We made it through Ben's funeral and all of the travel. By Saturday evening, after everything was over we were both beyond exhausted. We were even too tired to eat dinner, although we had dinner after the service at the church, and you know how those go. There was so much food, and so much left over! 

When it was time for Bill's medicine that night, I told him to take it, took mine and we went to bed. It wasn't until the next morning when I got his morning meds that I discovered that he had not taken them. I assumed he heard me tell him to take them, but he said he didn't hear me. Since he doesn't think about the medicine, usually, it didn't dawn on him to take it, or ask if he had any to take.

He handled things pretty well. There were a few moments that overwhelmed him, but we made it through them. I had asked him if he wanted to start on some Xanax while we were traveling to just keep things on an even keel, but he thought he would be OK.

We got home yesterday afternoon, and in the late afternoon we found out that the man responsible had been arrested for murder and is to have a bond hearing today. We still don't know why and there is a lot of confusion about what happened. It was looking more and more like a gang initiation, but the shooter is 31 years old, so that confuses things even more.

Today we're trying to get things back to normal. Laundry is already going, something taken out for dinner, and now time to get everything unpacked and put away. I'm sure it will still take a few days for us to rest up, but the world moves on and things do need done. I also need to order Bill's meds today and buy a few groceries.

On a brighter note, yesterday was our granddaughter McKenna's 11th birthday, and granddaughter Kiyann's 8th birthday. A little happiness to offset the sadness.

So, that's it, a few very emotional days, but we were able to weather them. And speaking of weather, we have continued heat advisories so we'll just be staying inside for the most part. If you're also affected by this terrible heat, stay cool. Until Saturday...