Breathe March 26, 2008 ~ 3:44 pm
Posted by Julie in : Uncategorized , trackbackBoss still has the flu, I just got off the phone with her and she sounds terrible - it’s settled in her throat. She is going to try to make it in for our staff member’s memorial service tomorrow, and reminded me that it was only a month and a half ago that there was a memorial service for said staff member’s husband at the same funeral home (I was in Florida when that happened).
To that end, I have taken care of the staff member’s college obituary. I have cleaned out her desk. I have had someone contact her family so that they knew to contact HR about benefits. I have arranged that the two offices where staff member worked over the years will be closed tomorrow at 2 for the service, and informed the offices who will catch our overflow of the closings. I have almost coordinated transport for those in our offices who are going to the service. I have done everything that I had to do, all of the things that no one else was stepping up to do. And I am exhausted by it.
So tonight I am going to have some me time. A friend offered me a free ticket to see the musical Juno (in no way related to the movie of the same name) at City Center Encores tonight, and I am meeting her for dinner before that. I need some down time, and I am taking it. A deep breath before tomorrow is in order, and I am taking it.
Carpe diem, peeps. Life is just too damned short.
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Damn that sucks. Go enjoy yourself.
Have a good time at the show. You deserve it.
You’ve got a lot going on, so I’m glad to hear your taking a me night. I’m in need of one of those, myself, but we’ll see.
Hope the service was nice.
And, I read the previous post, and just want to say, not all grief is alike. But it’s still grief, and it’s a way of dealing with a concept that most of us have trouble with, mortality. Going to the service, or at least, helping do all you have done will go a long way towards your mental health, even if it was stressful at the time.
Knowing I took care of my Grandpa in the way I did fills my heart in ways you can’t imagine, even though it was quite torturous to go through it.
If all else fails, I hear wine works wonders.
~Hugs~ Good that you’re taking time for you, Julz–you need it! I hope all goes as well as can be expected.