I got up, showered, and packed my bags. When Billy got up, he fixed us a nice bacon and egg breakfast. Then we both took off. He was heading to work. I was heading to Barb's funeral in Grundy Center.
I got to Grundy shortly before 11:00 and checked in with my friends, who were almost there, too. We all met up at the courthouse and then took just one of the cars to go out for lunch. It was fun having a chance to get caught up with everyone, even though our purpose in meeting was a sad one. From lunch, we headed over to the Baptist church for the funeral.
The funeral was nice. Three of Barb's 7 children participated. They shared some wonderful stories of her life. After the trip to the cemetery, we all came back to the church for a luncheon. There were a couple of other West Union friends there, so we all chatted. I was also able to get to talk to Ronald and Roger, her brothers, as well as her uncle who remembered me and some of her children.
When all of that was finished, I headed out for Dad's. It was probably 6:15 or so by the time I got there, and I could see Dad was at the Garage-Mahal, so I just went straight there. We stayed a while, then headed back to Dad's. I hadn't eaten dinner, although I had eaten plenty earlier, so I wasn't really hungry. That made it a perfect night for some popcorn.
This has been a sad day and a good day. The weather was beautiful; I got to see some people I had not seen in years; I was here to say good-bye to Barb, even though I had thought this would be the day we would do lunch.
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