Last week, I had my thirty-tenth birthday and my husband took me to a spa hotel for the weekend.  Two days of swimming, hot tub, sauna, massage and pedicure - very relaxing and not something I've ever done before.  Yesterday, my brother took me to see the latest Twilight film as his birthday present to me.  I enjoyed it far more than I had expected ( Read more... )

Well, not entirely, but the rest of the world goes on as before and you have to pick up the threads again.  So, I'm keeping busy at work (much too busy in fact and getting behind on everything), chatting with my colleagues, staying up late reading fanfic and forums, and watching TV obsessively.  My latest thing is The Big Bang Theory and I'm loving ( Read more... )

Mum passed away exactly a month ago.  I know that I will miss her a great deal.

This is the tribute that I wrote with my brother and read at Mum's funeral last Friday.

( Tribute to Mum )

( Forever Autumn... )

I didn't cry at the funeral or reception (I don't like the word 'wake') on Friday, nor have I cried on the days since, until today.  Just a small thing really.  I was filling in the forms for my travel expenses, going back to April (I seem to have forgotten to do them for some time).  Looking at my diary for details, I kept seeing things like Mum's ( Read more... )

The funeral was today and it was just the way she would have wanted it.  The church was full of people and it was a real celebration of her life.  I wasn't sure if I would be able to get through the entire eulogy but I managed it and I think that we all did well today.  I was glad to see so many people there.

Today was my first day back at work since Mum passed away (exactly two weeks ago, most of which time has been spent clearing the house and organising the funeral).  It was meant to be yesterday but the car failed its MOT and I had to wait until it was fixed before I could get into work.  That was probably just as well as it gave me time to make ( Read more... )

I don't think I have cried today.  That may be a good sign.