Thanks erika! I am like everyone needs to slow their roll and let me think. We basically have six months where all I need to pay is electricity. I am known for putting things off, but I am way more decisive than my mom. I think I need a good home inspection.
Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.
Tara ,'Empty Places'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - May 16, 2026 11:22:33 am PDT #12697 of 12726
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Karl - May 16, 2026 11:51:22 am PDT #12698 of 12726
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Sheryl and Sophia, you are both very much in my thoughts, and I am sending you both so much ~ma~.
msbelle - May 16, 2026 1:14:52 pm PDT #12699 of 12726
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sophia, my only advise is do what is best for you, not what anyone else would have wanted.
Sheryl, I am so sorry.
JenP - May 16, 2026 1:16:17 pm PDT #12700 of 12726
I echo Karl here. Wishing for you both the support you need to navigate.
EYA: And also what msbelle said. I suspect, above all, they'd wish for you to maximize your happiness/contentment.
msbelle - May 16, 2026 1:16:35 pm PDT #12701 of 12726
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ION, I am fostering a dog. Pics over on Bluesky. He’s a big pittie mix. Bigger than any dog I’ve ever had, but at least for the 20 hours I’ve had him he’s been a sweetheart.
Sophia Brooks - May 16, 2026 4:06:50 pm PDT #12702 of 12726
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thank you all. Right now I am just trying to stabilize and wait, which I think may be frustrating people. I have to have a think when I am in my right mind. Which I am um, not in right now. Now is the time for my weekly call with my mom, so I am sad. I was keeping so much from her that it is somewhat of a relief but still. (Both the state of my mental health which was dismal-I oddly feel better now and that I was in contact with my father’s other kids, which would have been a big thing). Generational trauma yay?!?
meara - May 16, 2026 4:44:16 pm PDT #12703 of 12726
A home inspection is probably a really good start! Good luck with everything. My dad had his shit fairly together and it’s still a nightmare and a pain trying to get all the paperwork and figure out all the steps and so on.
Sophia Brooks - May 16, 2026 4:56:08 pm PDT #12704 of 12726
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I feel bad, but this is out in the country and I can play the “I’m a lady who does not understand “ and people help me? It is terrible
Dana - May 16, 2026 4:57:09 pm PDT #12705 of 12726
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Right now I am just trying to stabilize and wait, which I think may be frustrating people.
People can wait.
Laura - May 17, 2026 5:53:23 am PDT #12706 of 12726
Our wings are not tired.
Sheryl, I'm so sorry. I'm sending wishes for comfort. May it lead to some better solution. Things can't really keep going the way they have been, for all of your family.
Sophia, decisions like this are exactly the kind you need to take your time with. I agree that a house inspection is a good idea. We did this prior to putting the house on the market to get a punch list of what needed to be done.
askye, I hope they get to the source of your mom's issue quickly.