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Post by finnime on Jan 9, 2023 5:58:50 GMT -5
That's really effed up, Pink Cashmere. And I wonder if the hospital would even allow it, having someone stay as though living there. I've worked with dozens of hospitals and even the NICUs have pretty stringent visitor limits. It would be so nice if both Mister's parents were to find themselves in comfortable assisted living quarters, I think. Hoo, boy.
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Post by finnime on Jan 9, 2023 6:10:00 GMT -5
Good morning, intrepid invisipeeps, setting your worlds aright. Welcome to Monday. I hope your day offers you progress on all fronts and a delightful repast for dinner with no effort on your part. It's lightly snowing here this morning. That's a surprise. That reminds me, I need to touch base with DS. I hope he's warm enough in Denver. I know he's 28 and perfectly capable of caring for himself, but part of me still worries some. He'll have to buy new clothes out in Colorado for the winter. Today I'll finish putting together the kitchen cart/cabinet and may take down the Christmas tree. I'm unsure about that. It's nice still to have it glowing in the corner. Yesterday's sunrise met very few clouds and those just on the horizon.
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 9, 2023 6:22:24 GMT -5
so I'm up, and intending to crank out some work early since I've nixed the Y for the morning. I left my humidifier running in the bedroom for white noise, but Punk got up anyway and is laying at my feet. like, why? stay in bed, lady. relax!
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Post by daisylu on Jan 9, 2023 6:35:27 GMT -5
Catching up on work emails. Boss man sent way too many over the weekend. He recently made a comment to me that he is ALWAYS available 24/7. I hope that is not a harbinger of what he expects of us. I am hourly now, and have ZERO plans to always be available.
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Post by ners on Jan 9, 2023 6:46:41 GMT -5
Not ready for the week.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2023 6:56:23 GMT -5
That reminds me, I need to touch base with DS. I hope he's warm enough in Denver. I know he's 28 and perfectly capable of caring for himself, but part of me still worries some. He'll have to buy new clothes out in Colorado for the winter. Mothers always worry no matter how old their offspring are. It's how we're wired. I woke up at 5 and couldn't get back to sleep. I know I forgot to make a list of my OTC supplements and my one prescription for the cardiologist this morning and write down my questions. Need to leave at 7 or so. I hope that what the echocardiogram tech told me- that my ejection fraction looked stable from a year ago- is correct. She wasn't allowed to give me any other details. "Stable" is the best we can hope for.
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Post by Opti on Jan 9, 2023 7:17:20 GMT -5
That is weird Pink. I wonder if his mom started bringing her husband meds because she did not want to nag him and just wanted it done. It does look like she's enabled him to be a selfish adult who acts more like an entitled child. Doesn't know how to do laundry, dishes, take his meds or even feed himself well.
Did Mister tell her you were capable of taking your own meds by yourself if needed, or was he too in shock to say anything?
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Post by giramomma on Jan 9, 2023 8:15:57 GMT -5
Let's see what you all say. My nephew just called me. He signed a lease in July which is supposed to be up again in July. For months the apartment complex has not accepted rent payments. They have cited computer problems. They have been banking the rent so they can produce months of rent payments if needed. His roommate sent a notice to accept their rent within 30 days or they're out. What if they say "OK, GTF out?" They have the emails where they have been trying to pay. I know they can't just put them out on Monday. What do they need to do/say? What do they need to know? swamp , help! Does your nephew know where the local tenent resource center is? (That's what it's called in my neck of the woods). Is here a way he can get free legal aid somewhere. I'm not a lawyer, but that seems shady as heck.
