Viewing/wake/funeral details, as separate from another post on other stuff that happened

The viewing/wake-dinner/funeral happened. Grief, food, alcohol, a small mention of gambling addiction and poverty/survival tactics, insomnia, miserable Christianity (specifically Seventh Day Adventists), complicated family of origin stuff below the cut.

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I learned so much, I feel I strengthened my relationships to many cousins; having to do this solo felt like taking on the mantle of adulthood in a way very few experiences have; it was a great XP boost, as Gabriel put it. But damn. It was a lot. And life just didn't stop.

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Kawa availability: logistically sound, emotionally WHAT EVEN.

The rest of "what's been happening lately" is as complicated as the funeral itself, but doesn't require as much content warning and is generally better. There's a cocktail hour and some handwaved casual sex mentions.

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Today has been some work (not none, but not a lot) in a very quiet office, and writing these posts. Therapy is in less than 2 hours. Hopefully this will teach me some things to focus my thoughts there. We'll find out.

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