I finally fell asleep around 3:30 this morning. I cooled the room down and that seemed to help. I really didn’t want to get up and going this morning.
We left for CT around 9:30. First stop was to see Kathy’s best friend who is in a rehab facility. Kathy spent about 45 minutes with her. Next we went to Kathy’s youngest daughter’s house. They fed us a delicious steak salad for lunch. It was nice to have a home cooked meal. Kathy’s son showed up for a bit while we were there.
Another friend of Kathy’s came over shortly before we left. This lady had lived next door to Kathy and her family when the kids were small.
Around 4:00 we headed back to the hotel. Traffic was stop and glide as we got on the highway due to a lane closure. We finally got through that and it was smooth sailing the rest of the way home although traffic was much heavier coming home than it was going. We went almost 200 miles today.
We need to be at the apartment by 8:15 in the morning. The make it go away guy is to be there around 8:30 or so. While he is clearing out the apartment we need to clean out the truck. I haven’t looked in the truck yet so don’t know what that job will be like.
We have two appointments tomorrow to get a bid for selling the truck. I did some on-line research and we may have a problem. Technically we will need power of attorney and a copy of the death certificate to sell the truck. We don’t have either yet. Am hoping we can make a deal and they will let us store the pickup with them while we get the paperwork we need. Or even better, be willing to turn a blind eye to the letter of the law and complete the transaction tomorrow. We may have to go through the MA probate process. Not sure how long that may take.
Not sure if we will get the death certificate tomorrow or not. One of the guys from the funeral home seemed to think they would be ready Monday but the other guy seemed to think it could take another week or so.
Worse case scenario tomorrow is that we will have to drive the pickup to one of Kathy’s kids house and Kathy will have to fly out later to do the paperwork to sell the pickup. Hoping that won’t be necessary and that we can keep the pickup at the car dealership and do the paperwork electronically. There is also a small chance that we can complete the deal tomorrow without any holdups. We shall see what happens tomorrow.
Once we figure out the truck situation we will need to clean the apartment. Once the apartment is empty it will be easy to clean. It isn’t very big so with both of us working on it we hope it won’t take more than a couple of hours.
We are still hoping to be on the road home Tuesday morning. We shall see what happens with the pickup and what we need to do with it. If we have to drive the pickup to one of Kathy’s kids, we may not get the apartment cleaned out and will have to do that Tuesday morning.
We also have one bank account that needs closed out if the death certificates come in. The guy I talked to at the bank said we could do it electronically from KS if needed.
I am both anxious to head home and dreading it. 1,500 miles seems like a long ways to go. We plan on taking three days again to make it but I know the closer we get to home, the harder it will be to stop.
Today was Mother’s Day. I love that Kathy got to see all three of her kids this weekend. It was a nice bonus on this trip for her. Since we are here on a family matter, Mom has been on my mind all week long. I can only imagine the reunion she, dad and Max are having today.
I am tired tonight. The drive home was challenging for me but I made it. It felt like my processing speed was on slow mode today. Hoping I will get a good night’s sleep and be able to hit it hard again tomorrow.
Another day of finding some joy. It was a delight to get to see Kathy’s kids and two of her grandchildren. It was a nice break from all the sorting and packing we had been doing.
Grateful for time with family, grateful for a hotel room to come back to that feels like home away from home this week, and grateful we are almost done with this project.