I am exhausted after last week, both emotionally and physically. L's school supplies arrived Thursday morning, so I spent several hours cleaning and organizing the school room. J's are due to arrive today. The girls and I decided that we needed to take a break that afternoon and go to the pool. It was lovely! We always go after 2 PM, when it starts clearing out to miss the crowds.
Friday morning was the funeral service for N. It was done by a group of Orthodox monks from their old congregation in Chicago. The musical chanting nearly put me into a trance. It was special to sit with a large group of people who loved her, and think about the small part of her life that I knew.
J was adamant about coming to the funeral with me. N's daughter is one of her good friends after all. I didn't have time to take her back to my mother's before heading to work (an hour and a half late already), so I had her pack a bag of quiet activities and let her hang out in our break room. My mother unexpectedly had an appointment in our building that morning, and came by to bring J home, but she refused to go.
She read a book until lunch. After lunch she colored and played with medical models with the surgeon's son. The last hour she spent helping in the front office with filing charts and photo copying!
When we returned home, L asked me "Is J a doctor? She said she worked in your office!"
Later that night, we had friends for dinner and basketball, and family arrived late to spend the weekend with us. Now I am looking over my calendar for the week, and already it is looking ominous.
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