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It was a long, long weekend. We finally got plans made yesterday. Chrissy, Uncle Dan and I went to the memorial home and made the plans. There will be a visitation at Dieterle Memorial Home on Broadway in Montgomery from 5-8 tomorrow (thursday) evening. The obituary is running in the beacon today and tomorrow. We picked out the urn and a poem for the card and everything for the service is set. I put together 4 photo boards and made 3 mix CDs of dad's music. Right now it's just the visitation. And then after the visitation, we are getting together at Patrick's because it was dad's favorite bar. We will do something private as a family with the ashes later. We aren't sure. But everything is ready for tomorrow.
Um. Hospice came and picked up the equipment. Chrissy and I met with the social worker and the chaplain. We hung out with Mom some more. I think I wrote about how she came over and we all did yard work and stuff. The days are all blurring together. Chrissy, Dan, grandma, Lea and I went out to dinner at applebees one night. Stopped by best buy so chrissy could get the dresden dolls cd. had lunch with uncle dan at denny's yesterday. oh, I did end up going to Rob's on sunday night for memorial day. It was fun. We had a fire and played bocce and ate too much. I went to Target today because I needed panty hose and I almost got this purse because im addicted to target purses but i forgot my giftcard so i didnt get it. Later, my sis and I went to our banks and then to Dad's bank and I put my name on our joint bank account. we asked some questions about dad's accounts but theres really nothing we can do until we have death certificates and the lawyer. we meet with him on friday. so much stuff. so much confusing important stuff. we went to great clips so i let them know about dad. then we went to jewel and bought food to have at the visitation and it was all so expensive and i feel like we dont have enough but whatever. people can come to patricks afterwards if they are still hungry/thirsty.
Mom went home yesterday. She couldnt stay til the thursday service. if it had been today she could have stayed, but she couldn't. there was a lot involved in that but im not getting into it because thats mainly between my mom and my sister. whatever. im sad mom wont be there, more for her than for me.
and I dont know. ive been busy, but ive not been busy. like theres so much to do but the holiday weekend put stuff on hold and it seems like the days just drag but everything is going on. I dont know. The service is tomorrow. I will feel better once thats out of the way. Then it will just be months and months of adjusting and figuring out how the heck my dad ran this house. oh dear.
Um. Hospice came and picked up the equipment. Chrissy and I met with the social worker and the chaplain. We hung out with Mom some more. I think I wrote about how she came over and we all did yard work and stuff. The days are all blurring together. Chrissy, Dan, grandma, Lea and I went out to dinner at applebees one night. Stopped by best buy so chrissy could get the dresden dolls cd. had lunch with uncle dan at denny's yesterday. oh, I did end up going to Rob's on sunday night for memorial day. It was fun. We had a fire and played bocce and ate too much. I went to Target today because I needed panty hose and I almost got this purse because im addicted to target purses but i forgot my giftcard so i didnt get it. Later, my sis and I went to our banks and then to Dad's bank and I put my name on our joint bank account. we asked some questions about dad's accounts but theres really nothing we can do until we have death certificates and the lawyer. we meet with him on friday. so much stuff. so much confusing important stuff. we went to great clips so i let them know about dad. then we went to jewel and bought food to have at the visitation and it was all so expensive and i feel like we dont have enough but whatever. people can come to patricks afterwards if they are still hungry/thirsty.
Mom went home yesterday. She couldnt stay til the thursday service. if it had been today she could have stayed, but she couldn't. there was a lot involved in that but im not getting into it because thats mainly between my mom and my sister. whatever. im sad mom wont be there, more for her than for me.
and I dont know. ive been busy, but ive not been busy. like theres so much to do but the holiday weekend put stuff on hold and it seems like the days just drag but everything is going on. I dont know. The service is tomorrow. I will feel better once thats out of the way. Then it will just be months and months of adjusting and figuring out how the heck my dad ran this house. oh dear.