So should I go on and on about how little I'm looking foward tomarow? About the funeral? The family? D.J and the spred sheet of doom!? How it seems I'm not the only one who updates their blog anymore? All of thee above? Exelent choice.
Now the question is should we go in order of the events? In height by age? *Okay so that one didn't make sense...Grandfather says it...* Pehaps just however I feel like it? The last choice again? Gee you guys are coprative.
I just thought of a new topic however. High school. I suppose it could fall under "D.J and the spred sheet of doom" Yes...thats what we'll do. So for all of you who don't know, D.J is my half brother....who happens to be a bit older...okay 19years older....I refure to him as the "Long lost brother who was never quite forgotten" Now I'm told we look alike, we both have blond hair and blue eyes, but thats about were the similarites stop. You see he's very into bussness, the corporate world, he is actually GOOD at sports, actually understands math, and actually wants to spend time with Dad. He enjoys plans, graphs, other such orengization materials. It just so happens that high school schudeling is going on right now and it just so happens I'm absolutly terrified. In comes D.J, not ONLY did he creat a spred sheet for my freshmen year, choose all the classes, electives, afterschool activities...but he planned my entire 4year high school career. In one night.
Now after being extremly freeked out, having a slight mental brake down and condeming him, he finally left the room. At this point I got on changed the spred sheet, rotated some classes, and checked to make sure I was in classes with some of my friends. After doing so I felt much better about the whole thing and was even momentarly excited. Don't worry it passed and I'm genuly frightend of the whole ordeal now. However I am frightened with a plan! I'm not taking any science next year and, don't ask me how, I'm going to need to befriend McIver *though I detest it so* and do some sereouse bribing, but I'd like to take spanish next year. No, I havn't found a new love of the culture...I all ready have 2 credits so it'd be shame to start over.
As I told Jon we hade about 20 family members around this weekend for the funeral, I knew total of 7 and one girl I"m not even sure I was related to. It was all very werid, the get togethers, the funeral, the cemetary, the calling. And yeah, I cried at the funeral and the cementary. At the church I could see Dad just staring at me, then wispering to D.J that I was crying, he's goes..."Well....yeah" At least D.J has more sense then our shared Dad. Well DUH I'd cry the jerk, I loved her too, knew more about her then perhaps the other grandchirdren, certenly know more about Grandfather then all of them, and I wasn't crying about the loss, I was crying for him. Ben gave the eugiligy which I must say, and I am no expert here, was great. Perhaps I felt this way because it invovled a experence I happend to have been told about after school one day when they picked me up. Didn't think anything of it then, its amazing how these things keep coming back to surprise me.
The cementary was a beautiful place of sadness. It was about 20 degress, the big white snowflaks coming down quickly landing in Ellens hair, and I assume mine. The hertz was in front of the limo and grandfather standing right in front of the limo waiting for the pall bareiers to carry the coffen out. That was the hardest part. Watching my grandfather standing there amongst the snow, the beautiful white snow, in his Sunday suit just looking so helpless and lost. Then glacing around at the other graves, all coverd in that glittery white stuff and the trees all bare, then back at my grandfather who all of a sudden didn't look so helpless, he looked strong, like he was just waiting for them to take it out, so he could finally get some much needed rest.
And they did get it out, and the rest of the ritualistic "Ashes to ashes" prayer was said and I laughed....I think I've said it before but I have the oddest timing to laugh. I just kept thinking "Why do they have that as a prayer? I mean no one takes it sereously anymore.....They say it at basketball games for goondess sake!" Then we went to the country club and it seemed to me....partied.
No tears, no crying, none of that anoying "She was a good grandmother, she went quickly" stuff just good food and, get this, I ENJOYED speaking to the cousins! GASP! I know, so very unlikly, but Ben brought his new girlfriend and I really like her. Now its time for oddest things to say to someone who's grandmother just died. It's a countdown folks!
5. "Your grandmother just died." Hum...wonder what this person was thinking....perhaps they didn't relize that I knew I was at her calling and they had to brake the bad news to me...
4. "They grow up quickly" She was my grandmother...not my child....
3. "I'mgoing to be your high school Geomatry Teacher!" Hum....good info...if I was taking Geomatry....Which I am not...perhaps he should see the spred sheet.
2. "Keep your grandfather out of depression." Good idvice.....Odd....somewhat imapropiate.....not intirely needed...
1. "Your not related to her!" Yes.I am. No. I will not prove it to you. Who are you again?
Yes, these were all said to me, I think I was introduced to 7 differn't math teachers, some really important ones too. Like the head of Math at West Point. Yeah I'd say he quilifies as important.
I know your sick of hearing about the funeral but the numbers were quite impressive. I think we had at leat 100 people at the calling and funeral and no less then 75 at the lunch. Exelent turn out for a 17 degree snowy day.
Tomarow I have spanish and a basketball game. Both of which I will not partisipate, though for different reasons. Spanish beacuse if I do, I'll get in trouble, and I need her recomendation to get into the class next year, and in Basketball because I've messed so much practice and a game. I really don't want to go to school. REALLY don't want to go to the game. Really really really really.