After my mom died, it took a bit, but being able to weed through her stuff and other household stuff was very freeing. Moving from "this was mom's" to "this serves no functional purpose and it isn't my asthetic" was a big step. I still have stuff I keep purely because it reminds me of her, but it is also stuff I like/want to see on a daily basis.

I still have her car though. That is the next big hurdle.

...sure, but isn't the Institute really the client, here, for the subcontractor? So if the Institute was pissed, and made the subcontractor feel that...?

I was thinking the same. The subcontractor you work for can only feel the pinch from its clients. Otherwise they are more or less bulletproof, they don't care if you're pissed as long as they keep getting paid by their client.

That's why we're organizing to petition mgmt as a unified front for a buyout. CSC isn't going to make exceptions for this tiny contract that doesn't even fit their model anymore; but work is run by an org that could buy us out. Whether they have the cojones to is another matter.

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Sox!

Even with my grandmother's stuff, it took a lot of time and several rounds to go through. And we're not technically done, a year later, but the leftover things are mostly in bins in the basement, at least.

Yeah, I have a couple of bins in the garage, as does my sister. I really don't know what to do with the silver...

Sox, I'm completely spent this week. I hope you have a fun time and run into lisah.

Mom has AAA and likes it, although we used to have insurance roadside service. I've read that after Major Life Changes you shouldn't make decisions for six months to a year, but what do I know? I keep reading self-help books.

Happy birthday, Sox!

Happy Birthday, Sox!