Okay, so the flight went really well except for the disappointment of the hot artistic-y musical guy who was flying to Montreal instead of Toronto so didn't get to sit with me, and the really weird girl who did end up sitting with me...oh and my sister getting lost on the way to the airport to pick me up....but i eventually made it and the warm humid weather was WONDERFUL - I finally felt human again.
Today was a very interesting day. Did a little shopping, found some awesome shoes on sale and had a pistachio icecream cone for breakfast (i figure with the time change i'm entitled to pick and choose my meals) :) My sister and I met my dad for lunch and then headed off to the cemetery. The weather was beautiful which somehow seemed to make it easier...i don't know how that works, but whatever. It was tough to see my mom's name written on the stone, i can't believe its been a year --- it made it so real though. Then we went off to see my Beppe (my dad's mom) and I love seeing her but she looks SOOOO old now. I mean she IS old, but holy cow, i half expected her to drop dead while we were there. But she's still hilarious with her sarcastic humor!! It was really strange though because in my mind she's always been so strong, like the epitomy of a strong, sturdy, independent dutch farmers wife...and to see her like that made me realize, wow, if she can get old, so will i. It was a huge reminder of my own mortality. So, aside from the shoe purchases, it was kind of a depressing, death surrounded morning.
BUT after that my sister and I headed for the beach. It was sunny, 29 degrees and just gorgeous. We walked for over an hour with the water splashing around our ankles, sand between our toes and sun on our faces...i really could've stayed forever. Someday i'm moving to a beach and going to live on it - even if its in a cardboard box.
Then we met my other sister and my brother for dinner, went back to their house, started sorting through my mom's artwork and are just hanging out. its nice, weird but nice. I woke up in the middle of the night and shot out of bed because I thought I had to go to the hospital to see my mom...its going to be difficult here for awhile i guess.
I talked to Grandma and the girls are good but apparently she screwed up the clocks after the power went out this afternoon and ended up taking the girls to the city for a playdate at bedtime - oh well, she can deal with them tomorrow, hee hee...sometimes you have to learn the hard way....
.......alrighty, i'm off to soak in the hot tub for a bit while i wait for my sisters brownies to bake.....
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