Tuesday, May 26th, 2020…… Tough night for me last night. Rylee helped
but she looks as sad as the rest of us. It’s amazing how dogs are. She slept on
Lydia’s side of the bed as if she was holding her spot.
I worked a
bit this morning on Lydia’s checking account. I have her bill pay process down
now but wanted to double check and see that everything is up to date because
she paid everything last week from her phone from the hospital but I needed to
log it into the checkbook. I will be changing things as time goes on but for
now this works. Hospice called me today to check in to see how I was doing.
With everyone here, I am doing ok. I go to the mortuary tomorrow. Being me, you
probably already know what I’m about to say. I have been thinking about all of
this for a long time (in my head - didn’t make any notes) about all of the
things I would need to do. I know I will miss something. Last night we went
through her meds. I didn’t count but there were tons of them! The hospice folks
took what they brought and we will be taking the rest to the police department
for their disposal bin. I have to wait until I get copies of the death
certificate before I can start to work on the required notifications, but I
need to cancel her auto refill prescriptions today. Lots more to do but all I
have is time.
The girls
started in today on the closet and the clothes and purses in there. They both
filled bags and also pulled some out that Maryanne and Krista and the grandkids
might like. Everything else went back on the shelves and racks for now. I am ok
with everyone getting what they might like, but I don’t think I am ready yet
for bare racks and shelves. The boys pulled out the 4 crates of photos and
framed pictures. We barely got through one box!
It was good for me to do that – and helped trigger some great times.
Penny and Maryanne found a bag of Grandma’s costume jewelry and spent time
sorting and bagging these for a future yard sale. We ordered and picked up
pizza for dinner. Long day!
Wednesday, May 27th, 2020…… I had my meeting with the Funeral Home this
morning. Since I plan to have a celebration of life in SoCal later this year,
all I needed to do at this time was pick out an urn. I owe them an obituary
article for the local newspaper, which will let the locals know she has passed.
Then it
was time to take a drive! Randy had told
me about his ride last year up to the Blue Pool, which is up in the cascades.
We had the girls change their shoes and we loaded up in the Acadia and headed
up. It was a beautiful day and the drive was nice. We parked and hit the
2.2-mile trail. Randy rode this on his mountain bike and said it was ok and he
only had to get off his bike for short periods when it was too steep to
ride. Yeah right! The first part was
easy and then we hit the rocky craggy path that wasn’t too bad but harder than
some wanted!
But I think the walk was worth it! Check out this beautiful place.
It really is that blue!
There were
some brave souls who hiked down the trail and got into the freezing water. You
can see some of them on the rocks because they couldn’t stay in the water at
all. Not us! We were content to watch.
While walking in, I talked to a redneck dude who was walking out. He said he
jumped from the rocks (maybe 60 feet) into the water. He said it was cold but
was really upset because he lost his phone. He said the 35 ft. deep pool made
it impossible to dive down to get it back. Duuhh! Once we got back to the car, we finished out
the loop and ended up in Eugene and chose The Roadhouse for dinner before
heading home after an exciting day.
Thursday, May 28th, 2020……
Jeff headed up to another Harley Davidson store, this one in Tigard, and
Randy and I worked on cleaning up the fallen tree that is blocking the ‘west
40’. I should say Randy worked because all I did was mow the high grass around
it so he could get in there with the chain saw. He made pretty quick work of
everything and was done. Now Chuck can come in and mow next week. Meanwhile,
the girls worked on cleaning up the clothes in the dressers and then started in
on the motorhome. I am ok with it being cleaned out and they made quick work of
getting her things out so they could go through it all. I have tons of clothes, hats,
shoes, and sandals that I always leave in there, but Lydia always brought all
of her items out each time so there wasn’t much there. She did keep her visor
collection which you can see here. One in every color!
I heated
up pizza for lunch and hung around the house, waiting for the medical equipment
to be picked up this afternoon. I sent in an obituary to the funeral home to be
used in the local paper.
Friday, May 29th, 2020……
We all headed off to Elmer’s in Albany for breakfast this morning. Randy
and Frances were heading back to Calif. from there. They were a huge help in
all of this, especially for me, and I’m so glad everyone made it here in time to
say their goodbyes.
After we
got home, Penny went home to clean house and rest for the day. Jeff and I took
off and drove to Eugene to go to Cabela’s. I took him the back way through the
farmlands and ranches and woods. We had a nice drive. When we got home, I took
a shot at round two of the photo collection. I have four full plastic crates of
pics but then I remembered all of the albums in our cabinet in the bedroom.
Wow, this will take a while! I only managed to get through one. Sis came by
with dinner from Dos Arbolitos and after a bit she went home and I stopped to
rest and watch tv until bedtime.
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