Elayne Riggs' Journal (for Leah)

Tuesday, January 06, 2026

The Last NJ Trip for Awhile

Today I met my brother at the long-term care facility where Mom passed away to pack up all her things to be brought to her home near Toms River, where eventually everything will be sorted out, donated, given to relatives, sold, or otherwise disposed of prior to selling the house itself. It took us longer than originally anticipated since the LTC place hadn't done her final laundry even though they'd promised it would be ready, so we went back to his place where I retrieved the family photo albums for Robin to digitize all the contents, then had lunch at the local diner, then I gassed up the car, then back to the LTC to retrieve one last item to take back home and regift (the matzoh blanket I got for her 94th birthday which will now go to my uncle). Long day even though I was back home by 4, and now I have two office days in a row to look forward to. I think I'll be collapsing but good on Friday. At least the weather's warming up! Erm, getting less cold...

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