Friday night in Day to day life from a woman that turned 60 in Oct 2014 and who lives on a farm and Retired on January 2, 2016. I plan to do more sewing, work outside in the yard and just enjoy my retirement.

**If you follow me on OD, you may have already read this. I took the lazy way out and used copy and paste.

This was my last Furlough day. I spent it going to a funeral. I have not attended many Catholic funerals. Different and lots of standing and sitting. It has been many years since I attended a Catholic funeral and I was a bit nervous as I didn't want to offend or embarrass my employee. Ms B's husband had not been feeling well and a couple of weeks ago he finally went to the Dr and the gave him antibiotics and told him to stay home and rest for a couple of days. I received a phone call from her on a Sunday evening to let me know he had had a hard time breathing and was in the hospital in St Louis. Within days the news got worse and then Monday AM I got the call that he had passed away. So quickly. So sudden. So shocking.

I had worked with her husband for several years while we both were taking care of Soldiers returning from war. Years before my boss told me I would be hiring Mr B's wife. Mr. B would go to the airport and wait for the arrival of the troops so he could give them a shot that took 3 days to read the results in order for them to be able to go home a few hours earlier. That is just a sample of the type of individual he was and that his heart was huge!!

This 54 year old man died of cancer in less than a week after it was discovered. This was a gift from God not to have to suffer very long and he so deserved that gift. His wife, two grown kids, and 3 grandkids are going to have a hard time adjusting to life without this pillar of their family. The department he ran, will also have a difficult time adjusting to the loss. Many many people have been blessed with meeting and knowing him and I'm so grateful to have been one of them.

I intended to write much more tonight but after I finally got home I mowed and weed eated for several hours and my body is not very happy with me right now. I also burnt up the leaf blower. It actually caught fire where the plug was. Was is the key word and the extension cord is a "was" too. Geeze.

Oh and to add more joy to this entry, my BIL's brother died of cancer yesterday. Sister and BIL and Jack will be coming to dad's tomorrow. Funeral for his brother isn't until Tuesday. What a month!