Long trip and sad week!!

Well, it was a very long weekend. We left Friday morning for Hope Mills NC to see my MIL. It took about 8 hours or a little less to get there. We had a nice hotel outside of Fayetteville. But the best part of the trip was the little car we rented! We went with the least expensive car we could find. I found a fantastic deal through avis.com--50% off weekend rental, so a 4 day rental was only $81!! When I went up to pick up the car, the girl at the desk couldn't believe that price! It was normally $50/day on a weekend rental!! Wow, what a deal!
So we got a cute little Chevy Cobalt. But boy was it loaded!! Power windows, AC, CD player, sunroof and the best of all XM Satellite radio! That was the best! No searching for radio stations as we traveled and no trying to avoid all the country stations that are around when you head south!
When we got there, MIL was not in good shape. She had been diagnosed with Terminal Restlessness (keyword- terminal) and was thrashing around in the bed. BUT, she woke up and talked to use on Saturday afternoon and she knew who we were! That was a blessing to DH, that's for sure!
Saturday nite, she was sleeping all the way thru our visit, missing her meds (Ativan, MS (for the restlessness) and another med). So, we just visited with his sister, niece and nephew. Also on Saturday came a HUGE surprise. His sister told us we could go ahead and take his dad's car home with us! Talk about a shocker! His dad had told us about 5 years ago (before he died) that he wanted our son to have that car for when he started to drive. But when he died, they took the car to NC, so my MIL could look out the window and see it and ride it in every Sunday to church.
So, we checked the fluids in the car (needed some brake fluid and water) and started home. Stopping more often than on the way down to keep an eye on the car. But, boy, is that a gas hog! It's a 1989 Ford Crown Vic with only 74,000 miles on it! Great shape!! Does need a section of the exhaust fixed though.

Then we talked to her when we got home only to find out MIL had begun being agitated ever since we had left. Seems like she knew we were there and was calm with us there, but when we left, she apparently knew that also.

On Thursday morning, we got a phone call about 6:25 am, telling us she had passed away in her sleep. Boy, that really hit DH for sure! I am soooo glad we went down when we did, because it looked like she was holding on for us to get down there! DH's sister told us she kept telling someone "I want to go home". And she finally went home.

Now, it's hard to handle funeral arrangements in 2 different states. His sister wants to have funeral services there at the church MIL went to, but we also want to have at least a visitation time before graveside services up here! There are much more people up here that would visit than down there, I'm sure.

Well, that is all I have to say about that situation! After the funeral though, will be the very interesting part, the reading of the will. I have seen both his dad's and his mom's will before and I know pretty much what they say, but I wonder if it will be the same now. Oh well, that's a worry for another day. First, I have to survive the graveside service (which is all we are apparently allowed to have up here) without an axiety attack