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An Unexpected Weekend
Jun. 15th, 2024 07:52 pmPsyche and I hoped that this weekend would be a relaxing one of sleeping in, resting, eating good food, and maybe putting together a bookcase or two. That is not what is happening.
On Friday morning, Psyche got a call that her step-grandfather had died. We knew he'd gone to the hospital the day before and we assumed that it was related, but that turned out not to be the case. He had gone to the ER, because of elevated white blood cells, but after several tests, everything seemed to be fine and he was sent home. He spent the morning in high spirits, and collapsed quietly from something sudden.
Part of moving to Santa Maria was to be closer to Psyche's family, but we didn't expect to be called for something so dire so soon. When we arrived, we relieved one of her aunts to take care of some more business, and Psyche and I were there when the undertakers arrived to remove the body, and we spent most of the day there with her grandmother. Today, more aunts and Psyche's mother arrived.
Eventually we got the chance to show many of them around the house. This is earlier than we'd expected. We are still sans couches and other entertainment furniture, but we did get to show everyone around, and they loved to our tiny pets. It also gave them a space to gather and discuss things away from Psyche's grandmother, which I think was a welcome break.
Right now, I think we're all trying to keep Psyche's grandmother socially occupied so the home doesn't feel empty, but I imagine it's worse at night as more people leave. We'll see how things go in the coming weeks.
On Friday morning, Psyche got a call that her step-grandfather had died. We knew he'd gone to the hospital the day before and we assumed that it was related, but that turned out not to be the case. He had gone to the ER, because of elevated white blood cells, but after several tests, everything seemed to be fine and he was sent home. He spent the morning in high spirits, and collapsed quietly from something sudden.
Part of moving to Santa Maria was to be closer to Psyche's family, but we didn't expect to be called for something so dire so soon. When we arrived, we relieved one of her aunts to take care of some more business, and Psyche and I were there when the undertakers arrived to remove the body, and we spent most of the day there with her grandmother. Today, more aunts and Psyche's mother arrived.
Eventually we got the chance to show many of them around the house. This is earlier than we'd expected. We are still sans couches and other entertainment furniture, but we did get to show everyone around, and they loved to our tiny pets. It also gave them a space to gather and discuss things away from Psyche's grandmother, which I think was a welcome break.
Right now, I think we're all trying to keep Psyche's grandmother socially occupied so the home doesn't feel empty, but I imagine it's worse at night as more people leave. We'll see how things go in the coming weeks.
