Back from the mini break
Sunday March 9, 2008

I’m back from my mini break. I guess I didn’t need to announce it as I don’t really blog all that often anymore anyway, but it helped me feel a little less obligated to update…

Last Sunday my Grandmother passed away. It was a huge shock for the whole family as even at 85 she was so fit and healthy. My Dad drove up (they live about 5 hours drive away) to see her in her last hours, last Sunday morning (he got there around 3am), so at least he got to say goodbye in time.

The funeral was last Friday. It was a really nice send off, but very sad for all of us. My Dad is the oldest child in the family, so he had quite a lot of responsibilities, but he handled it well. I think his mother would have been well proud of him.

He did (? read?) a really nice eulogy and someone (I think it was my mum) suggested that the coffin by walked out of the church accompanied by a bagpiper.

My Grandfather on the day of the funeral was OK. He held up quite well, but I wonder how he’ll cope over the next few weeks. At least he’ll be surrounded by family.

So yeh, thus the break.

I’ll blog again properly this week. The theme I think is going to be inappropriate observations on the extended family since I was so exposed to it this week, but we’ll see.

Take care.