates now and once I decided to be roommates and moved in all my previous thoughts and worries disappeared. Should I still have a talk with Jay about me initially not really wanting to move in with him? I think if the topic ever comes up, I'll be honest with him but I don't think it is necessary to go out of my way to tell him.

Anyways, one of the grade 8s in hostel (Tim) just found out this afternoon that his dad died this morning. I can't imagine how he must feel. I mean, he's new to the hostel (well been here a term), new to the school, first time ever away from home, and then his dad dies. That's crap! Life doesn't seem fair. He's gone back home already, but the whole mood in the hostel is quite .... I don't know the word... down?...

Although, the mood is picking up. It's weird isn't it. Something gets you down, but somewhere, sometime, somehow, things start picking up again. Life carries on and you either carry on with it or get stuck. Of course, that's easy for me to say because it wasn't my dad, but surely it will be the same for Tim eventually.

I wonder whether he's gonna come back? Or whether he's gonna stay with his mom and go to a closer school?

SAM UPDATE: Well, Sam (not CatSam) has broken up with her boyfriend. Yay!!! I found out this evening just before supper. I know what I'm going to spend the rest of my prep doing... actually, I'm waiting for Sam to log onto mxit and killing time by writing this...

I know I have to be sympathetic and all, but I don't want to be just a friend... Any tips from anyone's playbook I can use? lol.