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Post by swamp on Jan 9, 2023 9:50:41 GMT -5
Let's see what you all say. My nephew just called me. He signed a lease in July which is supposed to be up again in July. For months the apartment complex has not accepted rent payments. They have cited computer problems. They have been banking the rent so they can produce months of rent payments if needed. His roommate sent a notice to accept their rent within 30 days or they're out. What if they say "OK, GTF out?" They have the emails where they have been trying to pay. I know they can't just put them out on Monday. What do they need to do/say? What do they need to know? swamp , help! I can tell you what you need to do in NY, but I can't tell you about any other state. Landlord/tenant law varies a huge amount However, in every state, evictions require notice and a court order, which takes time.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 9, 2023 9:56:54 GMT -5
I went to bed early tonight, before 7pm. I was back out the bed a little after 8pm, because there was some confusion. Mister’s brother was here, when I went up front, he had excused himself to go sit in the garage while Mister and their Dad talked. Mister’s Dad did something today against Mister’s advice and made a big mess of things. And apparently him and Mom have decided to solve the issue of him not being able to function without her, by him just staying at the hospital. Indefinitely I guess. Not to spend time together, but so she can be the one to make sure he takes his medicine and monitor him and tell him what to do and when, like she’s always done. And I guess so he can go to the vending machine and come back with all kinds of cookies and cupcakes and potato chips for them both to eat, even though they both have diabetes and high blood pressure, like he did yesterday before Mister left the hospital. Never mind that she is in the hospital for a reason, and has her own problems, that’s what they want. Because Mister is mistreating him by trying to have some structure for his Dad, keep him from spending money he doesn’t have when his bills are already behind, and feed him heart healthy food. Mister told his Mom she’s in no position to try to babysit his Dad just because he doesn’t want to think or figure anything out for himself. Keep in mind everybody has realized that that’s a large part of the problem, Mister’s brother said it tonight. When he got tired of Mister reminding him to take his medicine and him having to go in the kitchen and get it himself, he told Mister that Mom use to just bring him his medicine whenever it was time for him to take it. Mister told him “well Mom isn’t here”. Anyway, Mister’s Mom’s response to him was that’s her husband and “you would do the same thing for Pink”. BUT Mister has not spoiled me to the point that I just wait for him to tell me what to do, nor would I want him to. Their relationship is starting to look weird to me.
And Dad said he doesn’t want anybody coming in to help him. Good grief! Have you heard the terms weaponized helplessness or learned helplessness? Look it up it will be quite informative for you going forward. Their dynamic actually is not that uncommon given their ages. There is a reason men in that age group tend to either go quickly after their spouses or hurry up and remarry. Their wives were basically their mothers. The women took care of EVERYTHING outside of working from home and possibly the money. When the wives are no longer capable for one reason or another the husbands turn around and can't do anything. It's co-dependency. You and mister are not going to be able to untangle it. They are settled in their ways and it something you will have to make peace with for your own sanity. That's one thing I am very grateful for my grandmother over. She made my sure my dad could be an independent adult. It is the same with his diet. You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make them drink. Unless mister is going to be around his dad 24/7 you can't control what he puts in his mouth. That is also something Mister will unfortunately have to make peace with. It really fucking sucks to watch people self-destruct. It's especially painful when you are aware that it is you who will bare responsibility and be expected to shoulder the consequences when they do finally succeed in their mission to implode. But that's how the world works unfortunately. In regards to the hospital that may be their plan but if the hospital feels that him being there is interfering with her recovery/care they will tell him to leave. Let the hospital take the reins on that one because it sounds like it will only cause more stress if Mister gets involved. Coming from the hospital will have more oompf because they are an authority figure. Mister is just their kid which makes it easy to dismiss what he says if it is not what they want to hear. Stupid and frustrating but I learned that's just how it works with old people. Learning to leverage their respect for authority comes in handy sometimes. Otherwise my dad pretty much lived at the hospital with my mom it was not a big deal. As the spouse he had the right to stay all night if he wanted so long as it wasn't disruptive. They weren't under COVID protocols at the time though so I am not sure what the rules are if that is in effect.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2023 9:59:54 GMT -5
The day is off to a very good start. My heart condition is stable- cardiologist very happy with my exercise and (mostly) healthy diet. Follow-up in a year. Valve regurgitation does not reverse itself so it's the best I could have hoped for. I weighed myself after I got home (same clothing and shoes) and their scale reading was 0.8 lbs. lower than my home scale. And the stock market its up again.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 9, 2023 10:14:56 GMT -5
Speaking of old people I called the lawyer's office and double checked. I said I trust them I don't trust the home. So I wanted to check that that was the agreement and I can tell the home I talked to them they sent you a check where is it if they start harassing me about it.
