What a tremulous emotional month. October was kind of already ruined for me and now with my mom’s passing that just adds more to remember that happened in this month. I am glad today is the last day of the month and when I start work tomorrow we will be in a new month, a fresh start. I am so looking forward to Thanksgiving!
Today I stayed in bed a little too long but had fun cuddling and being lazy. Got my shower and laundry going. I’ve talked my self out of leaving for Taco Tuesday at a local bar. I was looking forward to it but today could be a day where I didn’t go anywhere and spent the entire day at home. So that was appealing to me and I made up my mind. Now the bigger decision should I have left over pizza or something frozen? I don’t want Pizza but that’s what I will probably have just to get rid of it.
Speaking of getting rid of things, I threw out the fresh flowers today. They were starting to die and it was time for them to go. I will miss the purple violets but at least I got a nice vase.
I cleaned the house already and am working on Laundry. I have a fair number of long sleeve shirts washed and my closet will be a mix of long and short sleeves. Until the weekend and I can do more laundry then. I am just tired and want to relax.
I made a call to a credit union my mom used to have an account at. I think there is a zero balance but they wouldn’t talk to me over the phone. They want paperwork. Dummies asked if I had a power of attorney for financial affairs. Duh, power of attorneys are null and void upon death. So now we wait for the death certificate. I prepared a Small Estates Affidavit. I will have it checked out for legality and if everything is in order I’ll sign it and get it notarized. Then this will be a breeze to complete. I don’t need my brother and can do it all on my own, considering that we each get 50% of what’s left I don’t think of this as a big deal. I don’t want to make him mad so I’ll tread lightly but once I have the death certificate I want to get this going. The sooner you start the sooner you finish. There isn’t much money at stake so far as I know. What was odd to me with the credit union was I asked if they could tell me if there was or wasn’t a balance and they wouldn’t confirm or deny anything over the phone. That leads me to believe that there is money there but then again I could be wrong.
Crazy is how I would describe the last 2 weeks – up and down, but mostly down. This all was moving slow, then it got faster and now it’s done. Hard to believe how quickly your expected to just move on with your life. It’s easier when you have people around you. Going back to work for me will be the best thing. However, I wouldn’t object to a couple more days at home.
I looked ahead and see that all we get for Christmas is Christmas Day and it falls on a Monday. I am thinking of asking for the day after off, but we shall see. I am interested in the holiday schedule for 2018. I also will have several departures to process at the end of the year. I have some names but not a final list and the last day of the year falls on a Sunday. How strange is that?
So now it’s back to normal and trying to pull myself together. I think I will make it but like everything else in my life it won’t be easy. Time to feed the children and figure out what is for dinner besides Coke Zero.
Happy Halloween!
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