The hardest part

The easiest part of living far away in a cold dark place is the distance.  The hardest part of living far away in a cold dark place is also the distance.  I may not have to keep the cleanest house in case of familial drop-overs, but I also can't make familial drop-overs to the rest of my family.  This has recently been very painfully obvious as I deal with the sudden illness of my father.