She said it was sent through mail so they hadn't even received it yet. The house had closed only 24 hours before they billed me.
The legal aid is sending me a copy of everything. The real estate agent was supposed to but hasn't yet and I don't want to sit around and wait. I figure I can argue that this came directly from our lawyer call him and figure out where all the checks seem to go that you claim you never get.
Then I need to look at her bank statement here and total up roughly how many months she's got at the current room rates. I saved everything from November's go around with applying for Medicaid so it should hopefully be easier the second time and I know who to contact if she gets denied which they said is usually common.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 9, 2023 10:48:32 GMT -5
We are doing some rocking and rolling this morning, not sure if it’s due to the storms that are supposed to be hitting CA today and tomorrow.
Yesterday was the dedication ceremony for the Viking Neptune. When I got dropped off at Berth 93 yesterday, there was a long line of formally dressed people waiting to be checked off the list to be allowed on board. I just flashed my ship card.
There was a concert on board, the ship’s godmother is an astronaut and passengers got a copy of her book (which looks interesting). The champagne/sparkling wine was flowing and had a very nice time.
Last night we met up with our India travel partners. Since Viking did not plan an excursion to Taj Mahal, this guy did and provided me his blueprint, so we are going to be traveling together for several days in India. I met him and his partner, and both were a hoot. OMG! His partner said he packed 22 button down shirts and 25 polos! I just looked at TD, who brought 3 button downs and half a dozen t shirts. Their combined luggage was 8 large bags! There is NOT that much drawer and closet space! Anyway, had dinner last night with them and we closed the restaurant. Waaay too much alcohol was drunk yesterday evening.
Sea day today, and TD is still asleep. It feels like it’s going to be a lazy day, especially after yesterday’s festivities.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2023 10:57:28 GMT -5
The day is off to a very good start. My heart condition is stable- cardiologist very happy with my exercise and (mostly) healthy diet. Follow-up in a year. Valve regurgitation does not reverse itself so it's the best I could have hoped for. I weighed myself after I got home (same clothing and shoes) and their scale reading was 0.8 lbs. lower than my home scale. And the stock market its up again. I'm very happy for the good day you are having!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2023 11:03:45 GMT -5
<snip> Then I need to look at her bank statement here and total up roughly how many months she's got at the current room rates. I saved everything from November's go around with applying for Medicaid so it should hopefully be easier the second time and I know who to contact if she gets denied which they said is usually common. There's a discussion on the Early Retirement Board right now about strategies to protect your assets from Medicaid if you need LTC (mostly irrevocable trusts and transferring your assets to trusted loved ones well before the 5-year lookback period) and one of the reasons I won't do that is because I want to spare DS and DDIL the pains some of you here are going through- finding a place that accepts Medicaid that isn't a horror hotel, qualifying for Medicaid, documenting everything, dealing with sales of assets. I know you're dealing with loved ones who had no other choices and I can't believe some people are willing to risk depending on Medicaid for LTC so they can leave a legacy to the people who will have to deal with the consequences of that decision. Oh, and one other piece of good news. My browser (Chrome) has been crashing repeatedly and switching to Edge or Firefox didn't help. I did some searching and found that these browsers open up and run multiple browser extensions (apparently some sort of mini-program) and leave them running even after you close the browser window. I found the settings to shut down those extensions after exiting. No crashes yet today. What a relief!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2023 11:09:23 GMT -5
I went to bed early tonight, before 7pm. I was back out the bed a little after 8pm, because there was some confusion. Mister’s brother was here, when I went up front, he had excused himself to go sit in the garage while Mister and their Dad talked. Mister’s Dad did something today against Mister’s advice and made a big mess of things. And apparently him and Mom have decided to solve the issue of him not being able to function without her, by him just staying at the hospital. Indefinitely I guess. Not to spend time together, but so she can be the one to make sure he takes his medicine and monitor him and tell him what to do and when, like she’s always done. And I guess so he can go to the vending machine and come back with all kinds of cookies and cupcakes and potato chips for them both to eat, even though they both have diabetes and high blood pressure, like he did yesterday before Mister left the hospital. Never mind that she is in the hospital for a reason, and has her own problems, that’s what they want. Because Mister is mistreating him by trying to have some structure for his Dad, keep him from spending money he doesn’t have when his bills are already behind, and feed him heart healthy food. Mister told his Mom she’s in no position to try to babysit his Dad just because he doesn’t want to think or figure anything out for himself. Keep in mind everybody has realized that that’s a large part of the problem, Mister’s brother said it tonight. When he got tired of Mister reminding him to take his medicine and him having to go in the kitchen and get it himself, he told Mister that Mom use to just bring him his medicine whenever it was time for him to take it. Mister told him “well Mom isn’t here”. Anyway, Mister’s Mom’s response to him was that’s her husband and “you would do the same thing for Pink”. BUT Mister has not spoiled me to the point that I just wait for him to tell me what to do, nor would I want him to. Their relationship is starting to look weird to me.
