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@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot2026-02-24 19:22:17
Well death certainly creates work for hands that weren't particularly idle in the first place. Blimey. I'm struck that while Dad has the time to see to the deathmin, when he goes it will all be down to me. You need bereavement leave just to handle everything, quite aside from needing time to regain your composure.
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot2026-02-20 13:09:12
Ah you have to laugh where you can. My mum died in the night, not unexpected. Dad and I went to the funeral director early today. The funeral director had fabulous black boots on (which I pointed out to her in case she hadn't noticed π). She said they were from Next, I said they'd prob be too narrow for me, and the other woman there sympathised and said her feet were so wide she was better off with the box! I'm not sure this was the chat my father expected from the funeral directβ¦
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot2026-02-20 07:33:02
Guardian article today about crappy jobs. I haven't read it and this post isn't commentary on it, but to lighten the atmosphere, which is sombre in our house following another bereavement, it might be fun to share our first jobs - Saturday jobs, holiday jobs etc, not careers.
Mine, dahlings, was in an art gallery in Guildford in the mid 80s when I was 15. Β£10 a day, thought I was paid handsomely, and netted a boyfriend with a car who was one of the framers πππΌοΈ Got pissed at a β¦