we knew that this was coming. everyone went to see him on Mother's Day weekend. i am so glad that i did see him one last time, and that Craig met him before he went.

everyone in my immediate family is currently travelling-- my mom and stepfather are in savannah, and my little brothers are doing a service project somewhere close to there.

i hoped that i would not be faced with a choice between roswell and my grandfather's funeral. fortunately, both stephanie and craig were here when i got the call, and they helped me work out a plan.

steph is flying home tomorrow morning. she's going to drive phoebe out to roswell.

dan and his pod inky have graciously offered to be the "beast of burden" and transport all of my web cam equipment and the awesome looking diorama and other set pieces to roswell. i'll drive out to asheville and meet him as planned for lunch there.

on wednesday, craig will drive up to maryland with me and we'll go to the funeral on thursday.

first thing friday morning, i'll fly out from dulles airport to albuqurque, rent a car, and arrive in roswell around the same time as the caravan.

stephanie and i will use phoebe as the web cam car up at registration... and the rest of the weekend will go as planned.

i'm very sad, and i guess it hasn't really hit me yet, but i'm so thankful that craig and stephanie were here with me when i got the call and they were able to help me find a way not to have to choose between my grandfather, who was very dear to me, and this trip, which is so important to me, too.

Posted by lisa @ 12:16 AM EST