Ah, what brave new world, where you can order something and get in within the same week, and you didn't even pay for extra special shipping. Where before you'd get a catalog, maybe call someone if you're lucky to place the order, then get it within a month. I understand why the internet is considered a standard utility now.

Hey, Kate, do you have a realtor recommendation? Since he has time, husband wants to spend a bit of time looking around to see what's what.

My brother feels really good today, and had his last beer around 8:00 last night and hasn't had one today. He thinks he might be done with the beer, and said that if he hasn't wanted a beer by this afternoon, he's going to pour out the remaining beers that are in the fridge.

Dana, job~ma to your DH.

-t, congratulations!

ltc's appointment went well. She's 16 lbs and 25 inches. And generally healthy and so happy.

That's good news, Teppy!

Yay, Bro of Teppy!

ltc's appointment went well. She's 16 lbs and 25 inches. And generally healthy and so happy.

She looks like a picture-perfect baby from everything I see on FB.

That's good news, Teppy!

I tend to think this relapse was "good", in that it's very common for people in recovery to relapse at least once, and he needed to experience relapse and really face it. Because when he quit drinking 3 1/2 years ago, he didn't join a group or even find a therapist. So he was not drinking, but not really truly sober. This relapse has, at the very least, sent him to a therapist and shown him that it takes more than just not drinking to be truly sober.

Well, I've been invited for a phone interview for the job in Illinois I applied for. They offered limited times next Tuesday or Wednesday, all when I am at work, so I have to do some fudging (our schedules are made WAY in advance.)

I shouldn't be dreading this. It sounds like a great job for me. But the thought of moving makes me feel like killing myself. Teleporter technology would be great.

Good luck, flea, no matter how it turns out.

I'm spent.

Things are very tense with my sister and I. Mom gets cremated on the 2nd. I paid for all of the cremation and other things of course.

My lawyer is diligently making sure that there is nothing in the will and trust that will leave me liable for anything.

My sister has made very poor financial choices. This is actually a theme of her life. As a result she is in a absolute panic and thinks that the only solution is for her to get the house, which is the only really major asset. It has a credit line out against it, but other than that is paid of. She says she can't afford to pay off the credit line, so she expects me use every other penny in the estate to pay that off, and then let her have the house, since she simply can't afford to have a mortgage.

I just can't even.

It's all so draining, and I'm grieving, and it's a mess.