It's been a rough several days. Late Thursday night we got a phone call that Jeff's grandfather wasn't doing well. He passed away a little after nine Friday morning. Since he'd been sick for a long time Jeff's aunts and uncle decided to move ahead quickly with things - calling hours Saturday, funeral on Sunday. I had two hours to pack us for the trip while Jeff finished things up at work and we both tried to figure out arrangements for where we would all stay and how things would work. It was complicated, but we made it. It was all stressful and exhausting.
There were some good point though too. Jeff's cousin Billie and I used to be very close, but had lost touch. I spent quite a bit of time with her and her girls, who are amazing. Jeff's sister (no relation to the grandfather who passed away) and her boyfriend were amazing, they kept the boys for us for both the calling hours and funeral, as well as the family time after the funeral. It was such a relief to not have to worry about the kids during everything else.
We're home now and trying to recover. Jeff has today off from work as well, so it's a good chance for us to re-group and get the house cleaned up. Tomorrow we'll try to get back into normal life.
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