Cass that would be appreciated. My email address in my profile is good.

Goal for when I (hopefully) get a settlement from worker's comp is paying off as much of my remaining debt that I have (including my parents) and then figuring out a place to live that is not here.

Although today isn't too bad... M was convinced to grill burgers and hot dogs so that was nice.

I really wish that it would not only cool off but that the humidity level would drop.

In family hilarious mess news: my brother’s second child was born in February. At some point he and my mother had a big fight. She has been moaning to me that he has cut her out of his life and worse, the lives of her grandchildren, since about March. He ignores all her attempts to reach out and reconcile.

I have been mediating, passing along baby photos and news, for months. I invited my brother and his family to visit me over Labor Day weekend, and made sure it would be ok if my mother visited as well while they were here. Yesterday was the great reconciliation.

In the course of which, with everyone in the family present and looking on, it was discovered that my mother had blocked my brother’s number, angrily, at some point, and then apparently forgotten about it. So, every time she reached out, he had been replying, including sending pictures. She didn’t receive any messages because she had him blocked. He didn’t notice she didn’t reply directly to anything he said because he’s kind of clueless and our mother is kind of non-sequitor-y over text in the normal way of things.

Everyone found this hilarious except my mother, who was embarrassed. I am mostly just amazed she knows how to block people’s numbers.

Oh no, Mama Flea! That's really funny.

Omg flea!

Today I learned that my car’s registration expired in March. I renewed electronically. Immediately.

Also electronically got mac’s new phone activated and working.

My cousin is at mac’s place now loading up the items to go to storage and possibly having a come to Jesus/make better choices talk. I hope also taking him for a meal. They’re also to turn in mac’s keys and sign closet out papers with the apartment, then Mac will sleep on the floor tonight and flight out in the morning.

New dawn, new day.

In “not sure what I want to do with my life” child news, Casper applied to community college yesterday. Did everything by herself, except ask her father (luckily still in Ohio) to go pay for her high school transcript which has to be done by cash or money order only.

I hope Mac comes about!

Oh, flea, that is really funny. The mom block. And congrats to Casper for young adulting.

msbelle, progress is good. Yes.

I have not done a blessed thing today worth posting about, but that's OK. We ordered Thai for dinner. There. That's something.

Flea that’s very funny but I’d be mortified if I was your mom. Awww.

Also, cash or money order only? Wtf? What century is this? But go Casper.

Msbelle, good luck with the boyo

I have not done a blessed thing today worth posting about, but that's OK. We ordered Thai for dinner. There. That's something.

All I've done today is is bake pumpkin chocolate chip scones. But we are currently assembling ourselves to go get sushi, get groceries, and go to Home Depot for a dehumidifier for the basement area that will be Tim's workshop when he moves his dad's workbench in.

it was discovered that my mother had blocked my brother’s number, angrily, at some point, and then apparently forgotten about it.

Bwah!

Poor Matilda is suffering terrible cramps and is spending the day in bed. We had tried a bc pill for her but it made her intolerably sad on a daily basis. I just wish it wasn't so hard on her. It's tricky enough being on the cusp of 16.

We're meeting with her doctor at the end of the month and we'll try a different pill with a different hormone cocktail and see if we can find some ease.

As most of you have seen on FB, we've been glorying in our new light fixtures and couch and fixed windows, and I've been lounging in my new chair reading the shit out of books and mags.

I am not reading the Temaire series at the moment because while I found volumes 2 and 3 in the used bin at Green Apple, they didn't have the first book. I'll scrape it up eventually.

Timelies all!

Today has been mixed. I’ve spent a fair amount of the day in children’s programming with Mr. S. While there he’s been good, but he’s had a few meltdowns. Right now we’re eating deep dish pizza from Giordano’s.