Hey everyone. This has been A Week.

My grandmother died late Tuesday night. My parents called to tell me yesterday, so I left work early and and working from home the rest of the week. She was 91 and not in great health, but you know, it's always sudden.

I'm going to be changing jobs and transferring to a sister company in three weeks (the one that sells grown-up picture books you can read on your phone). The project I'm currently in the process of handing off has been a massive clusterfuck for the past two months, and shows no signs of improving any time soon. My exit has nothing to do with the cluster-fucked-ness of it all, but management wants to hide the fact that I'm leaving from our consultants so they don't get the notion that I'm being thrown under the bus. Personally I think that's a lost cause that gets even lost-er the longer we wait to say anything, but meh, whatever.

My Nana's funeral is next Saturday. Before yesterday, our plans for that day had included Eaglefest and tickets to The Band's Visit. All tickets purchased in advance, of course. So instead of spending next weekend outside watching and learning about local raptors, my kids get to sit through a Catholic funeral for someone they met three times, and I either scramble to sell the theater tickets or eat the cost (they're cheap seats, but still).

New job is a step down in levels from where I am now (all part of the plan to have time for grad school in the fall) and I'm pretty sure the call I have tomorrow with New Manager is for him to tell me how much less money I'll be making. YAY FUN.

Blargh! Brain dump!

It really sucks when everything happens at once. I'm sorry about your grandmother.

Oh, Jessica, that is a week. I'm sorry about your grandmother, and everything. Your tag makes me grin, though!

All condolences, Jessica and family. It's terrible when it all comes at you at once.

I'm sorry, Jessica. That sounds stressful on so many levels.

Man, Jess, that is a lot all at once. And complicated. Get-through-it-okay~ma.

Dear self, you know you can't go from regular coffee to decaf without tapering. You know this. Why did you do it?

Aw, man, Jess, that is A LOT. No wonder you're feeling whelmed. Best of all possible outcomes-ma. And sorry for your loss.

Jessica that all sounds so tiring and hard. I'm sorry for your loss. Is there a way for your kids to go to Eaglefest without you and Ethan? Could someone else take them?

In a separate post: January was like being buried alive by poo. February is shaping up no better though. I'm trying to get my students registered for ACTs and SATs and most are just confused about the process. I have to do this required testing thing with them but I won't be here to get it done and no one else is offering to help. So I wrote super detailed plans for the sub, including my login and password. Awesome?

Grace's eye surgery recovery is about 10x slower than anticipated. She also has decided she's an adolescent now and is ragey and awful about the pain. This weekend I have to go to Ohio for my dad's memorial. The obit failed to mention that Katie is my wife, which is chapping my ass. I'll have to see the cousin I unfriend over politics in the 2012 election because she was a racist and my brother who I am still angry with for having voted for Gary Johnson. If I look at this weekend straight on, I feel like I'm facing a gorgon.

I was also evaluated this week which is everyone's favorite feeling. And my desk is a disaster. And grades are due but I haven't graded all the things yet.

I'm sorry, Jess. So much, all at once. What Kat said about someone else taking the kids. That might help.