taking time off

[djb]

I won't be around for a while so I hope Rob and dallmav and even Murph can keep things going smoothly while I'm gone. My life has just been turned upside down and I just don't know where to go from here. My mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer yesterday, and will be undergoing the various operations and chemotherapy needed to sustain her a while longer. She has already begun making preparations for after the operations... Up until yesterday, she has been the strongest, most active, and fearless person I've ever known. How could this have happened? I wish I only knew. I plan on dropping school and work, and really don't know where to go from here.