This has been a rainy day. Hearing reports of from 4 to 6 inches of rain over the weekend around here. Lots of standing water on our walks with the dogs. Looking forward to some sunshine later this week. The dogs want to go outside and play in their pen but I haven’t let them as I don’t want them to track in mud.
I went to the family reunion late. I showed up as they were finishing eating. I visited with a few and then left. Not in the mood for a crowd today. They didn’t have a huge crowd today but had a nice turnout. I got to see my Aunt Marylyn and my brother Keith and part of his family. Also visited with some of my mother’s cousins. I only stayed about 45 minutes – it was all I could handle.
Haven’t done much else today. I did manage to do the dishes and clean up the kitchen a bit. I had laid out two pounds of hamburger to make a meat loaf to take to the reunion and need to figure out what to do with the thawed meat tomorrow.
A dear friend and her best guy are coming over tomorrow late morning. I may get ambitious and fix lunch for them or we may end up eating at the Grand. I’ll see how my morning goes.
Wednesday we are going to KC for the day. Have to leave the house by 8:00 so will have to get up early and get going.
I need to make some phone calls tomorrow so trusting I will be able to do that. I want to get a date set for Max’s Celebration of Life and I need to know when the community building is available so I can reserve it and set the date. Once I have the date I can then start making other plans for invitations, food, etc.
I need to get an appointment to take Ellie to the Vet. She is overdue for her shots and she has a foul oder about her. I am suspicious she is becoming diabetic.
We will probably get Max’s death certificates tomorrow or Wednesday. I will start preparing the paperwork needed to file for MA probate. It seems to be rather simple but that doesn’t always hold water for long. I can’t officially file until June 4 but I would like to have everything ready to go on June 4. We need the probate process to close out his bank account and to forward his mail. There is a retirement account that may need probate to close it out too.
After Wednesday I will go back to having lots of empty space ahead. Hoping I will get the rest of the deep cleaning done. I have dragged this out so long it is time to repeat clean the rooms I have already cleaned. Sure seems something always needs cleaned around here.
I have been a bit teary eyed today. Allowing myself some grace to release some stored up emotion. May has turned into a challenging month for me and I need to slow down and allow the emotion to come up and out. Not a fun thing to do but oh so necessary.
Grateful to see some relatives for a hot minute today, grateful for Notes on my iPhone so I don’t forget to do the things on my to do list, and grateful for the rain that has fallen and looking forward to the sun returning.