For whatever it is worth……….

Made it ok into North Carolina. Well I did anyway-sitting up waiting for my bag to be delivered to me. Thanks to the Chicago weather my direct flight to RDU from ORD was canceled. So……..

When a baggage clerk who takes your bags after clearing customs tellls you not to worry about it…be worried.

They put on an the begining of an international flight-going first to Washington Dulles-the connected to an RDU based flight. The clerk took symapthy on me and put me in Business so I could sleep some. Seoul to Narita, Narita to Chicago, Chicago to Dulles, Dulles to RDU. That’s a long day-even for me. I’m beat and sleeping in and out.

I want to thank everyone who left words of kindness and support. I am truly grateful and amazed that folks took time for my family. That is an amazing thing about the blogsphere-people who don’t know each other, do have a concern for their fellow readers. To all who left condolences and kindnesses, thank you very much.

Tomorrow it is off to Tampa. There to set things right with first the Medical Examiner, then the funeral home, then to pay all of the various bills and figure out what to do with the stuff in here apartment. Her rent will need to be paid up to and then a means of letting the landlord getting the place back soon will have to be done. The funeral we will figure out next week. It will probably have to be later in the spring-my parents have a family plot down in a small town on the North Carolina -Tennessee border. It is where my Dad grew up. Getting my Mom down there will take some planning I think.

One important lesson learned so far-besides the obvious one of talk to your family-even if you don’t always get along. It is to make sure you have a will and people know where it is and what to do with it when things go south.

More to follow. I will be in and out here.