Hi everyone this is Erica this isn't a show it's just a quick announcement

my father died on February 7th a couple weeks ago now in Burlington

it was a surprise but it wasn't a shock. He had a terrible staff infection a couple

years ago that almost killed him and so we had two years that we didn't think we'd

have that were really good years.

So, and my sister and my mother and I were able to move into his hospital room for the five or

six days leading up to his death.

So that was very lucky it's funny I remember when I had a

baby I remember thinking nobody tells you how hard that is.

And then I realize that nobody can tell you

that there's no describing it.

And I think that, and it seems as though losing a parent

is similar to that. His name was Richard Eileman. People called him

Dick Eileman. He was a hugely entertaining man. Very smart and very thoughtful. And I think what I loved most about him is that he was incredibly

curious he was curious about everybody

I got a really good one.

Anyway, I wanted to just explain why things were going a little slowly over here.

I'll be back soon with more shows.

Thanks a lot.