[3334] in Depressing_Thoughts
family
lnp@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lnp@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Sep 22 01:23:46 1992
My grandmother died Thursday. The funeral was today. Luckily, the
company let me out of the dungeon for three days so that I could be up
here. This weekend has been an emotionally and physically harrowing
blur.
My grandmother was the one who took care of me during my father's
illness. She taught me to sew, crochet, etc. She also took care of
the other kids when my mother couldn't be at home (work, vacation,
etc).
My sister lives in South Dakota. She flew out here. Unfortunately,
this all occurred after the price wars. I'm helping to pay for her
ticket. The biggest problem is that the person at the AFB (her
husband is in the Air Force) misquoted the price for the plane ticket
(the person only quoted the one-way price -- really bright, huh?) This
person knew why my sister needed the ticket (it was a bereavement fare
and there's info the airlines need to grant the fare). Haven't we
been through enough?? Do we really need the aggrivation and the
additional financial burden from this idiot's mistake??
Now we have to deal with going through my grandmother's house, sorting
her possessions, and trying to dole things out equally (yeah, the will
isn't too specific... not even an executor mentioned) before the
vultures (certain cousins of mine) descend. Then I get to drive back
to Virginia and go to work the next day.
Death is difficult enough to deal with. Why do people have to be more
idiotic than usual during such a trying time??
responses should go to paradis@ERA.COM since I probably won't be able
to read discuss for awhile -- y'know... phone bills make it expensive
to dial in regularly. However, thanks for letting me talk and get
this out into the open.
--Lisa
--Lisa N Berkenbilt
paradis@ERA.COM
Engineering Research Associates, Vienna, VA USA
PICARD/RIKER '92
