Where to begin?!?!?!?

Thursday morning I received a call from the lawyer I've been using since the start of the legal process with my "sister". It seems that my "sisters" lawyer called him to let him know that my "sister" really does have a committment from the credit union and to give my lawyer the name of the the lawyer handling the closing and his number. My lawyer was going to call this lawyer. As of now, I haven't heard anything new but that could just be lawyers playing phone tag.
I had to call the new lawyer and tell him to put things on hold for right now. I am not 100% convinced that things will go smoothly but I guess having this lawyer send the letter that he did made my sisters' lawyer react and give us the information that we asked for over a month ago. Until I hear from my lawyer and find out what exactly is going on with the closing, I will not feel comfortable with the fact that my "sister" has a committment.
The other thing that I am not concerned about is, am I really going to get the amount that we asked for? We have never received any type of acknowledgement or counter offer. I can only guess that they agreed with the offer and are moving forward with that number.

On a sad note - a friend of mine who lives in NJ sent out an email late Thursday night to inform a number of her friends that one of her nephews had passed away. This guy would have been 30 years old on Friday. He leaves behind a 3 year old. I've never met him or his mother but my friend Maggie talked about her sister all the time. This was one of her favorite nephews.
For me this is hard to take in even though I didn't know them personally. He died because he was taking antidepressants and a bunch of his buddies took him out drinking for his birthday. He drank too much (now we all know that even one drink could be too much) and it became a lethal combination for him.
There are times I struggle with the urge to drink. That I find it would be so much easier just to give in and have those drinks. In 2001, I spent a month and a half drinking fairly heavy and I was just fine. The luck of the draw, I would say. In this case, This young man wasn't so lucky, he has lost his life and the lives of so many have been affected.

Let this be a reminder to all of us, that drinking in excessive quantity is never a good idea - if we are on medication or not.