Real Life

I sit on the couch this evening ready for a new week. One more good night of sleep and I should be back to normal after a very surreal and emotional week. I've finished all the laundry, changed the sheets, cleaned the apt and plowed a bit through my to do list. I'm doing everything I can to act like life is as it was just over a week ago.

Last week began Sunday evening with my Mamaw's passing. It devastated me. It's been expected, but somehow I was caught off guard. While dealing with the emotions of losing one person, my parents also took our family dog, Lucy, and had her put to sleep Monday afternoon. This was also expected and yet still incredibly emotional. My Dad has never lifted a hammer in my life. But he built a coffin with handles and dug a grave, outlined with stones for Lucy.

Additionally, I signed the lease on the store. Is this exciting? Worth an immense amount of emotion? Yes and yes. It was also Monday. My body was so exhausted from the events of only 24 hours that my body reacted and almost sent me to the ER with high blood sugar.

I went to the doctor Thursday morning before heading to San Antonio for the funeral, getting tests done to check my progress. I worked the entire trip out and back and each morning before breakfast, trying to catch up on work I was missing. And got a call from the doctor stating my diabetes was worse than tests showed three months prior.

Think you've ever had a week to compare? Please share so I can feel sorry for you instead of coping with my own life.

I worked through everything last week with help from IMovie by creating slideshows and listening to music. I spoke at Mamaw's funeral, albeit not well through my cracked voice and tears. And now I'm focused on living my life as healthy and positive as I can because I plan on making it a long and successful one. Which requires a healthy amount of sleep at night. So farewell. I'm off to conquer my insomnia.