Thanks, Burtz. I have my computer back so now I can finally get in here.
Rob and I were close for a really long time. We met right here on Gaia what seems like a millennia ago and clicked right away. We talked and hung out and eventually met up when I went to Springfield for a concert sometime around or before 2012, I guess. We didn't get super close tho until 2017. That was the year I lost my best friend, Stephanie, and he lost his 2nd cousin that called him "Uncle Bobby", who he absolutely adored and who adored him. We both had experienced significant losses that I think trauma-bonded us.
He became my best friend, my travel buddy and basically my left arm. We talked almost every day, on messenger, via text or on the phone. He went with me to Oklahoma/Arkansas, North Carolina, Indiana to celebrate our birthdays together, Michigan and most recently, as Burtz mentioned, to Chicago for ChronicCon. I hate driving by myself, so I always enjoyed having him as my navigator. For someone who went by "Impatient" aka "Impy", he always had a ton of patience with me.
He sometimes came up to my house to help me putter around my yard or to keep me company so I could get something done that I didn't really want to do but had to. I usually need some sort of overseer to make sure I do what needs done. LOL I would go to Springfield when I could and visit his family, too.
I loved Impy/Robbeh like he was family and he loved me. When he had his first issues in January, it was bad and it took it's toll on him. Nothing was the same and things never really got better. Just when he would make 3 steps forward, he'd fall back 4. I knew the clock was ticking and it was only a matter of time before we lost him but he stayed as optimistic as he could until the very end.
He was only 48 years old and had so much more life ahead of him. I am heartbroken.
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