Funeral Arrangements

Gooday.

Well, today we make all the funeral arrangments. We couldn’t yesterday because James and I had to work, and the day before we had to go to sharon’s rented room and go through all her stuff.

That was very hard for her family. PLus, you should have seen all the prescription drugs she had. A garbage bag full. Her being a hypochondriac, James thinks that’s part of the reason she couldn’t kick whatever she had. She also had alot of lotions and creams and things. We had to throw it all out because we weren’t sure if what she had was contagious. Patty (her sister), said "I feel like we’re throwing Sharon out".  Gladys, James’s mother, took it very hard, especially when she saw the birthday present Sharon was planning on giving her.

We still have alot of the room to sort through (she had enough clothes to feed a third world country for 6 generations), plus more in storage. We’re doing that after the funeral. Today we have to go to the funeral home and make all the arrangements.  We really hope Sharon wasn’t badly in debt because naturally none of us really have the money to pay it all off. Especially Gladys, James and I. James is trying to sell his moterbike, we were going to use that money to move but now it looks like it might all have to go to the funeral. Which is fine if it helps out his mother, she’s the sweetest woman in the world.

I feel bad for James. Oh, he IS ok btw. He was never close to Sharon because she put Gladys through so much. He feels guilty for having disliked her when she was alive and "she was getting alot better" he said. However he isn’t grieving so much that I need to worry. I think. Or maybe he’s still in shock. I don’t know what to expect, I just know I’m there for him and his family.

It’s his birthday today. I had been saving up money to get something special for him and we had to use it all in Calgary running around. Now we’re spending his birthday making funeral arrangements. He says he doesn’t care because he never made a big deal of his birthday or even cared. He’s 29 though, the last of his twenties, I’m sure he has to care somewhat.

Thank you SO much for everyone’s notes.

I plan to write about  baby stuff in the next entry:)