Sad news in life.

Hello readers!
I'm sorry that I haven't posted anything new in close to a month. I've been working close to 65 hours a week (5 12 hr days; sometimes 6 12 hr days).
As I'd been getting ready for bed tonight, I wanted to let y'all know that I'll be taking another week or so off from writing in my blog due to I'm mourning my friend who committed suicide on Friday early evening.
He'd been diagnosed with AIDS about 2 years ago - after my instance of him going to going to the doctor. He'd been prescribed a medication to help "maintain" his....health, I guess you could say and started seeing a psychiatrist as well. The last 6 months of my friend's life, he'd given up on life, stopped taking his AIDS meds, didn't take good care of himself, pushed people away from him and said that I care too much. This past Thursday, he called me to apologize for being an ass and said that everything is ok. I went into work as usual on Friday, in hopes my friend would start taking care of himself and start taking his meds again.
His mother called and texted me quite a few times throughout the day stating that she couldn't get in contact with my friend. When I got out of work, I called her back and told her to meet me at his apartment. When we both got there, I suggested that I be the one to open the apartment (she has heart issues). I opened the door and there was my friend, dead in the foyer. He took his gun and shot himself in the head. I turned right around and called 911.
The police and the ambulance came about 20 minutes later. As the medics came to the door, I had informed them that my friend was tested positive for AIDS so the medics could take full safety measures.
I'm grateful that I had the weekend off so I could handle my friends' suicide before going back to work on Monday.
Today was the funeral but I was told by my friends' that it was ok if I didn't go. I ended up not going....I couldn't bring myself to go.

Thank you all for understanding.