Misery gets company

It's been nearly a week since Dub left this world, and there's so much more to do. He's left us with some great memories, and some great clutter! The man was the worst pack rat I've seen! I went to see Laura and Jared this weekend, to help them out a bit, and just be there for her. Got the awesome pleasure of dealing with Jared's brother, John, who never fails to piss off at least one person. He was merely irritating to me and just in the way a bit.
You would never think to look at her (with the exception of her coke-bottle glasses) that she'd just been thru such a life-altering experience, she's just THAT strong a person. She broke down once at the restaurant Friday night. After that it was just minor misty moments that came, and went just as fast. She has a very large mountain to scale in the next few months, and once she gets over that hump, I think she will be fine. Talking to her last night, I told her to make a list-a very detailed one-of things she wants to do with the house, and things she must deal with (rooms chock full o' stuff), then whatever Jared has to leave behind, I'll come and help with, as much as she needs. Her garage is full, as are every closet in the house. There's clothes, shoes, office supplies (I think as good a guy as CW was, he was a closet office-clepto...She found a box of nothing but staplers!), etc. There's way more than she needs in the way of junk around the house, and she wants to have a garage sale. I would like to see her be able to put her car IN the garage for once in her adult life! LOL
The memorial service is this weekend, so not much in the way of cleaning has been done, but what did get done was finding the things she needed to make the memorial photo boards, getting the obituary done and out of the way, cleaned out the fridge and did some laundry. We had a good time, chatted, laughed, cried, had chocolate... all the things that sisters should be able to do together. I'm just not looking forward to this weekend. I'm a cryer anyway, and as much as I loved CW, I know I won't be able to keep from being all puffy and red and snotty for long. But he's worth the puffy red snotty tears. (I know you're laughing up there and rolling your eyes at me for that one)