![]() I knew E planned to come to the memorial service, but was pleasantly surprised when C and her husband showed up, too. The last time he saw mom (or me) was when she was in the hospital in July of 2021, which was what precipitated the whole move to Carillon thing.īoth dad’s nieces, CK (and her husband M), and EG came. Mom’s niece EJ and her daughter and SIL came, but her other niece CY couldn’t come as she’d had leg surgery and had to stay off it. It’s also very reasonably priced.) He and I went in my car. (I can personally attest that it’s nice and comfortable as I lived there for a week before my apartment was ready. He was able to come the day before and I put him up in our third floor guest room. ![]() Mom’s nephew JP came but his wife had to stay and make sure the animals got fed and taken care of (2 horses and an unknown roster of dogs and cats). Then all these other cars started pulling up. We got to the cemetery at 9:45, and CK and her husband and daughter pulled up. Hard to believe that’s only been six days ago. Mom’s interment and memorial service was Wednesday, November 15. There was something there, and now there isn’t. Eventually, you get used to not having it, but it’s still gone. I’ve lost another (metaphorical) tooth. When my dad passed, it was (metaphorically) like having a tooth pulled. The place where it had been hurts and is tender at first, then it heals and is no longer painful but life has a way of reminding you in a hundred subtle ways that the tooth is gone. (I have a “load size” laundry basket I keep on the floor of my closet that is my dirty clothes hamper. When it gets full, I have one load of wash. It was heaping full.) They had some kind of function downstairs, but those, again, are usually heaving with people, alcohol is served, there’s an electronically amplified “musician(s),” and for people with normal hearing, it’s like having a metal pail over your head that somebody is beating with a large ladle. Instead, responsible adult that I am, I did two loads of laundry. ) and the desk would take up way less space and be more functional. The peace lily would sit on the end of the desk near the windows. First, I have to get rid of the old Windows 7 machine, though. Sigh. I’ve still got that gianormous peace lily on my kitchen counter, but I am seriously considering selling my dinette set in favor of another desk like my computer desk. I invariably eat at my computer (like I’m doing now)(the habits of 20+ years are hard to break. My Christmas cactus is going nuts. I found this little plant stand that is almost exactly the same height as the console table I’m using for my plants and lets me utilize that last 11 inches of window space that was going fallow before. It came yesterday (assembly required)(piece of cake) and I covered it with more of that plastic shelf liner stuff to protect the “wood” top.
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