And Dad said he doesn’t want anybody coming in to help him. Good grief! And it does not only occur in couples, but it can also happen in parent/child relationships. I have an acquaintance in her late 60's who was raised by her mother to be a completely dependent child even as an adult. Until the day of her mother's death about 10 years ago, mom bought her daughter's weekly groceries (boyfriend was sent to collect them), scheduled all home maintenance (mom even selected the paint color for the house) and bought all her daughter's clothes. The only items the daughter purchased for herself were cigarettes and alcohol as the mother was a strict Baptist. Upon the mother's death, the daughter attempted to perpetuate the pattern with a sister but failed. The mother maintained rigid control over the daughter by creating dependency.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 9, 2023 11:13:26 GMT -5
<snip> Then I need to look at her bank statement here and total up roughly how many months she's got at the current room rates. I saved everything from November's go around with applying for Medicaid so it should hopefully be easier the second time and I know who to contact if she gets denied which they said is usually common. There's a discussion on the Early Retirement Board right now about strategies to protect your assets from Medicaid if you need LTC (mostly irrevocable trusts and transferring your assets to trusted loved ones well before the 5-year lookback period) and one of the reasons I won't do that is because I want to spare DS and DDIL the pains some of you here are going through- finding a place that accepts Medicaid that isn't a horror hotel, qualifying for Medicaid, documenting everything, dealing with sales of assets. I know you're dealing with loved ones who had no other choices and I can't believe some people are willing to risk depending on Medicaid for LTC so they can leave a legacy to the people who will have to deal with the consequences of that decision. Well here is the thing. My grandmother's nursing home costs $105,060 a year. That is just for room and board. Depending on how long you are in there the majority of us are going to outlive our expenses no matter how hard we plan. You can't save your way out of this system as a mere mortal. Now it does make it easier to get into a place if you can private pay for a year or two that I will agree with. It is harder to get into one that will take Medicaid upfront but not impossible if you plan properly. Which I would like to imagine if you are spending time and effort into protecting assets you're also doing the rest of your homework. If the place accepts Medicaid then they legally by federal law cannot evict you once it is time to go on it. You stay where you are. If they decide at some point down the road to not take Medicaid they by federal law cannot kick you out either. If you became eligible for Medicaid when they accepted it then they have to allow yo out continue to live there. It's really on the Medicaid side itself not that much of a shit show. They've been wonderful getting me the help and guidance that I need. It is the NURSING HOME side that is a shit show and has been from day one. They aren't about caring for old people anymore they are about profit and that is a HUGE problem with a system whose services are critical to the population. And there are shit shows even if you are private pay. The idea that being private pay will protect you from ending up in a shit hole is a myth. There are also no assurances that after it is bought out, which it will be, by an out of state/out of country corporation it won't proceed to become a shit show. And even WITH money if you are already in a home it is damn near impossible to get yourself out or be moved to a different one. Money gives you options I agree but the system is broken and only continues to get worse. The deeper I wade into this process though and the more I educate myself I have been reassessing my position on hiding assets.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jan 9, 2023 11:25:43 GMT -5
Here medicaid is not much of an issue. Most of the old people run out of money pretty quickly, and that is their only resource. It was not difficult getting MIL on it, the issue here was the billing lady that we think was incompetent. The home got rid of her. She was getting kind of belligerent too and I think it was because she didn't know in looking back. Thank God, that part of my life is over. My mom and MIL about put me down. Though I feel bad for mom, she was just wanting to live the life she had and I couldn't provide the constant running for her.
