I somehow missed this reply, the last two weeks were really hard trying to keep up with everything, but happily things have gotten back to normal :)
I agree, it was actually fun to work during that time period, when you could do like @meesterboom's post and tell your boss to 'shove this ten foot pole up your hole" hahaha!
Sadly, I lost track of Opie, we knew each other before social media and I don't recall his last name, so I can't even look him put him up and check. But he was a really smart kid (smart asses generally are LOL) so I'm pretty confident he turned out just fine :)