some sort of good news and some absolutely terrible bad news

Last night, I received an email from my brother about a friend of ours. He had committed suicide on Saturday. It's just tragically sad and almost unbelieveable. My heart goes out to his lovely wife, what she must be going through right now, I can't even begin to imagine.

The sort of good news is that my back is on the mend and, while I'm still moving slowly, I'm no longer crawling around on the floor.