A busy few weeks

I've had a busy few weeks and haven't had the time or energy to post.

As previously posted, my sister's brother in law died in the beginning of November. Dad and I went down to Sydney to attend the funeral and to help clear out his unit. We left on Friday noon and arrived back on Tuesday night. Clearing out the unit was interesting, to say the least! Michelle tried to warn me about the state it was in, I thought "no biggie, I've seen my clients' places, it can't be worse than that". I was soooooo wrong! There was so much stuff! Not just rubbish (there was a fair amount of that too) but stuff. Computer bits and pieces, books, paperwork, mercury ... I mean, WTF! Who keeps mercury in glass jars in their house! But Robert was a whiz kid when it came to computers, electronics, gadgets, astronomy, lapidary....

Before I left for Sydney, I visited my grandmother in hospital. She, like Robert, had cancer. She was doped out on morphine and slept the whole time I was there, but at least I was able to say my goodbyes. Her condition improved slightly whilst I was in Sydney, but then went downhill again. I saw her again on the Tuesday when we got home. She woke briefly that time. She died a week later. She was a strong and beautiful woman, and I'll miss her.

Went to her funeral last week. It was just like Nana; short, to the point and no fussing around. Afterwards we had biscuits and tea in the little catering room. The bird serving the tea looked like something from the 1980s! Would have been in her 20s, yet had the big blond hair layered and lacquered, it wouldn't have moved if she were hung upside down in a cyclone! Bright pink blush up the cheeks, blue eyeshadow, plenty of mascara - it was all caked on. Michael reckons the mortician was getting job lots on makeup for the cadavers and staff!

The next stressful event happened on Wednesday. Was called into the boss' office about 11am and told that I'd be working in another section as of Monday, so could I finish up any outstanding business on my position and make sure I had a handover from the guy that I was replacing. Oh, and they didn't know who was taking over my position so I couldn't do a handover yet. Yeah!!!!!! Left at 6.30 on Wed night, and still have a fair bit to do. Will have to see my replacement tomorrow morning and give him fair warning of what to expect!

Oh, and we also went to Zie's birthday party, but I'll post more on that some other time! When I get time to download some of the photos.