vw bug - omnis, I have an idea for a present. When my mom had surgery a few months ago, a friend of my parents sent frozen prepared meals from Dine Wise:

OK, so I'm ordering for Darla and Paul. I'm doing the gift certificate, and I love what they say (paraphrase) :: The $xxx gift certificate is mailed for free, but does not include shipping of the food. You may want to consider the $yyy gift certificate to cover shipping costs ::

So. Very. Angry.

My previously unmentioned situation with my absentee landlord's son has come to a head. After repeated intrusions into our home (where he does not live), my roommate and I (having notified our landlord) installed new locks so we could have some peace and quiet, without unwanted, unbidden intrusions by this crazed sociopath.

Of course, last night, he basically breaks in and leaves an urgent note for my roommate, asking for him to call her at her soonest convenience.

She responds to this note, calls him, and he blows up at her for barring him access to a house he does not own or live in. And threatens to evict her. On power of attorney that he doesn't have. And our landlord emails my roommate with a bunch of accusations and protestations.

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

I'm more angry than I've been in recent memory, and I'm giving notice tomorrow to my landlord that I'm moving out; along with my roommate who has certainly had her share of craziness for now.

Frack this noise. Time to find a new place to live.

Did I mention that I'm far too fracking busy to deal with this shite this month?

SeM, sounds like he's stalking your roommate. It sucks you guys have to be the ones to take on the expense and pain in the ass of moving--but if he's related to the landlord, it's probably the only way to keep that asshole out of your lives.

I hate stupid, icky people.

The only shopping we have left is for DH's family. Which, is HARD to do--which means this is DH's job to figure out and get finished by Friday.

My kids suddenly decided to start waking up earlier a few weeks ago. Instead of 7:30, we are now usually up and around by 6:30. Feh. I haven't adjusted my bedtime to fit that early wake up call yet.

SeM, sounds like moving is your best option. Sorry for the awful situation.

Cash, sorry about the early wake up call. How is your back doing today?

SExM, I'm so sorry you have to deal with this bullshit. Moving really is the only option.

hands Cashmere cup of coffee

Welcome to the early morning shift. I've already done one run to school. Time to wake the second one. Looking forward to Christmas break. Yay for sleeping in!

{{Maria}} Quick recovery to your loved ones.

eta: Hi sj! How is your first Christmas with TCG going?

{{{Maria}}} Recovery~ma to your realtives and calm~ma to you.

Welcome to the early morning shift.

::wanders in with coffee:

Start a temp assignment today. I don't need to be up this early but I woke up with the baby's last feeding and couldn't get back to sleep.

We've got to get an xmas tree this week. We've put it off because our house is up to the eyeballs in babystuff and also we're broke, but it doesn't even feel a little bit Christmassy around the house without it. I think we'll get it on Wednesday after JZ collects Emmett

Good morning, David. May the temp assignment have fun coworkers. Did you say this was in the same building as your former job? If so, I hope you have some interesting encounters in the elevator. As in fun for you and uncomfortable for them!

Good luck with your temp job, Hec.

{{{{Maria and family}}}} Much ~ma to you all.

Good luck, Hec!

Ick, SExM. Definitely sounds like moving is the best option. But, ick.

I'm feeling normal today. Thank goodness for that.