you guys are awesome. I came home early today because I got bad news about my friend with cancer. At the same time my son calls and tells me that his car has a lot of issues that are going to be costly to fix. I am prone to wanting to isolate myself when I feel this way. I want to hole up and be alone. I can't even celebrate that my husband's parents are here. I have known my friend is dying but today's news together with a lot of work stuff kicked my butt. He has a few weeks at best. And he has been surrogate family as well.