Living life, the way I do.

So many things have happened to me this week.  I can’t even talk about all of them.  We’ll start with last Saturday; a week ago.

Saturday-I go in to work around 10:30 am, call my Mom from the parking lot while I’m walking in, we talk about random things then I bring up the subject of my not-so-well Grandfather.  I had a strange feeling that my grandfather was going to die very soon, so I ask her if I should start saving money and getting days off from work for the funeral.  She was a bit shocked that I would ask about that out of nowhere, then she told me that the family understands that I would be there if I could, but they know I’m just getting settled and caught up from the last funeral I went home for.  So I didn’t have to go home for this. We finish the conversation, hang up the phone, all is good.  Maybe 5 minutes later, I’m still walking into work, I get a phone call from Disney Casting informing me that I got full time in Tomorrowland.  I was excited and a bit upset at the same time.  I didn’t really want to work at the Magic Kingdom.  My next day off, I had planned on going to casting and taking the mk choices off my list, actually.  Keep in mind I had joked with everyone that this was going to happen to me again.  Day 3 of training and I get another transfer.  Again.  SO, obviously I call my parents and let them know the good news.  A couple hours later I get a text from my Mom asking me to call her as soon as I can.  So at lunch I called her and she informs me that Grampy had passed away.  Of course this sends me for a loop.  My emotions had been messed with enough already that day.  I start looking for flights and making arrangements to go home, etc.  The rest of the day was fine, up until that night.  This is where things start happening that I can’t talk about.  Just know it was a good thing!

Sunday-I get home about 4 hours before I start work, so I try to catch a little bit of sleep.  Then I go in to work, I look up flights because my trainer was super nice and gave me a bit of time to make more phone calls (I had to know if I was going home so my managers could get me the appropriate time off).  My family and I bought a ticket for me to go home the following day, everything was fine, I’m still an emotional wreck at this point.  I get home from work and had to start packing things, then I went to see my friend who’s visit got cut short, and we just sat by the pool for a couple hours relaxing and talking about everything.  I had to go back home and finish packing and try to get some sleep again so I would make my 7:30 flight.  I only got an hour of sleep, but it was worth it.

Mon-Thurs - The flight home was a mess.  There was a delay at MCO that made me miss my connecting flight from ATL-DTW, so they rebooked me on another flight in first class, which was nice, but it was all unnecessary stress.  I got home pretty late that night and of course my Mom wanted to go shopping, since we were in Bangor already.  I was home, we had the wake on Tuesday, and the funeral on Wednesday.  It was a bit different than I expected.  Because our family has a farm and a family cemetery, we did everything ourselves, including digging the hole, and burying the casket.  It was a lot to take in.  I saw family I hadn’t seen in years, and it was really, despite the circumstances, a good trip home.  It also reminded me why I live in Florida.  The flights back to MCO were uneventful, as I slept through most of them.  Thursday night I got back into Florida and had an audition with Kryssy, and nothing came of that, per usual.  But it was a good experience, as I always say.  Except, of course it was great seeing Kryssy again!!  Then after that a lot more things happened that night that I really can’t talk about.  Again, nothing bad!  These are very good things.

Friday - This was such a good day!!  I got to hang out with Kryssy and her family at Islands of Adventure all day!  We went out to supper and had such a good time!  Then on my way home, literally the stop light before my corner, I got in an accident.  Nothing major at all, no dents or anything, just a scuff.  I just couldn’t believe it happened this week on top of everything else.  

TODAY - I woke up and started writing this long novel of a post, then went grocery shopping, came home and finished said post, and now I’m headed off to Hollywood Studios to meet up with a few friends for Star Wars Weekends! :-)  (I also got a capo for my guitar today!)