Thank you...

I didn't realize how much energy the funeral took out from me. It has been a very long and tiring week. Good thing I do what I do for a living. I was able to use all my Business Intelligence skills to plan the funeral. It was very similiar to working a dot com project. You have to be able to adapt and adjust to change quickly. I am just looking forward to getting some rest.

I want to say a big, "THANK YOU" to everyone for all the condolances sent to myself, Aya and her family. Thank you to everyone who came to the funeral as well. It really meant a lot to me and Aya during this difficult time for her.

Aya is back to work and doing fine. I am sure it is just going to take time to get over her loss.

This probably isn't the happiest or the joyous thing to write about, but as my thank you to my faithful followers here are some key items that you need to know should your parent pass away:

1. SSN number for your mom and dad.
2. Parents date of birth
3. First and last names of your grand parents, including grandmothers maiden name.
4. First and lase names of your parents, including mothers maiden name.
5. Parents address and phone number.
6. Occupation of your parents.
7. Family physican name, address and phone number for either parent.
8. Do you want to be buried or cremated?
9. Where?
10. Urns go through the xray at the airports. Do not get a super expensive one that can not be xrayed if you are transporting it. Get a plastic or cheap one for transport and carry it on. Buy the nice one at your destination.
11. Urns need permits and will not be inspected at the airport.

Items 1-7 are a must have to get the death certificate rolling. You pretty much can't get started without that information.

Items 8-11 happen shortly thereafter. You may have briefly talked with your parents but when tragedy happens suddenly you begin to wonder, was my dad serious about cremation or do you think he wanted to be buried?

Again, not the happiest of postings, but maybe it will be useful one day...hopefully not soon...but just want everyone to be prepared.