01/29/17 - On 1/23, early in the morning, both Aunt Esther and I got notified by text that my Aunt Anne had passed away.  Of course, then phone calls needed to be made and discussions of whether  I would go with Aunt Esther to Plain City.  Of course, we needed to wait to get information regarding the scheduling of the funeral.

1/24, During some phone calls, I learned that my sister Rachel and her husband Ivan, my brother Daniel and his wife Mary Ann were planning to attend.  Of course, then I also wanted to go but because of all my dental expense, I knew I could only go if I could use frequent miles or points off the credit card.  Late in the afternoon we learned the calling hours were on Thursday and the funeral on Friday so now we are working on plane schedules.  I did learn that I could go with American miles so then wanted to coordinate with Aunt Esther's schedule.

1/25, I cancelled a dentist appointment and packed for the trip tomorrow.  Of course, I had to dig out some winter things and packing got done.

1/26, Aunt Esther and I left at 4 00am for West Palm Beach airport.  We had a reservation to park the car at the Holiday Inn near the airport and then got a shuttle to the airport.  We had a great trip to Plain City, Ohio.  We were picked up by Uncle Allen and his wife Connie and then stopped for a little lunch before going back to their house.  They soon left for the first set of calling hours at the church.  We rested a little, changed clothes and then went to the church in time for dinner that was served in the church basement for the family.  Of course, their we met alot of friends and family.  We then went to the second set of calling hours and saw more family and friends.  Back to Uncle Allen's house and off to bed.

1/27, The funeral was scheduled at 10 00am and was attended well by family, friends and the community.  After the funeral, lunch was served and soon after that lots of the family members that had travel to Plain City, were leaving so lots of hugs and good byes.  We went back to Uncle Allen's house to rest and visit and then I had a dinner date with my cousins at the Der Dutchman.  These cousins were on my step mother's side.  There were 23 of us.  It was wonderful to visit with all of them.  Of course, got to visit more with the ones closest to me but I definitely did make my rounds around the table. I had such a good time and thanks to one of the cousins that arranged all of it.

1/28, We had to leave for the airport at 6 45am since my flight was out at 8 30am but Aunt Esther's flight was not out until 11 15am so she waited at the Columbus airport.  She had a flight from Columbus to Charlotte, North Carolina and my flight was Columbus, Philadelphia, Charlotte.  We were on the same flight in Charlotte to West Palm Beach.  By the time we arrived, got the car, stopped for a sandwich, we got home at 6 30pm.

Today, we are taking it easy since it is rainy and only a high temperature of 55 degrees!!  I am also catching up on computer stuff.