Ottawa
What a whirlwind... I think my head is spinning still and we landed 2 hrs ago. Mom drove me crazy and Dee had an attitude the size of the house... at the end of it all, it was all ok, except mom and her insane need to control and micromanage everything.
On Monday we scattered Granny's ashes along with all the rose petals from every rose she had ever gotten over her lifetime. Rachel and I also scattered wild flower seeds in hopes they may grow. It was pretty emotional.
The morbid part of the whole trip was sleeping in Granny's bed, in her room, with her urn & ashes sitting on the dresser less than 10 feet away. However, she was with me the entire time. She was at Loblaw's yesterday when Dee and I went to get a Black Forest Cake for Granny's birthday and kept telling me to buy big... she was at the airport with me today yelling at me to not break the china because if I was going to break it, I should have given it to George to auction off. On Saturday night she was in her room with Rachel and I and she kept interupting and causing me to lose my train of thought and then kept poking me to get off her bed. She was like a little kid wanting attention. And she also was with us at the scattering but she kept going in between people like a dog would and I wasn't really clear what it was she was trying to get across or if she was just excited to have everyone around. She must have left with the others because she didn't come for lunch with us.
We have a crazy week schedule... we have a bunch of drop offs coming here tomorrow morning and then we have our last (we hope) RSV needle at 215 and then we have an information session for Rach's band thingie at 7pm. Then on Thursday we have her head ultrasound at 10 and then Devin is coming here to pay some support. Then Friday we go to court.
I got the job with the Census and I start training next Wed and Thurs, and that ought to ease some of the financial burden since I obviously am going to be waiting awhile for the catchup from Devin.
Since its in theory 1115pm to my brain and I've had a pounding headache since 130pm and Tylenol isn't touching it, I'm calling it and gonna crawl off and veg.
I have 3 suitcases and a monstrous Rubbermaid tub to unpack too as my living room looks like a baggage claim room at the airport.
On Monday we scattered Granny's ashes along with all the rose petals from every rose she had ever gotten over her lifetime. Rachel and I also scattered wild flower seeds in hopes they may grow. It was pretty emotional.
The morbid part of the whole trip was sleeping in Granny's bed, in her room, with her urn & ashes sitting on the dresser less than 10 feet away. However, she was with me the entire time. She was at Loblaw's yesterday when Dee and I went to get a Black Forest Cake for Granny's birthday and kept telling me to buy big... she was at the airport with me today yelling at me to not break the china because if I was going to break it, I should have given it to George to auction off. On Saturday night she was in her room with Rachel and I and she kept interupting and causing me to lose my train of thought and then kept poking me to get off her bed. She was like a little kid wanting attention. And she also was with us at the scattering but she kept going in between people like a dog would and I wasn't really clear what it was she was trying to get across or if she was just excited to have everyone around. She must have left with the others because she didn't come for lunch with us.
We have a crazy week schedule... we have a bunch of drop offs coming here tomorrow morning and then we have our last (we hope) RSV needle at 215 and then we have an information session for Rach's band thingie at 7pm. Then on Thursday we have her head ultrasound at 10 and then Devin is coming here to pay some support. Then Friday we go to court.
I got the job with the Census and I start training next Wed and Thurs, and that ought to ease some of the financial burden since I obviously am going to be waiting awhile for the catchup from Devin.
Since its in theory 1115pm to my brain and I've had a pounding headache since 130pm and Tylenol isn't touching it, I'm calling it and gonna crawl off and veg.
I have 3 suitcases and a monstrous Rubbermaid tub to unpack too as my living room looks like a baggage claim room at the airport.
posted by Kristin at 4/18/2006 09:15:00 PM
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