I found this house, only 20 miles from son, it needs work. The inside could be beautiful but another tiny kitchen. However, the outside is ugly as sin, hubs said could we make it look better? I just don't know. But it has amenities there. The price is decent and I bet we could get it down more.
10012 Lookout Dr NW,
Olympia, WA 98502
Hubs is spackling drywall today downstairs on the one end. Then he will put the door in, that will look so clean. Hubs said that room will measure 38 by 16, would make a nice game room for kids, TV room, place for little ones to play with toys. This house even has the flooring over the garage so another huge room could be built out. Not sure where stairs could be put in but could be figured out. I think this house was designed for an upstairs, but they chose a vaulted ceiling in the main area and all 9 ft ceilings instead.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Jan 9, 2023 11:30:58 GMT -5
Monitoring the oven for Carrot's science fair experiment and shopping for trigger locks. He got a rifle for Christmas and we don't have a safe. Your local sheriff's department has them for free. Go get several. Our sheriff emailed me back this morning and they DO have free locks! Thank you! You saved me some money off of ordering one off Amazon.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2023 11:34:30 GMT -5
Your local sheriff's department has them for free. Go get several. Our sheriff emailed me back this morning and they DO have free locks! Thank you! You saved me some money off of ordering one off Amazon. And thank you for being a responsible gun owner
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jan 9, 2023 11:44:17 GMT -5
DD and I are going to town soon. I need to get her something for breakfast and lunch she can fix. Tomorrow we need to leave by 6AM and I have an appointment for an EGD in the morning. That's an esophageal scope deal to see if I have more polyps in my esophagus and to stretch it so I can swallow better. I don't think Barrett's esophagus has happened as I take protonix and don't have problems with reflux anymore. My doc told me not to quit taking it. Only prep for this one is nothing to eat after midnight. I have had it before, just makes my throat and down further a bit sore for a couple of days is all. I quit my blood thinner several days ago. Will take my heart meds in the morning. Hubs is taking me.
I'm thinking of Pinks sort of inlaws. Sounds like to me they are likely to lose their house, so if they have enough SS I would look into assisted living. It sometimes takes awhile. BUT, they have to be able to do a certain amount of self care. If not that is extra money to pay for advanced services. We had to pay for help for MIL to dress, and help her to the shower and things like that. But they need to be able to get to the dining room for meals. If delivered to the room, more money. If they can't afford that, need to look at low income apartments. All this takes a lot of time. Your significant other might want to sit and talk about this because sounds like they are going to need somewhere to go. If you are not careful you will be taking care of both of them. Just some ideas.
That's one thing about staying here, our assisted living places are reasonable. I could afford it for hubs for years or for me. Now a nursing home is a different animal. Hubs keeps wanting to sign over stuff to son. I said no, only because I'm not sure how good his health is and if something happens to him, that leaves us with DIL in control. I saw what hubs SIL did to his folks. DIL is clueless and is wanting us out there so I can help her! She has trouble with understanding doctors and everything, is not able to help son with anything. And I keep telling him he needs to educate her about finances too. We think her BIL would help her, he is sharp and a good guy, but that wouldn't help us. And I worry if she had control of a bunch of money she would go crazy spending. Son can't seem to control that now. It's why their home is overflowing with stuff.
I don't want it all to go to a nursing home either, that's why folks never end up with helping their families get ahead with generational wealth. If son manages he will make a ton of money out of what we have. I just hope grandson takes after him with being frugal.
But like hubs says, can't control it from the grave.
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Post by snapdragon on Jan 9, 2023 11:45:40 GMT -5
I really don't want to Monday. Or even adult for that matter. Tomorrow is looking iffy also.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jan 9, 2023 11:52:29 GMT -5
I need to get dressed and eat my oatmeal.
