I think I can actually maybe relax a little bit now. The wake was last night and it was really good - much better than I had prepared for. Not that I thought it would be bad, but that it would be hard. But everyone remembered her with a smile on their face, and you really can’t ask for more than that.
Some preliminary decisions have been made, one of them being that this week I will be taking the cats over to the house and staying there for the time being. We just can’t bring ourselves to take the dog out of the house, especially with the yard. Like we both said, it would be different if I had an actual yard he could play in. So, it’s looking like we may very well be one of those weird families that moves back into Mom’s house. :)
One of our family friends responded to this possibility with, “That would be SO COOL!” I think it would be, too.
Back to work tomorrow, looking forward to it - will be good to have some routines back.
