Been A Rough Few Weeks
I haven't posted in a while because things have been fairly rough around the house. My father passed away the week between Christmas and New Year's (December 29, to be exact). It wasn't a shock that he passed away (he had been on hospice for nearly two years) but it was kind of sudden. He was fine (as fine as someone on hospice can be) and visited with people that morning, then took a nap and didn't wake up. In hindsight, that was exactly what he wanted - he avoided going to a nursing home and he died in his sleep. So it was a blessing in that regard. But there is a lot of stuff to do when the second parent passes away. Luckily, we had already settled his large assets - he sold his house and car after going into assisted living. We didn't have to deal with that. But all the financial stuff that comes with dying - contacting life insurance companies, his mutual funds, and so on, had to be navigated. Plus all the extra stuff - contacting the dentist, canceling uti...