Monday, June 23, 2008

The High Price of Death

This will be short and...well, short. I came home last night. Thanks go out to my friend, Cupcake and her two boys, for picking me up at the airport. There is a lot to be said for door-to-door service with a familiar face after an ordeal such as this. Not to mention home-made muffins!

Now I just feel REALLY tired. Ah, let the real fun begin, aka, processing. A therapist has already been called...

In fact I'm so tired my brain is completely devoid of anything remotely witty or suitably macabre for the blog but I had to share the final costs (in cold, hard cash only-I won't even pretend to know the emotional cost) of Hyde's death.

The bill for AfterMath's clean-up (which did include removing flooring, walls, and cabinets): $29,000.

No. Don't get your glasses; you read right. $29,000.

And the total funeral costs (cremation, plot, grave marker, service, etc): Approximately $7,000.

It costs a lot to die in this country.

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