In no particular order.....

The past two days have felt like two weeks. So, in no particular order (and with some pictures tossed about) here's what's been up.

(1) Tuesday was a one-year noniversary, as evidenced in the last post. That in itself is/was exhausting.

(2) My grandmother also passed away on Tuesday at 3:18 PM, 45 minutes after I had left to spend a couple of days at a friend's house. She was 93, still at home, and the last time I saw her was Tuesday morning around 11:20. She was sitting up, lucid, and gave me a hug goodbye before I went to work, so I got to say goodbye at least. I haven't cried yet, but today I've felt like I'm about to at any moment.

(3) My friend Shelby and I decided, seeing as how we're both single and boycotting Valentine's Day, that while I was there we would watch the most emotionally devastating movies we could possibly think of and settled on The Green Mile and Schindler's List. I had no idea what the former was about, and had read the book of the latter but still wasn't quite prepared. They were both exhausting and traumatizing--I'm glad I saw them, just to say I did, but I'll probably never watch either again.

(4) On Wednesday I went with my Shelby's family to St. Louis for a doctor's appointment for her younger sister. Three hours there and three hours back, with quick visits to Trader Joe's (I love that place, and have decided that we need one here XD), World Market (for bacon chocolate), and Whole Foods tucked in there somewhere. It was a very long day...but fun too. I have pictures from the trip, to be added towards the end of this post.

(5) I'm behind on my schoolwork, but all I feel like doing is crying and sleeping. I think it's a combination of lack of sleep and being emotionally pummeled all week. O.e But I want to post some pictures before signing off, so here goes.

This is Sherlock and Watson (no joke, that's actually their names and it cracks me up to no end) snuggling on the couch. They like having their bellies rubbed.

Getting ready to watch The Green Mile (and apparently Shelby hates having her picture taken....... O.e)

Tom Hanks!

Last time I was at World Market in Florida I got bacon chocolate, and haven't been able to stop thinking about it since then. So when I saw there was a WM in St Louis I practically dragged the others in to show them. (The St. Louis one was bigger and cooler with a wider variety than the one in Palm Coast, actually. Just so ya'll know. :P)

To be honest, the strawberry/salt one was much better than the bacon chocolate. As a die-hard bacon fan this is hard to say...but it really was better. So delicious and sweet and salty...gah.

Yeah, so somebody can't seem to make a normal face in front of the camera. XD

Shelby's youngest sister was sick with a head cold, so we sat with her out in the van while the others went in to the hospital. We were parked on the roof so after a while we got out to run around and take pictures--I'm hardly ever on the other end of the camera, so I gave it to Shelby and let her have at it.

Crazy windy.

And sunny. It was almost blindingly sunny, actually. Being on the roof of the car garage probably didn't help either.

That's not my hat, by the by--Shelby let me borrow one of her cloche hats. Downton Abbey has me wanting to bring hats back in to style.

"MAJESTIC!!!!"

(I was trying to pull a Thorin-Oakenshield-looking-majestic thing and just ended up looking deranged. Sigh.)

I think this is the only normal picture I got of S. She won't stop making faces, gosh durnit!

...case in point. XD

The spoils from shopping...I think that going into natural food stores (stores in general?) is dangerous. There were so many delicious things to see and try and buy...gah.