willowcellardoor

The holidays are here and have been pretty hard for my family so far. On Thanksgiving, my family was all together and we had a lovely dinner. My grandpa lives with us because he can't get around very well on his own and he was in good spirits and loving the dinner and spending time with all of us. My fiance was with me and we were both staying that night, I'm very thankful that he was there. I went to tell my grandpa goodnight around 10:30 which is when he normally goes to bed, and we discovered that he had had a heart attack. We called 911 but they weren't able to save him. Luckily, it was quick and he had gotten to spend a wonderful Thanksgiving with all of his family. Over the next week, was the visitation and the funeral, and I didn't go to any of my classes all week. The funeral was very nice, seven very wonderful men and women came from a nearby Airforce base to carry the casket and fold the flag. They did an amazing job, we were very thankful they were able to be there. My family and friends have been wonderful and supportive.

When I did get back to school, I had emailed all of my professors about what had happened, and they all said not to worry and that they would work with me, all but one. My art history teacher has been a full on bitch about the whole thing. She needed my mom to fax her all of the information so she could see it for herself, then met with me in her office and proceeded to flip through the fax in front of me and analyze everything. She wondered why I had to miss all of her classes and couldn't have driven back to school (my school is an hour away from home). She said I was lucky that she was excusing me from both classes and that she would think about letting me take a quiz I missed. She also said that her dog had died last week and that she still came to school. I could have killed her right then and there. I was sitting in her office crying my eyes out because I just couldn't help myself, she just looked at me like she did every day. She wsa horrible about the whole thing, she's a cold hearted bitch. I got through all of my finals this week and I am very happy to be home again. I will be moving home soon from my apartment near school. My grandpa was helping me pay for it and now we just can't afford it any more. But all of my friends have moved away from there and my sister is now married and moving out of state with her husband, so it will be the best for me to move back in with my mom and we can keep eachother company until I get married next September. But I still have to commute to school for the spring semester.

I am trying my hardest to be in the holiday spirit, but it has been very difficult for me, and my whole family. I am packing my schedule full of stuff to keep me occupied and busy. I hope everyone is having a good holiday, I just really needed to vent about the whole thing.
xoxo