Everybody go...to Ohio

[mousapelli]

before the other stuff, Trick or Drabble is going on at je100 until the end of the month, so head on over there if you'd like to either write or give some prompts to the people with 'houses' set up already.

Over the weekend, my aunt called to say they'd moved my grandmother into hospice, and then yesterday when my mother came over for drama night she told me grandma had passed away in the middle of the night. I'm sad but okay; we knew it was going to be any time. I wasn't very close to her since she's always lived far enough away that I only saw her once a year or so. Mostly I feel sad for my father's sake. She was in her mid-90s, so certainly she lived a full life, nearly 70 years of it in the same house.

So I'm going with my parents to Ohio for the funeral not this weekend but next (they're having her cremated and then they have to send her and her things back to Ohio, so it'll take a while), I've got bereavement time at school and all. Dad has to sort out estate stuff with his brother and sister, so we won't get to come home until late on that Monday, and I'll be trading driving with him because Mom refuses to drive the Aztek. None of my brothers are going because 3B is at school, 1B has house closing that weekend (plus it's way too long a drive for nephew really), and 2B, bless him, isn't terribly useful. He'll have to take care of the dog and guinea pigs anyway.

and then NaNo starts on Tuesday. So I'm really not sure at all what's going to happen with that between this, Boston weekend, and then Hawaii week.

Comments

[winters-queen.livejournal.com]

Your dad did tell me when I asked him about coming to the Kick off.

I'm sorry for the family's loss. :-/

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

thanks. yeah, I doubt this is going to be a banner start to november.

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry for your grandma. :(

I'm sure we can find time for you to write in Hawai'i... there are a couple days that I have classes, so I can just send you to a Starbucks or something to write (I would send you to Panera, but I don't think we have one...).

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

yeah i'll have the plane and the train and stuff, but tbh I don't have anything in particular planned for this year so i'm not sure what i'll get done with the time that I even have.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

My condolences to you and your family.

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

thanks.

[fantomeq.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about your grandma. Everyone drive safely. *Hugs*

[ladyamedeus.livejournal.com]

my condolences. :(

people dying sucks.

[timeripple.livejournal.com]

♥ *hugs* ♥

You can use my giant inappropriately pink chair when you're here. It's great for writing.

[micchan.livejournal.com]

Sorry for your loss, take care

[puppeteer8.livejournal.com]

Sorry for your loss, Mousi. At least as you say she lived a long life, and I think it's a good thing she didn't spend much time in the hospice. All of my grandparents died years ago. The last to go was my grandmother on my mother's side, whom I was very close to, and she died at home with us. A big hug to your dad; the loss of a mother must be very hard, no matter what age you are.