Why...Hello There Emotions

I do not know what is going on with me this week, but I have been so emotional.  It's ridiculous.

Do you ever think of someone and even though you know they have passed away you still kind of don't believe it?  I don't even mean a recent death, but whenever you think of them you think of them in a current sense.  Kind of hard to explain I guess. 

I've been thinking of a high school classmate that passed away more than 6 years ago.  He was one of those people that always had a smile and a joke for you and just an overall happy and pleasant person.  I wasn't even super close with him, but I find myself thinking about him pretty often.  Funny how some individuals can have an impact on you and you both not even realize it at the time. 

I was relaying the story of his death to one of my co-workers and got so emotional about it.  It was just such an unfortunate car accident that happened only 10 minutes away from my house.  I've talked about him and his story before and it's never gotten to me like that, but I guess I'm just in a deeper and more emotional place right now. 

Other things that have caused me to cry this week..

• a birthday card for my dad (since it almost made me cry I knew it was the right one)
• a song on the radio...I don't even think it was a sad song, but it had me near tears
• reading the news.  There was a story about a father who is only 31 and his 5 year old son that were badly burned in a house fire.

And besides being overly emotional this week, I don't know where my memory has gone, but it has definitely left the building.  It's kind of frustrating.  I can't remember crap and anything and everything is making me cry.  Sigh.  Let's hope my memory returns in the very near future and that I get my emotions in check. 

How's your week going?  It's almost Thanksgiving!!  Think I might do some Christmas shopping this weekend! =)