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Last Tuesday morning my brother called to tell me my dad had died. He was only 57 years old. He was working and had a heart attack and collapsed. He didn't make it to the hospital. I had just seen him while I was in Ohio and I am so thankful for the time I had with him this summer. It still doesn't seem real.

After receiving the news, my mom and I packed up quickly and headed to Daytona, where we drove through the night with my uncle to Columbus. After arriving, Chad and I met up with my aunts to plan his funeral. The funeral was Saturday and his body is now resting beside my grandparents'.

On Sunday I flew to Washington, D.C. then to Orlando. My cousin picked me up in Orlando and drove me to my uncle's house in Daytona. From there, I picked up the car and drove back to Tampa.

Yesterday I went back into my classroom, this time things were much better, but there's still a lot that has to be done. I was just not in a place mentally where I felt like I could work on it and accomplish anything.

Today, I was supposed to be in a training from 8:30-3:30, but I actually finished up at 10:45, so I was able to sign out my classroom key and work in my room for awhile. I accomplished quite a bit and I feel a lot better about it now. I got rid of all the extra crap left in my room by previous teachers and moved my furniture around, so it's mostly where I want it. It's awesome to have tile floors, I can drag all the furniture around by myself!

After that I had lunch at home with Lola and then I worked on cleaning out the kitchen in my grandma's condo (she died in January and we still haven't done much of anything with it). Later I took princess Lola to Pet Food Warehouse to get some more canned food. She loves going in there, because all the employees pay attention to her and give her treats and I swear she thinks she's like an honored guest or something...it's quite amusing. She is now sleeping soundly, recovering from her busy day!

I finally got up the nerve to get on the scale today and I actually cried a little. I'm going back to weight watchers tomorrow. I have been very uncomfortable with my body lately, because I knew I was gaining weight, but I didn't know how bad it was. I've got to lose some weight, because I feel gross.

Tomorrow is another day of training, but I have to leave early and pick up my mom at the airport. Friday Chad & Ioulia are coming to visit!