I finally pulled myself out of bed and got ready for my first task of the day: music. I realized my CD burner in my computer wasn't working and I needed music for tonight. My first stop was at Graywhale. I didn't exactly find what I needed, but I did find a couple of CDs that Josh would have loved. Only one CD would have been suitable for public listening. Let's see, Butthole Surfers, Agnostic Front and Social Distortion. I love Social D, but the other two are not exactly my kind of music. Josh would listen to a lot of punk and I would only tolerate it. I'll listen to them for him. :) I've sampled both CDs and so far I'll listen to them on special occasions. haha
Unfortunately the Social D CD was not the one I wanted and so I headed off to Walmart (it was the closest store, but I could hear Josh rolling his eyes at the thought) to look for more. While I was looking through their selection I suddenly had a thought to call the mortuary and ask them if their music system could just have an MP3 player attached. Hurrah, they can! I went home with two more CDs - Johnny Cash 16 Biggest Hits (for tonight) and the Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol 1 (for me).
I didn't mind the music trip because I had a fun time music shopping. Plus one of Josh's favorite songs was Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum and I was able to get that from the Awesome Mix CD.
I drove home and made a playlist on my iPod Nano of Johnny Cash, Social Distortion Greatest Hits (a CD I already had), Spirit in the Sky and Flogging Molly's CD Drunken Lullabies. I also put together everything I'd need to the celebration. I then sat down to wait...
My dad arrived and I anxiously needed to do something so we drove to Taco Bell to grab some food and brought it back to my house to eat. Then I sat down to wait... it was 3 p.m. and we didn't have to be there until 5 p.m.
At 3:30 I snapped and said I had to go. So we drove to the mortuary and set up. At 4:15 all was complete for our part so then it was just another sit down and wait... ha! I forgot my cell phones! I left them in my other purse and my wonderful sister had to pick them up for me.
Thankfully some people started showing up around 5:10 and then more and more people. So many people came tonight! Most people were friends and family who knew both of us, some only knew Josh, others only me; but all that mattered was that there was a large turnout to support me, my family and celebrate my wonderful husband. I can't even begin to say how grateful I am for that.
My friends from Alorica (Josh worked there too), my friends from IHC (they were there when we married), and my friends from HCA came. I am so awed by that. Those are my current job and my last two jobs. Wow.
I was happy and strong the entire time, until near the end. It was very overwhelming. I started to get anxious and close to tears a few times. I gathered as many hugs as possible from people.
The best part of the evening was the Zombie cake, made by the great and wonderful Michelle.
Seriously...
I love it.
We also had tacos and three other cakes that Michelle made (chocolate w/ peanut butter icing, vanilla w/ vanilla icing, and red velvet w/ cream cheese icing). Hmmm mmmmm..
I went home and put everything away. I pulled out the cards that people brought and read through them. I finally allowed myself to let out a good cleansing cry, wiped my eyes and remembered I'm wearing makeup. Fudge pickles. At least I waited until I was home for that mess. *sigh*
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