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this week has been...interesting. still trying to figure out what to do about the whole refi fiasco but my dad is helping me with that. it's been way too slow at work. july is always slow, but it needs to be over.
last saturday shirley passed away. we knew it would be soon, but not quite so soon. not even 2 weeks after i went to see her. tuesday plato had his regular every 3 month vet appointment (which he was very upset about), then i got rachel to put some more purple streaks in my hair (it had faded to pretty much all pink), and then i cut bill's hair so he would look nice for the funeral/viewing.
wednesday earlier in the day breanna, nolan, and i went to chuck e. cheese. random and strange for a bunch of people in their 20's, but right up our alley. we actually had a blast there, playing ski-ball and getting our pictures taken with all the puppets on stage, chuck e. cheese riding in a car, and by a machine that "sketches" your picture and just barely fits 3 people at once (well parts of our faces only really). i really needed something fun and simple like that in my life!
afterwards richie had a surprise for me, he took me on a nature hike at double rock park. didn't exactly find what he was looking for, someone had told him about a particular spot to look for. it was a bit too humid out so we got exhausted pretty quickly. we will have to come back another day when it's not so hot, but i definitely appreciated the thought and effort.
my mom and i went to shirley's viewing at 7 that night. the place was packed and they had a slide show of over 100 pictures playing, it was really nice. saw bill right when we walked in so that was good, since i don't know a whole lot of her family besides her daughter. bill didn't realize this til she came to the viewing, but one of the nurses that took care of shirley (the kind that come to your house) was actually one of his relatives! his grandmother's sister's daughter, i'm not sure what that makes her. viewings are so weird, just seeing a person you knew and knowing that they're really gone because you can see with your own eyes. i always thought shirley would live to be 100, she was just one of those people. before she got cancer (and even up until recently according to her daughter) she was so strong and independent. she always wanted to do anything herself and felt no physical limitations despite her age. she was opinionated and always let you know how she felt about everything. she was also caring and would help anyone out to the extent of her abilities. just the fact that she let bill, who was first her 17 year old neighbor, live with her rent free for nearly 3 years when he had nowhere left to go should say something. she took care of lots of kids throughout the years too and was looked up to as a mother/grandmother figure to many. i hope bill is going to be ok, she was the best parental figure he's ever had.
i'm hoping this is the last of bad things to happen and its time for a change to good again. johnny will be here in less than a week and i took off that whole weekend so we can do whatever we want. i'm starting to feel better too. my stomach isn't ballooning up nearly as often, and i bought a ton of books on the subject so i can learn as much as i can to keep my digestive system happy.
last saturday shirley passed away. we knew it would be soon, but not quite so soon. not even 2 weeks after i went to see her. tuesday plato had his regular every 3 month vet appointment (which he was very upset about), then i got rachel to put some more purple streaks in my hair (it had faded to pretty much all pink), and then i cut bill's hair so he would look nice for the funeral/viewing.
wednesday earlier in the day breanna, nolan, and i went to chuck e. cheese. random and strange for a bunch of people in their 20's, but right up our alley. we actually had a blast there, playing ski-ball and getting our pictures taken with all the puppets on stage, chuck e. cheese riding in a car, and by a machine that "sketches" your picture and just barely fits 3 people at once (well parts of our faces only really). i really needed something fun and simple like that in my life!
afterwards richie had a surprise for me, he took me on a nature hike at double rock park. didn't exactly find what he was looking for, someone had told him about a particular spot to look for. it was a bit too humid out so we got exhausted pretty quickly. we will have to come back another day when it's not so hot, but i definitely appreciated the thought and effort.
my mom and i went to shirley's viewing at 7 that night. the place was packed and they had a slide show of over 100 pictures playing, it was really nice. saw bill right when we walked in so that was good, since i don't know a whole lot of her family besides her daughter. bill didn't realize this til she came to the viewing, but one of the nurses that took care of shirley (the kind that come to your house) was actually one of his relatives! his grandmother's sister's daughter, i'm not sure what that makes her. viewings are so weird, just seeing a person you knew and knowing that they're really gone because you can see with your own eyes. i always thought shirley would live to be 100, she was just one of those people. before she got cancer (and even up until recently according to her daughter) she was so strong and independent. she always wanted to do anything herself and felt no physical limitations despite her age. she was opinionated and always let you know how she felt about everything. she was also caring and would help anyone out to the extent of her abilities. just the fact that she let bill, who was first her 17 year old neighbor, live with her rent free for nearly 3 years when he had nowhere left to go should say something. she took care of lots of kids throughout the years too and was looked up to as a mother/grandmother figure to many. i hope bill is going to be ok, she was the best parental figure he's ever had.
i'm hoping this is the last of bad things to happen and its time for a change to good again. johnny will be here in less than a week and i took off that whole weekend so we can do whatever we want. i'm starting to feel better too. my stomach isn't ballooning up nearly as often, and i bought a ton of books on the subject so i can learn as much as i can to keep my digestive system happy.