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Friday - Spirit Day
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Spirit Week & Homecoming
Coping..
Last month, I lost my grandmother on my father's side of the family--"Mama". Mama was no doubt the grandparent I was closest to. I was her first granddaughter. Up until 2nd or 3rd grade, I was at her house every morning and afternoon. She was there to pick me up from school everyday. She partially raised me until she moved back to Virginia. And even so, I spent every summer at her house until I was around 10 or 11 years old (until I moved to Georgia). We still visited her from time to time but it wasn't the same, and our relationship became a more distant, "over the phone" relationship. She called all the time, with funny stories to tell me or new people (mostly family members) to explain to me. She was so protective.. her family was her pride. She got sick last year. She made a brief move to my aunt's house but didn't like it. She loved being a strong, independent woman. We spent last year's Christmas with her and even then it never ever crossed my mind that I would lose her, or that she would be gone. I never thought she wouldn't get through something. She was my last grandparent alive, besides my great-grandmother, and one of the the two grandparents I've ever known (didn't know my mom's parents).
It was like a smack in the face when my father informed us of her passing. It was truly a shock for me, all my cousins, etc. Mama was the glue that held our family together. We all had countless memories with her, together and separately. Everyday, she finds her way into my thoughts. Somehow, I always end up thinking about her somewhere within my day, no matter what type of day it is or what I'm doing. It's still unbelievable. It's still hard.
I did not enjoy the funeral. I was crying the whole time. I believe I didn't enjoy it mostly because it was a true reality check. A real smack in the face. A real confirmation of the fact that she was gone. And I didn't understand why people were laughing and smiling after the service was over. And I'm sure they didn't understand why I wasn't. It didn't feel the same as when my grandfather passed. I didn't like it at all.
I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to believe it or be okay with it. But I'm coping. It took me about a month to write this blog post, but I knew I would. To be true to myself, and kind of get some things off my chest. It's all a part of coping.. Or at least trying to cope.
It was like a smack in the face when my father informed us of her passing. It was truly a shock for me, all my cousins, etc. Mama was the glue that held our family together. We all had countless memories with her, together and separately. Everyday, she finds her way into my thoughts. Somehow, I always end up thinking about her somewhere within my day, no matter what type of day it is or what I'm doing. It's still unbelievable. It's still hard.
I did not enjoy the funeral. I was crying the whole time. I believe I didn't enjoy it mostly because it was a true reality check. A real smack in the face. A real confirmation of the fact that she was gone. And I didn't understand why people were laughing and smiling after the service was over. And I'm sure they didn't understand why I wasn't. It didn't feel the same as when my grandfather passed. I didn't like it at all.
I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to believe it or be okay with it. But I'm coping. It took me about a month to write this blog post, but I knew I would. To be true to myself, and kind of get some things off my chest. It's all a part of coping.. Or at least trying to cope.
R.I.P. Mama, I love you so much and miss you more than you can imagine ♥
Favorite iPhone Apps
If you really really really knew me, you would know that I:
Everyday Notes & Tomorrow HD
Third app on the bottom/main bar and second app in Daily category. Everyday Notes and Tomorrow HD go hand in hand and are made by the same company. They both have three of the aspects I love in an app: simplicity, organization, and available syncing with Google (of course). Everyday Notes is a minimalist app that syncs my Google Calendar events and tasks (from Tomorrow HD) and brings them both together in a clean "everyday notebook" style app. In this app, I can also easily add tasks, events, and notes (notes don't sync, but who cares?). Tomorrow HD is the task portion of Everyday Notes, but as a separate app (and web app) that syncs with Google tasks as well. Honestly, you don't really need the Tomorrow HD app on your phone if you have the Everyday Notes app but some people might only want the tasks. Don't ask me why I have both lol. I love them because they have everything I want and nothing extra... nothing. You do have to pay for the Google sync but I think it's worth it because very very few apps sync with Google Tasks and Calendar at the same time and these do the job well.
