In Honor of Uncle Bob

I'm thinking the best way for me to go through my week in this post is as usual day by day. Sarah, Jessie, and I traveled to Jones Beach on Saturday morning in hopes of a glorious day at the beach, and it was. I saw I had a missed call from my mom and when I called her back, we got the terrible news that my Uncle Bob, the uncle I had spent almost every weekend with this summer, had died of a heart attack that morning. We were all in shock. There was no other way to put it. So the week proceeded with a series of ups and downs. We went and visited my Aunt on Saturday night but there's only so much that you can do, everyone was still in shock. Also, my other aunt and uncle and set of cousins were on a cruise to Alaska and wouldn't be back til 7 am on Thursday so everything had to be postponed. We went to the beach again on Sunday but to Point Lookout and had another beautiful day and went and visited my aunt again.

Monday and Tuesday I had two great days at work and then Wednesday was my last day in the office! I was so sad! But everyone surprised me and got a TON of cupcakes and had a little party for me! I felt so happy and surprised that they would have anything for ME! AN INTERN! They were so appreciative and(Hillary was away) but Heidi came out and told me what a great help I had been and about how great this experience was for me to start with and the connections it will foster in the future, etc, etc! I was flabbergasted by how appreciative they were and Betsy told me that she had never seen any intern get cupcakes or a party like that! PS I ate WAY too many cupcakes of course to end out the day!

Then from the top down to the bottom, everyone arrived on Thursday including my brother (my mom and Jessie's bf Blake drove up on Sunday night) and we went to the Wake. I was pretty much fine up until I walked into the Funeral Parlor and it was all downhill from there. But I was surrounded by my loving family :) The Wake, Funeral, and Graveside were done beautifully. Friday night we all relaxed at my aunt's before some of my cousins and my brother had to leave this morning. The rest who were still here enjoyed a beautiful day at Robert Moses beach.

This week was a rollercoaster but I was surrounded by such wonderfully loving people. The next three days I am looking forward to Intermezzo. It's the huge trade show that's in the city where all of the showrooms and vendors set up and buyers from department stores and boutiques come to look at the upcoming lines that they will sell in their stores! If it gives you some perspective....we're booth #10,000! Although you can have multiple booths for one vendor, but still! I just found out I have to be there at 8:15.....so prolly a 6:40 train...rough. But I'm very excited to see what it's like and will fill you in soon!