My life is the hill I live on...
I'm home! It's a wonderful feeling to be home. No lies. I missed my dogger and my fat rabbit. I get to make up all of my work and junk tomorrow except...wait...I can't. Yesterday I added more onto my Alice story thing but in was on my cousin's laptop with word processor which does not convert to microsoft word. I was like "Really? Honestly?" The proceeded to curse in a hushed tone at everything I tried to open it with.
Anyway, last night was the calling hours for the funeral. I really didn't cry too much there. Only when my cousin John went up by himself, when my mother started the powerpoint dedicated to my aunt, and when my grandpa from my dad's side of the family showed up and gave me a hug. So finally the "cool teenagers" as my aunt Sharon calls us went back to my grandmother house and I got a text from liebe_neu saying that we'd both won a scholarship we'd applied for. It was really kind of amazing.
Today was the funeral. I heard the best story about my aunt. Apparently when she was 13 she and her best friend, Sally, went to the park and that was like the first time my aunt Laurie saw Mark. My aunt said to Sally, 'One day I'm going to marry him." Sure enough they did end up getting married. They had been together since my aunt was 14 and my uncle was 16. Now they're together again but I'll get back to that later. I sang "For Good" from the musical "Wicked" and cause a majority of the "audience" to cry, I guess. No eye contact was made. I broke down when we were leaving the church. That is, until I realized that my uncle had missed his cue to do something. Apparently he'd run to the bathroom then almost missed his ride. My aunt Marta was like "That was Mark whispering into Dennis's ear 'Yeah you have time' then nudging Laurie and saying 'Watch what happens.' Just so he could make her laugh." I don't doubt this one bit.
So now I'm here. In my room. Getting ready to destroy the computer. I think I might break my promise and cry a bit. But instead I shall look at my icon and smile.
With Love
AliBee