school

School started yesterday! Aaaah. H and I spent some time together, just the two of us, and it was nice! Peaceful, and quiet, and relaxed. M and W are in school all day, which gives me a lot of one-on-one time with H. And countdown until the newest baby gets here: 4 weeeks 3 days. Oh my, time goes quickly! But we're mostly ready- have all the baby stuff unpacked and in his room, except for a bed (which will be upstairs once I ask Jared to get it out). I have given away or donated all baby things that are for girls, all the wrong season clothes (newborn summer stuff, since it will be fall here), and I have a few boxes for maternity clothes I'm anxious to pass on to other pregnant people ;). Slowly I am seeing less "stuff" around, which I like.

And grandma died early Sunday morning. She was diagnosed w/terminal leukemia at the beginning of spring, and we were told she had 4-6 weeks to live. Well, we had her almost 3 times that long, and it's still a bit of a wrench. But there was plenty of time to plan her funeral, and finish anything she'd left unfinished. I sat the kids down, and told them after church. W cried. He knew she was dying (we talked about it when we first found out), but it is still difficult for him to deal with death. M and H were sad, but not as deeply affected as was W. Funeral is planned for Saturday. I worry a bit about my grandpa- I wonder how he'll do, without grandma there. After all these years together, to lose her, I don't know how that feels. But health-wise he is doing much better, and he'll be staying with my parents, so they can care for him. At least he won't be alone.

*sigh* j