Well, it is now late Thursday, June the 2nd and it is Day 27 in the countdown that seems to have started without me lol. Let's see Sunday the 29th of May was a brutal but awesome day ;-D Friends and family who said they would be there were there and things went pretty smoothly. We even got a lot of the furniture and big stuff from my daughters place too. She still has boxes and things but doesn't have to be completely out right away so she has some leeway.
Monday, my brother and I decided we would be making the trip to Washington for the funeral. For me it is not so much the rites or ritual as the gathering of family to remember the life of a good man. I am very excited to see many if not all the remaining family on Dad's side. It has been way too long ;-( and I have missed them very much. I am sure it will be a shock to see how much their children have grown and in some cases their children's children :-D We had decided that we would leave early Thursday if we could get expedited passports so the rest of monday thru wednesday is mostly a blur. We managed to secure passports within 24 hours for a fee of course and deal with the blunders of my move; meaning getting me fully out of the one bedroom apartment and cleaning it completely. Plus there was the matter of my 10 day wait period to receive the check for my damage deposit, sigh.
The past days events were taking their toll on everyone so needless to say, getting ready to leave was not without its stressful moments.However, as rough as it may have been, I watched each necessary element fall into place to make this trip happen. From my brother and I going to the nursing home on Monday to tell my Mother the news to being able to get the car road worthy, everything just came together. There were bumps but they smoothed somewhat as I went along. In the meantime, my countdown was/is slipping away from me and I am not sure whether to be sad or grateful. I have decided I will be grateful, for I am sitting here typing from my sister and her partner's home in Renton, Washington with a big grin on my face as I listen to the banter back and forth between my sister and brother in the other room; the laughter reminds me of when we were little and life was just a little less hectic. It is the close of Day 27 - Peace
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