........Nice surprise..........

The 10 days since Dad died have been a whirlwind.

There have been an unusually high number of deaths in the town where he lives and this had led to delays left, right and centre.........so much so that his funeral cannot be until February 6th....a full 17 days after his passing.

This week the Boss and  I have been at Dad's trying to sort out important stuff............and my sis has been doing the same.

It's been a week of meetings with Registrars, Solicitors,  three Banks, Funeral Directors, Priests, Pharmacists........phone calls and emails....visits to family......a visit to the hospital to take chocolates and cards for the nurses etc......taking clothes to the funeral parlour........writing a eulogy..........picking hymns........selecting a photograph.............sorting mail and papers............and occasionally remembering to eat and sleep..

We came home today..........and found these........from the Boss' work colleagues....................and cards......and emails.

I've made 14 phone calls ths afternoon to various organisations and charities to inform them that standing orders and Direct Debits have been cancelled........and the nicest was the WWF who rang me back this afternoon to thank me for the call and for Dad's donations over the years........and then I made a call to an old school friend who's parents were big friends with my parents.............his Mum died about 10 years ago........my Mum 5 years ago........I just wanted to check that he knew dad had gone...........and he dropped the bomb shell........his dad died on Tuesday....and his funeral is likely to be Feb 16th..........my birthday.....so I'll be making two trips North in the next two weeks to two funerals about 50 metres apart in the same cemetery!

Das vidanya moy padruga.