My FIL was cremated and then we sprinkled him at sea. A lovely idea unless the wind turns and ends up blowing the ashes the wrong direction and you end up with a snork full. My nephew swears he got Pop's left big toe.

Donate me, burn me, and turn me into flower fertilizer. Unless you can figure a way to sprinkle me on a baseball field.

pushes snow, leftover wedding cake, bridesmaid dress, and holly branches off of her head

surfaces

Very quick driveby post to say that I survived the wedding and snowpocalypse. Wedding was wonderful and beautiful and fun and I'm glad to have another brother.

Also survived snowpocalypse and am not having as much fun with that.

dives into sea of school, cleaning, and holiday preparations.

I had a friend who was a helicopter pilot. She was sometimes called upon to scatter ashes and she said they often ended up back inside the copter all over the gireving loved ones. I seem to recall John Belushi ended up all over his loved ones too. I suppose that's one way to grok your dearly departed.

Re: remains.

Donate everything, burn the rest, put me in a Wizard of Oz cookie jar on the dining room table and have a good, old fashioned Irish wake for me. Get drunk, dance, tell goofy stories, and wear tiaras. No somber funeral, please.

Then, take me to the UP and sprinkle me in Big Bay De Noc.

My sister and I have a pact to supply drugs for each other's funerals

What kind of drugs?

Dan Fogelberg has died.

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Crap.

What kind of drugs?

the smokeable mellow kind

I'm so glad the wedding went well! I still can't believe your sister is married. I think about how she was when she was living with you in the months after I moved out to LA, and I'm boggled that she's all settled and hitched now.

I'm so sorry you've been sick, Megan, but this?

So far, I'm not missing teaching at all. Of course, maybe that's because I still have to think about all the planning and pedagogy that I loved, while not having any actual grading!

Otherwise I'm just very happy that you're happy. And yes, a trip north is overdue. I will come up as soon as I have time and money to do so.

I am not a beautiful and unique snowflake. I immediately googled Dan Fogelburp Bloom County.