{{Beth}}

Oh Steph, how scary, but good on him for making the most of life.

Well, I guess it was inevitable. Funeral related family drama. As a result of complete exhaustion and brain deadedness we managed to leave off 2 great grandchildren in Mom's obituary. 2 of my brother's grandchildren. Their mother and grandmother were brutal and horrible to my poor brother as a result. He was devastated and we all felt horrible, and of course corrected it, but the hatred they spewed on the day of my mother's funeral was epic. Of course his daughter refused to attend the funeral, etc. So I politely wrote to her and told her how devastated he was and how bad we all felt and told her that her dad was in really bad shape and could use her support. She wrote back a long hate filled reply and I told her she should never contact me again since she had no little compassion on the day of my mother's funeral. We have had lots of drama in the past and I sincerely hope she has the courtesy to never contact me again. God knows she never has in the past except when she wanted something from me. Good riddance. My brother on the other hand, he is just inconsolable because of his lapse. Ugh.

Laura, I am so sorry. She sounds awful. I hope your brother can forgive himself as he just lost his mother, for God's sake. People sure can suck.

Your poor, brother!

Hard enough dealing with the loss of your parent without people finding an ounce of compassion or forgiveness.

Ugh. Something similar happened with my grandmother's funeral, though fortunately I think it wasn't as bad. I mean, I can understand why it might sting a bit, but on the other hand, it's far from the most important issue surrounding a funeral. I'm sorry about the drama, Laura.

Man, Steph, I'm so sorry. Wishing good things for your friend.

askye, you owned that mansplainer LIKE A BOSS. I thoroughly enjoyed reading that convo, at least your part and Matt's.

Y'all had to go and bring up Fluevog's, and here I am in the Quarter where we have a Fluevog store that I had as of yet successfully avoided.

I still didn't sleep well last night, despite taking an Ambien. It's been months since I saw my PT, I think I'm going to have to give in and make an appointment. I am at a symposium on the economic benefits of Historic Preservation and struggling to stay awake.

Oh, Laura, I'm so sorry.

Mom had 8 grandchildren and 7 (not 5) great grandchildren. I wish I could say I didn't know how we could have managed to forget the 2 youngest, but I do. We weren't in our right minds! Seriously, this is just because everything is all about her and I am not in a forgiving mood. My brother unfortunately has a different perspective and fears he won't see her or her kids again. Bitch. And I don't mean that in a good way.

I'm so sorry Laura. That they couldn't see the amount of grief and stress caused an over sight.

Went to the dentist .. I got a little too zealous in my oral hygiene and irritated my gums. So I've been told to be gentler and do salt water rinses.

Also this was a hygienist I hadn't seen before...I think. And she was awesome as soon as I fibushed saying "I have Asperger's and sensory issues" she got it.

Passed my drug test and go full out paperwork tomorrow

I'm sorry, Laura.

re: mansplaining. Just now in the break room, a bunch of guy were trying to mansplain how the water fountain works to each other. Though it's probably just know-it-all-ism at that point, and gender is irrelevant.