I called my mother about uncle Dave (she left me a voice mail that he died today), only to find out that my aunt Betty had also died about a month ago. She was the 2nd eldest of the 9. Then my mother dropped a bombshell on me by remarking that there were only 3 of them left, which led me to ask her who else had died. My aunt Jean, apparently, last year.
Hence: I cannot be counted on for sanity this weekend.