TV Guide
Last app in Utilities category. Don't you hate having a billion shows to watch but end up getting caught up in other things so you forget to watch them? Don't you hate seeing a commercial for something you want to watch but forgetting when it comes on and never getting to see it? Well, this app works wonders. TV Guide basically is your personal channel guide and schedule (organizing!). It will give you all the channels, shows, and showtimes according to your television network. You can add shows to your favorites, set alarms for shows, and learn about new shows. You might be thinking that you can do that on your TV already.. but what if you're not home when you see something that interests you? or what if your television isn't on? I love this app! I'm not so good at keeping track of time.. and days.. and things like that so it's perfect for me.
Feedly
Third app in Daily category. Feedly is perfect for my fellow bloggers! We all have blogs we follow and love to read regularly but hate having to individually click on each website to read a post. Feedly, which has a wonderful web app as well, allows you to add all your RSS feeds into one place and creates a magazine style "reading agenda" just for you. You can save posts for later, share posts on social network, and change your theme. The app is beautiful! It organizes (told you I crave it) everything so well and also syncs with Google Reader (yay!). One of the other things I love about this app is that I also use it regularly on my laptop. Both the phone and web app make my blog-reading so much more convenient and simple.
P.S. I did receive my new e.l.f. order with the correct items! They even came faster than my first order :) Problem(s) solved and customer service worked fine for me.
- am obsessed with my iPhone
- am also obsessed with Google programs (never had nor want an Android though, weird?)
- crave organization (neat freak)
- love trying new things
Third app on the bottom/main bar and second app in Daily category. Everyday Notes and Tomorrow HD go hand in hand and are made by the same company. They both have three of the aspects I love in an app: simplicity, organization, and available syncing with Google (of course). Everyday Notes is a minimalist app that syncs my Google Calendar events and tasks (from Tomorrow HD) and brings them both together in a clean "everyday notebook" style app. In this app, I can also easily add tasks, events, and notes (notes don't sync, but who cares?). Tomorrow HD is the task portion of Everyday Notes, but as a separate app (and web app) that syncs with Google tasks as well. Honestly, you don't really need the Tomorrow HD app on your phone if you have the Everyday Notes app but some people might only want the tasks. Don't ask me why I have both lol. I love them because they have everything I want and nothing extra... nothing. You do have to pay for the Google sync but I think it's worth it because very very few apps sync with Google Tasks and Calendar at the same time and these do the job well.
TV Guide
Last app in Utilities category. Don't you hate having a billion shows to watch but end up getting caught up in other things so you forget to watch them? Don't you hate seeing a commercial for something you want to watch but forgetting when it comes on and never getting to see it? Well, this app works wonders. TV Guide basically is your personal channel guide and schedule (organizing!). It will give you all the channels, shows, and showtimes according to your television network. You can add shows to your favorites, set alarms for shows, and learn about new shows. You might be thinking that you can do that on your TV already.. but what if you're not home when you see something that interests you? or what if your television isn't on? I love this app! I'm not so good at keeping track of time.. and days.. and things like that so it's perfect for me.
Feedly
Third app in Daily category. Feedly is perfect for my fellow bloggers! We all have blogs we follow and love to read regularly but hate having to individually click on each website to read a post. Feedly, which has a wonderful web app as well, allows you to add all your RSS feeds into one place and creates a magazine style "reading agenda" just for you. You can save posts for later, share posts on social network, and change your theme. The app is beautiful! It organizes (told you I crave it) everything so well and also syncs with Google Reader (yay!). One of the other things I love about this app is that I also use it regularly on my laptop. Both the phone and web app make my blog-reading so much more convenient and simple.
Other Favorites: Songza, Pinterest, Springpad, and iA Writer. Check these out!
P.S. I did receive my new e.l.f. order with the correct items! They even came faster than my first order :) Problem(s) solved and customer service worked fine for me.
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