[Erin524]

I ended up having to drive my parents down to the cemetery. (closest I've gotten to a funeral since I was 15)

We got there before my uncle did. The hearse pulled in just as we were getting done scraping the winter schmutz off of my grandparents grave. (sacrificed one of the roses I bought for my uncle for my grandparents...I hadnt been to their double plot since before my grandmother died. She needed a flower)

I stayed in the car. It was a warm day today (first truly nice day in weeks! good timing!) and so I parked the car in the shade and sat there listening to classical music with the volume really low. (I had all the windows down, there was a nice cool breeze blowing)

Watched a bunch of relatives show up. My car was the first in the line of parked cars, so no one realized I was actually there. I was surprised to see a bunch of relatives show up wearing jeans and t-shirts. My dad's sister (uncle's widow) was wearing a t-shirt and nice pants. My parents both wore jeans, and my dad's other little sister showed up with jeans and a BRIGHT green t-shirt on. There was no missing her walking thru the cemetery.

The cemetery workers were nice. They gave my mom a ride to the gravesite on their little ATV-like cart because she was using a walker. She had to walk back, but at least they saved her (and my dad) some stress and pain.


I did get a few hours extra sleep this morning after my dad decided not to go to the funeral in my aunt's town. He hurt his back the other day, and it was killing him this morning, so he skipped the funeral and that's why I had to drive him to the burial. At least the cemetery was not that far from our house. No highway driving or interstate driving.

The sleeping problems I had last night werent any worse than I've had before...it was just annoying. I dont think stress was causing it. I do think the food poisoning had something to do with it tho. I think it was just the same old everyday insomnia that I've been having problems with since last November, made just a bit more annoying because I didnt feel good. I've had worse insomnia before that, it's just annoying when it bothers me on a day that I want to get up early.

One of my cousins brought stomach flu with him when he and his family traveled back for the funeral. So, now I'm kind of glad we skipped the funeral. But, everyone else was exposed to it, so hopefully his stomach flu didnt hitch any rides with anyone my parents shook hands with at the burial.