brief intercession of serious-y real life-y stuff

so my [same-age] cousin whose husband is serving in iraq just emailed me that he's been injured--very mildly, apparently, "just a broken hand and shrapnel wounds plus some hearing loss from the explosion".  so i haven't seen any details but--uh--i guess that means he was too close to a bomb, and wow, that's a very close miss.  but his tour of duty was totally finished in a month; he's flying back early to be hospitalised at his home base and she's going to meet him in the next couple of days, although typically, the army aren't communicating with her properly and she can't find out when-where-what flight to book. 

wow. 

*shudder*

she's missing her older brother (my ex-convict¹ cousin)'s wedding next weekend because of this. 


1. no, really