Tigger is laying across my feet, I hate to make him move. Since coming home from the vet, the 2 of them take turns laying on me. I think they missed us badly. He was never so loving. Smoke does at night. I saw hubs just looking at him. He lay on my lap for over 2 hours, he was on his back, as usual, with his little paws stretched out and makes little noises, little sighs, and just other little noises. I think it's so cute. I rub his tummy and under his chin and he just melts. I love my boys.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jan 9, 2023 12:40:46 GMT -5
Reading all your posts scares me to death! My parents are both gone, so that's not the issue. But I'm scared to death of becoming a problem parent to either, or both of my children. Ugh.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 9, 2023 12:59:46 GMT -5
Reading all your posts scares me to death! My parents are both gone, so that's not the issue. But I'm scared to death of becoming a problem parent to either, or both of my children. Ugh. IMO we are all going to become a "burden" at some point given extending life spans, the ever increasing cases of dementia and the way our retirement/elder care system is set up in this country. What you can do is accept you are getting/will be old and start taking care of things BEFORE you get past the point of no return. Nobody is going to be able to perfectly plan their way into/out of this system it is impossible. But it is possible to be less stupid/selfish/stubborn than my grandmother and GU have been. Designate people to be your POA, write down your wishes, get yourself set up for online bill pay and other things and if you already are write down passwords. Put people on bank accounts or utilities and make sure that whoever will be in charge of you medically already has permission to access your medical records and discuss your care. Put all important paperwork in ONE location so they don't have to tear the house apart looking for it. Freaking accept you (general you) are getting old and be open to discussing alternative living arrangements. Look into what is available in your area. Spend the money to see someone to make sure all your assets are set up properly and that you know elder care law in your state. And the big thing don't be a freaking asshole whose ENTIRE retirement plan was making your only son take care of you forever along with your codependent brother! And review shit too while you can! What may have been suitable when you started may not work now. My grandmother had GU listed on everything and vice versa. It was an absolute nightmare for my dad to get that all untangled. My DAD should have been on everything the moment my grandfather died. But NOOOOO. My grandfather was still on all the utilities! Which you would think is not a big deal but then your son has to shut them all off to sell the house. He said most were all right with it but a couple were real aholes to the point where he was going to send a shovel and say here dig him up and talk to him. While I would not be a happy camper my life would have been so much easier if grandma had listened before all this. She still would have ran out of money, we still would have had to take charge with her dementia but not like this. So much agency was taken away by her refusal to accept change.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 9, 2023 13:04:01 GMT -5
Which the medical thing reminds me I need to change it from my mother to my dad. Eventually it will switch to Gwen when she is old enough but I need someone in the interim in case something happens to me and DH at the same time.
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chiver78
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Joined: Dec 20, 2010 13:04:45 GMT -5
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 9, 2023 13:17:58 GMT -5
I'm over adulting today as well, especially when I hit the wall on trying to get my expense report submitted b/c my flight is still showing as a pending charge, I lost one receipt when I deleted the wrong electronic one, and I didn't actually get issued one for the electronic toll on the PA turnpike. but, I've been productive in other ways. I jumped in with a group of friends to book an excursion to tour/play in a waterfall in the Dominican Republic, and my cabinmates and I discussed a theme night and our costumes - dress as a sitcom character. I just bought a funky black wig with tinsel mixed in, and a pair of black and white striped leggings (that I will absolutely wear again) to go with a few things out of my own closet in order to dress as Moira Rose from Schitt's Creek. I can't wait lol...
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Cookies Galore
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I don't need no instructions to know how to rock
Joined: Dec 19, 2010 18:08:13 GMT -5
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jan 9, 2023 13:26:46 GMT -5
I'm over adulting today as well, especially when I hit the wall on trying to get my expense report submitted b/c my flight is still showing as a pending charge, I lost one receipt when I deleted the wrong electronic one, and I didn't actually get issued one for the electronic toll on the PA turnpike. but, I've been productive in other ways. I jumped in with a group of friends to book an excursion to tour/play in a waterfall in the Dominican Republic, and my cabinmates and I discussed a theme night and our costumes - dress as a sitcom character. I just bought a funky black wig with tinsel mixed in, and a pair of black and white striped leggings (that I will absolutely wear again) to go with a few things out of my own closet in order to dress as Moira Rose from Schitt's Creek. I can't wait lol... Pay-by-Plate in PA takes about 40ish days to be mailed. Unless you have an EZ-Pass in your state already then that bish is paid.
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