passages and such
So, my grandmother died on Monday. This was not unexpected. She had Alzheimer's and had been "gone" mentally for quite a few years. Over the past month or two, her physical condition deteriorated pretty fast. My mom flew out to LA (where grandma lived with my uncle) last week, and she and her brother mutually decided to stop trying to treat grandma, just give her morphine to keep her out of discomfort. That was Friday. She hung on till Monday morning, which I'm sure was probably among the longest three days of my mom's life.
Anyway, so grandma is gone now and I think the main emotion we all feel is relief. She was 94 and her time had come. Not that we aren't sad, of course, but it's for the best.
Meanwhile my poor mom is totally stressed and trying to help her brother deal with all the administrivia of death and so forth. It sucks that she had only been back from her vacation for a week before all this happened. She's planning to come back the end of this week, but who knows how long it'll take her to recover from the emotional stuff, not to mention the effects of barely sleeping while holding vigil over grandma -- and let's not even talk about the jetlag!
In other sucktastic news, yesterday my car started making a horrible grinding noise, and long story short, it needs $1500 of repairs. I am sunk in the pit of despair. If you read my friends-locked update from the other day, you know the whole story. Otherwise, just suffice it to say that in no way can I afford this right now. :(
Anyway, so grandma is gone now and I think the main emotion we all feel is relief. She was 94 and her time had come. Not that we aren't sad, of course, but it's for the best.
Meanwhile my poor mom is totally stressed and trying to help her brother deal with all the administrivia of death and so forth. It sucks that she had only been back from her vacation for a week before all this happened. She's planning to come back the end of this week, but who knows how long it'll take her to recover from the emotional stuff, not to mention the effects of barely sleeping while holding vigil over grandma -- and let's not even talk about the jetlag!
In other sucktastic news, yesterday my car started making a horrible grinding noise, and long story short, it needs $1500 of repairs. I am sunk in the pit of despair. If you read my friends-locked update from the other day, you know the whole story. Otherwise, just suffice it to say that in no way can I afford this right now. :(