Hi, Nutjobs...just stopping in to let you know that I'm still breathing. Hey, maybe I should put those lyrics in my sig...anyway...
My mother and I are okay. I think it's still sinking in. We were okay for most of the day yesterday; I showed up to find her friend Louise here with coffee and doughnuts. She went to the funeral home with us. All of the arrangements were pre-made, so we just had to do the obituary and prayer cards. Then we relaxed for the afternoon, I went to my evening appointment, and then home. That's when I started to feel lonely and had to leave the TV on almost all night. Mum says she cried a little, and my cousin says her father is very emotional as well.
Today we cleaned out some of her clothes, then got out of the house for a bit. Went to a little gift shop, had lunch, then Wal-Mart

But I got a pirate notebook out of it, and Mum bought me a little angel with a book figurine for my birthday at the gift shop. Now we're just relaxing again. I probably won't go home until much later - I just don't feel like being there all alone. But we're in fairly good spirits.
Tomorrow it's back to the funeral home to...uh, well, pick Gram up. Sorry, that's morbid. Monday, my birthday, we're going to the lawyer, then out to birthday dinner. We're not really planning much.