I am freaking SICK of funerals.

I am so sick of funerals. In the last 6 weeks, we have had four funerals. 2 in lower Michigan, 1 in Minnesota and one in the UP of Michigan. I'm soooooooo sick of funerals.

My Grandpa's funeral was the best and the worst so far. My uncle went through all of my grandparents pictures and made a video with a slide show and music and little clips of films that had been taken in the early 50's of my Grandpa. There were TONS of pictures, all the grand kids were covered, all 6 kids were covered, everyone was covered. The show was about 6 or so minutes long and at the end there was a video clip of my Grandpa walking out of the house, saying goodbye to his two sons by patting them on the head and then waving goodbye and getting into his car and then the show was over and it went to a scene of a picture of my Granpda, and it said, "A Life Well Lived." 1927-2008. GAH! Holy crap, everyone was crying. I couldn't even describe it to my mom yesterday without sobbing. So here I am in the middle of walmart trying to buy bottled water for our drive home and I start bawling out of control trying to describe it to her and I had to walk out of the store. I couldn't even talk I was crying so hard.

He just waved goodbye like he was right there and that was it. The end.

I did get a few things that were my Grandma's from the house since there is no one left, they are cleaning out the house and organizing the estate. I got the game that we all used to play out at this cabin we used to go to growing up, it was called Dog house. it was an awesome game! Everyone (all the cousins and aunts and uncles) saw me carrying the game and going around and asking if anyone wanted it and they were all like ahhhh doghouse! That's awesome!! But in the end, I got to bring it home with me.

I'm so tired of funerals though. Beyond sick of them.

I'm tired of the sadness. I'm tired of all the sorrow.

I'm very happy about the funeral service for my Grandpa though. My uncle's pastor officiated and he told us of how my Grandpa asked to see him only 2 hours before he died, he wanted to get everything straight before he left this world behind. He prayed Psalm 23.

Psalm 23

A Psalm of David.

1 The LORD is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell^[a] in the house of the LORD
Forever.

As my Grandpa prayed, he repeated "And yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. AND YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, AND YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH" He repeated it THREE times. he knew he was dying. It was amazing to know and to be reassured that I will see Grandpa again. I will see my Grandma and Grandpa again.


In other news, I got a call from our church saying that they would looooove to put me in a leadership position in charge of a room of infants as young as 4 weeks old! I am super excited! I get to go get a tour and see the place on Wednesday! I couldn't be more excited!!!!!!!!! :-D

Also, I still haven't started my period. I am currently on CD 48. Boo. I do have a Dr's appointment on October 10th. I wanted to get tested for hypothyroid.

I am starting to run today, getting ready for a 5k that I would like to complete before Christmas. I don't have a specific time goal for this 5k, but I would just like to run the entire thing. So basically I need to get myself used to jogging for 45 minutes straight without stopping and if I can accomplish that, then I am good to go with the 5k.

I FINALLY got a good night's sleep last night. After not sleeping at all before we left for Michigan, and then 2 nights in a TERRRRRIBLE hotel bed, it was heaven on earth to be sleeping in our wonderful bed back at home!

Also I only have a few hours left on my rental from iTunes so I need to watch it now before my $3.99 was wasted.

Oh yes, and we have new neighbors!