I have a nice couple of weeks ahead with no serious plans until Bunthorne Boy and the Viking arrive a couple of Fridays away. Which is good, because this past week was hopping. Monday was just standard, but Tuesday, I went into the office. Had some lunchtime errands - wanted to see if a couple …
Month: June 2022
One Month In
Today, at 4:45 p.m. One month. I have my first appointment with a grief counselor tonight. I'm, um, looking forward to it? Kind of? I've been getting a lot done, but definitely getting to points where the apartment makes me stir-crazy. I'm definitely going to reserve Sunday (or, as with this weekend, a Monday holiday) …
Loooong Weekend
I took this morning off, have the afternoon off anyway (thank you, organization which decided to change 'summer Fridays' from 'off at 3:00' to 'entire half day off' this summer). And I have Monday off for Juneteenth (again, thank you, progressive organization I work for). So I should be able to get a bunch done …
Three weeks in
OK, so here we are. I've been back at work for two weeks, although taking some afternoons off to make phone calls. Work has been fine, everyone has been very supportive. I went to the office for the first time this past Wednesday, so got to have a lot of good water-cooler conversations. Our HR …
Tool Time
So... now it's Saturday, May 28th and C has been safely sent off in style. I am completely exhausted and peopled-out. Dad was staying through through the weekend, but Sam had to head back home immediately to work on a project, and had a Saturday morning flight. Friday night, he starts looking at his phone. …
The Funeral
Friday, May 27th, was a beautiful blue-sky day. I was grateful that, unlike the viewing, I didn't really have to do much of anything except be present and brought from place to place. It felt like we had very little downtime between Thursday's and Friday's events. Sam, Dad and I got up, I made sure …
The Viewing
Ah, yes, thinking about the day of the viewing, I realized I did forget some plot points about the day before. First, I had gone to the bank to pull cash out of our household account for the funeral home and for incidentals, and also to get quarters for laundry. Turns out, they had no …
Interregnum
Tuesday and Wednesday (May 24, 25) were days of catching up and nailing down. After the 'go go go' of getting the funeral planned, I actually had some time to do some normal things that were outstanding and bugging me, like retrieving the mattress cover from the laundromat, and going to Astoria to pick up …
Funeral Sherpa
If you've ever driven on Queens Boulevard, you know that there's a long string of cemeteries smack in the middle of Queens. But you may not know that a little farther north, about where the Brooklyn Queens Expressway meets the Grand Central Parkway, there's a nice little cemetery on Astoria Boulevard called St. Michael's. In …
Sidestepping
Thanks, everyone, who's commented on the last few blog posts. As Brad pointed out, this is cathartic for me to do this storytelling, and will help down the road when I'm wanting to revisit. Some nice comments on the writing (awwww! thank you!) and several comments on how brave I am to put this out …
The Toast Point Page 